… farmhouse collection

I have to admit. . .

 . . . I'm pretty excited about this. 

For about a year now,  I've been planning & working on this new collection.

Actually, the beginnings of it have been in my heart. . .

 ever since I began quilting. . .

. . . as these quilts. . . farmhouse style quilts

. . . are at the center of my love for quilts.

Farmhouse quilts are what I first knew of quilts.

They are the type of quilts that were on the upper shelves in the linen closet. . .

. . . the quilts that my Grandmas made. . . & that my Mom was trying to use carefully & lovingly.

So, I'm having the most fun, investigating, sketching, & designing quilts that are, to me, representative of those special quilts . . . 

. . . & I'm putting them into a special collection of designs,

. . . the 'farmhouse collection'.

'square dance' is the first of the 'farmhouse collection' patterns.

I made all three quilts. . . & never tired of making the design (!) It's one of those patterns that has what I like to call 'puzzle blocks'. So that when you make the blocks (this design has 4 or 5 different blocks). . . you can't really tell what the pattern will be until you start putting the blocks together . . . 

& then the final design 'appears'. 

(I love it when that happens!)

For 'square dance', I made three different sizes/options (. . .something that is a goal for all of the 'farmhouse collection' patterns), with the smallest version having the addition of some appliqué. . .

(I used fusible web for the appliqué. . . & it went faster than I even thought it would!)

Also. . .

. . . because it was so much fun the first time. . .

there is now a embroidery (stitchery) version of 'By My Hand'

I made it using one color of floss (a medium linen color). . . & I wanted to also make it using different colors of floss (like the sampler quilt). . . but I made myself stop & move onto other new designs!

. . . Oh. . . & there are also a limited amount of kits available for the pillow version.

(. . . you can find them here!)

One one more thing!. . . .

The annual 'Spring Cleaning' sale is on at the website - where all patterns & books are 25 - 75% off! (. . . & for some of the patterns. . . we are getting very close to running out & then they will be 'retired'.)

Oh. . . & just one more thing. . . .!

. . . just kidding.

That's it for today.

But. . . keep checking back. . . more to come!

Hope you have a wonderful week!

♥ Bren