Happenings Down on the Farm

I spent Sunday cutting out many blocks to play catch up for the Farm Girl quilt--at least I thought.

I showed the two blocks that I had done on my last post which was GASP!  10 days ago.  Sorry still not great about blogging. 

Churn Dash

Kettle

Then I got serious.

Chicken feet.

Mama Hen.

Pears---helpful hint.  Don't try to sew these late at night.  Let's just say I had to cut some portions out again. I still have the embroidery to do for the seeds.

Mixer.  I need to do the embroidery for the cord yet.  I have seen some that used rick rack instead.  Not too sure yet.

Old barn.  Yep that looks like my barn with an old truck blocking a door.

Postage Stamp.

I have been doing some other things.  

Last Wednesday the daughter took the oldest grandson to Boy Scout camp over near Muskegon on the west coast of Michigan.  We only have 1 car-out of 7 sitting on the driveway that I trust enough to drive that far, so I drove them over and left them.  Pick up was Saturday morning at 8:30 am and I was just not up to driving 4 hours in the early hours of the morning so I left Friday morning and went to do a little exploring (translate quilt shop stalking).

I stopped at a shop in Jackson, Michigan called Country Stitches.  They had fabric, but mostly they sell machines.  I had wanted a Juki for a long time.  It was nice to finally see one, but I will admit that it definitely wasn't what I thought it was, so I am over it now.  LOL  

 I found a gorgeous green for Jeff's t-shirt quilt, and a white on white, a reproduction which will go in my saw toothed square blocks, and some chickens.  I know you have seen a lot of chicken fabric lately haven't you?

 The white on white had safety pins!

My next stop was at a shop in Portland, Michigan.  Such a pretty town, and what a great shop!  It is called Around the Block Quilt Shop.  Not only do they have a lot of fabric, they have a thread side with cross stitch, and embroidery supplies also. 

 Quilters always need white on white, and black on white. 

 Here you can see the prints a little bit better.

I also picked up their row for the Row by Row.  I couldn't resist it was just too cute.  Love the bear in the canoe. 

I went on to Muskegon and luckily had already reserved a hotel room, thank goodness.  By the time I got there, I was hot, tired, and so I curled up in the hotel room and read for a while, before heading out to boy scout camp for family night. 

This outing went much better than my previous attempt a couple of weeks before,  which ended up with me turning around and coming home after driving for over 3 hours. Baby steps.....