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Last little bit

Hello there!  It is technically the last day of summer break over here.  Which means starting Monday all but one of the hooligans above are going to be gone all day (hint: the one who's enjoying wearing his life jacket.)  Luckily we got to spend the last little bit of summer here:

in Idaho with these fine people:

(It was really bright out, in case you couldn't tell)

and this guy:

Lucky!

Goodbye summer... you and your lazy days (and yoga pants) will be missed.

Popping in

We've been doing a lot of sewing over here.  Blogging not so much, but sewing has been crazy lately.  Here's the really quick rundown via Instagram.

I have had so many sewers over here the last year or so I finally broke down and bought a second machine.  So far, so good.  She's a Bernina 1008, and is fully mechanical.  No computer.  She has a great stitch, is all metal, and is a keeper.  

Jarom (my husband) decided he wanted to see what it was like to sew on.  So, for the first time ever, he sewed.  

It was adorable. (Don't tell him I said that.)  Also, he was quite good.  He made the family a set of bean bags.  Also adorable.  Sorry hun.

This little dude has been sewing too.  I asked him how his seam allowance was and he said "Well, you can take a look, but I'd say it's perfect."  He takes it very seriously :-) 

Since he was sewing, naturally his little brother wanted to also.  That littlest one is just in there making trouble.  (The block hanging from the jelly rolls is Jarom's first attempt at half square triangles and free-motion quilting.  And yes, he hung it there.)

Sure love my house full of boys.  Who said only girls can sew?

As for me, I got my Summersville quilt basted and even made some progress with the quilting.  It's only about 1/3 of the way done, but I'm using the dogwood quilting tutorial from Oh Fransson and it is crazy fun.  Even though my sholders are very sore.

And made a few baby quilts/race car tracks.  

This one has nothing to do with this post, but oh well.  It's my favorite.  

So is sewing.  Have I mentioned that?

Good night!

Back on the farm

 

 

I apologize in advance.

There are a LOT of photos of my Farmer's Wife blocks in this post.

I couldn't pick.  Shocking, I know.  

They could use a good pressing, but now that they are all laid out on the white dining table I don't see them moving any time soon.

A few days ago I made 6 more blocks just like I explained in this post.  Gosh it was fun.  I have 23 more blocks to make, so about 4 more sets of 6.  Look for those soon.  I'm on a roll.  :-)

Today's set:

Block 7- Birds in the Air

Block 18- Century of Progress (I switched this one around)

 

Block 13: Buckwheat

Block 17: Cats and Mice

Block 22- Corn and Beans

Block 12: Broken Sugar Bowl

And then all together:

I thought about sashing them in rows,

but I like them on point so much better.  See?

I laid them all out on my dining room table today and can't seem to move them. 

For those of you who asked, I'm making the twin-size quilt, which is 73" x 92", and sashing in white.  Probably red (or green?) posts and an aqua border.  Thoughts?

60 down, 23 to go.  

I'm already plotting my next (somewhat insane) project.

Sewing is my favorite.