farmers wife

Hiya! Awhile back i bought the book The Farmer's Wife. It is similar to the Civil War Love Letter book.

They are great books that give you a quilt block to make & tell a story that goes with it or gives actual letters from that time period!

Super neat to read how things were SO different back then! Very inspiring as well!

I decided that i wanted to make this using ONLY from my scrap bin..which is kinda the whole foundation that quilitng is from but also a nice challange as we ALL know we have so many lines of fabrics to choose from these days! So i started grabbing fabrics, trying not to be too picky!

This is what i have done so far....go easy on me!

Block #1. Attic Windows

Block #2. Autumn Tints

Block #3. Basket

Block #4. Basket Weave

Block #5. Bat Wing

Block #6 Big Dipper

I have not trimmed them up yet. I will be sure and share them as i go!

Thanks for looking!

xoxo

getting there..

Well i am almost finished with the new look...still not exactly what i want but i will get there! I have some font issues still..so hang in there as i try and sort them out! I am super excited to start filling up my pages! Please send any q&As you may have as i am planning a Q&A post soon!

back again later loves!

xox

{another} test post

I want this NOW it looks super yummy!

hard work

I have been working on giving my blog a new look! Its kinda hard work!

So please hang in there..posts soon! Until then enjoy a "what i wore" photo for my early morning chicken duties!!

xox h

crazy

Hiya! So as most of ya'll know my husband & i live out in the country {aka:boondocks} We had looked for what seemed like years before finding the perfect house,in the perfect location! Since the day we drove up our really really long lane & i saw our big ol barn..i have said i wanted farm animals! Well it has taken around 10 yrs but we finally did it! {EeeK!} 

We have been staying pretty busy lately with our beautiful new chickens!  {insert squeel!} We got them as baby chicks 2 months ago {they were so cute & tiny} and i was told when deciding on how many to bring home, that i needed to take into account that some would die because they are so small/very fragile & that usually during the brooding process it just happens to a few of them & that some will die because of other critters! {yikes, right?} Sooo that being said i got 30 of them {which somehow turned out to be 31} and i will say that i must either be a really good chicken momma or it was a darned good sales gimmick because we still have all 31 of them!

We are really happy to finally have them moved out of their brooder & into their brand new amazing coop! {built by my amazing mister} We still have some tweeking to do & need to decide if we are going to put siding on it or paint it? All in all we & our girls {chickens} are happy campers! They are loving the great outdoors! It is so fun to watch them...its actually {strangely} really relaxing! Ok enough blabbing on you want pictures right?

Thanks for reading & looking at my chickens!

xox heather

bad blogger

 Post coming soon!!

Pic via weheart it

Later, i promise!

this & this

Made this:

I finished this awhile back and have not had time to share it!

it is one of my MANY cowls...starting making them originally from trial & error but this one is a pattern

i thinks its simply wonderful!

 Wearing This:

My very favorite knitted cowl! I am so in love with it that i almost want snow again!

..almost!

 Need to oraginze this:

a huge basket of scrap fabric and cut off quilt pieces.

My favorite thing to organize!

 Working with this:

i love Swell it makes my heart so happy!!

Cutting this:

here is a picture of the next stage of the above swell fabric..will post another set of pics from the progress of this one

soon!

 I found this:

 a stack of old patterns & quilting books/shopping list from years ago

it came from a box of sewing stuff at a garage sale

look at those cheap prices!!

i adore this kind of stuff!  Love seeing what patterns she ordered! This is like finding a treaure to me!!

 Dreaming about this:

i love you iced coffee

Xox
& happy quilting!