Giveaway Day/Week...

Welcome to A Farm Wife's Journal!

I'm Cherilyn married to my Sweet Farmer and mother of 6.
This is where I blog about life on our farm, recipes, quilting, 
crafts, and sewing project. 

Hope you will take a minute to look around!



Sew Mama Sew is hosting this 
Giveaway Day that Lasts a week!

 

Last time I won a few giveaways and met lots of wonderful bloggers!

I am giving away 8 pretty Moda fat quarters!  

They are from French General by Moda and 

the brown one is Garden Party by Moda.

I love Moda fabrics and enjoy mix and matching fabric lines.

To Enter:

1. Leave a comment. What would you make if you won?

2. For a second entry become a follower or let me know that you already follow!

This giveaway is open to everyone and will end May 10, 2013!

Happy Blog Hopping!  

Good Luck!

*Congratulations Vicki you won this little giveaway!  Thank you everyone that entered and are following along!*

 Cherilyn

Traveling Quilting Kit...

My new fun sewing kit and traveling design board are super cute!  

I usually haul my stuff in boxes or lovely plastic bags to and from 

quilt group.  

Now have this adorable coordinated set to keep my quilting projects and 

supplies together.  

I recently won Deonn's giveaway from Quilt Scapes.  

I seriously won the JACKPOT!  

She sent me all of this adorable Sew Cherry Laminate fabric 

from Riley Blake made up into kits.

All ready to stitch up!  

Thank you Deonn!

  

Do you want to make a set too? 

Project #1

UFO to Go

This is such a great idea!  It is a portable design board and keeps your blocks 

safe and together when traveling!

Click HERE for Tutorial  

Closed and ready to GO!

Open with plenty of room for designing.  

This block is 14 inches!

 Isn't this cherry ribbon adorable?

  Two large buttons on each side.

 There is even a

VIDEO TUTORIAL 

for UFO to GO!

Project #2

Laminate Sewing Kit
 

I love this!

It is big enough to carry all of your supplies in one place!

It reminds me of a shaving kit bag but 

oh so sweet with the cherries and red zipper!

This was quick and easy to make!

There is also a VIDEO TUTORIAL.

Project #3 

Trash Stasher

I need one of these!  

I am so excited to have this cute bag next to my sewing machine to collect 

all those pesky threads and bits of fabric.

This little bag uses laminate fabric inside and out so you can wipe it clean.

I think I need to make another one for the car.

VIDEO TUTORIAL

Three great project and tutorials!  

*Any of these projects would be great for Mother's Day!!

Thanks again Deonn!

I have two more fat quarters of Sew Cherry. 

Hmmm....Which Snippet projects should I make next? 

 Cherilyn

Link Parties:  
 http://www.conniekresin.com/search?updated-max=2013-04-24T05:26:00-05:00
 http://sewmanyways.blogspot.com/2013/04/find-friend-friday-linky-party_26.html
 http://www.skiptomylou.org/2013/04/29/made-by-you-monday-150/
http://www.ishouldbemoppingthefloor.com/2013/04/mop-it-up-monday-65.html 
 http://www.sewcando.com/2013/04/show-us-your-crafts-its-craftastic.html
 http://makingtheworldcuter.com/
 http://www.craft-o-maniac.com/

Quilty Inspiration...

This weekend was the International Quilt Festival in Cincinnati. 

This was my first time attending a quilt festival!  

It was amazing and a bit overwhelming.  

There were hundreds of beautiful quilts on display 

and hundreds of quilt shops from all over the country.  

I loved every minute of it!!! 

Here are a few photos of some amazing quilts...

Beautiful flowers...

 Love the border on this one...

 Loved the dots with black...

Solids...

I loved this LDS Temple quilt...

The whole experience was so inspiring. 

To see more amazing quilts information about this traveling quilt show click HERE.

Cherilyn

The End of Spring Break...

Last week was spring break for our children.  

We enjoyed spending time with family and friends.  

The week went by too fast.  

I loved watching the boys play outside, 

shopping with our daughter, 

making treats for the Church dessert auction, 

and going to Grandma and Grandpa's house!   

I did find a little time to experiment with Hexies.  

I can see why they are so popular!  

I have been searching Pinterest for inspiration. 

I think I have come up with a plan, 

but it is going to take a few more Hexies.

I also recieved some fun mail last week.

 I love getting fabric in the mail! 

This sweet package came from Lori.  

Lori's cute blog is Nanny's Nook

I won her giveaway a few weeks ago.  

Five fat quarters of Nancy Drew! 

These fabrics are fantastic!  

I loved reading Nancy Drew when I was young. 

Wouldn't this make a super cute library bag?  

Or a cozy quilt for a reading corner?  

Thank you Lori! 

This package arrived from Deonn.  

Deonn's fun blog is Quiltscapes

This was a super fun and very generous giveaway! 

 I love the cherries!

She included several kits for her Snippets tutorials. 

I can't wait to get started on these fun projects!  

Thank you Deonn!

Now to get back to a normal routine.

Lunches packed 

Backpacks lined up by the door

Clothes, shoes and socks set out

And the dreaded alarm clocks set 

Check, Check, Check and Check!

Yep Spring Break is over...

Cherilyn

WIP...Scrappy Trip Around the World...

Work In Progress...

The top is done for my Scrappy Trip Around the World!

My sweet little boys were helping with this photo shoot. 

They are such sports standing on chairs holding a quilt on this cold windy spring day! 

 See their cute little shoes sticking out.

 They said it was like holding a kite. 

 Thanks boys!

 This was made completely with scraps from my stash. 

 It has a little bit of everything from floral to geometric prints.

I added a border which made it a good lap size. 

I made 16 scrappy squares added 2 1/2 inch strips all around. 

Then a scrappy strip of leftover squares and finally 4 1/2 inch white border to the top and bottom.

Finished top is 52x64. 

I think I have enough left over strips for the binding. 

This was an interesting experience.  
I didn't realize I had so much yellow and green in my stash 
and lots of tiny florals.  
I also had very few purples, blues, oranges and reds.


 I think I have some stash building to do! ;0) 

Cherilyn

Link Parties:
http://www.freshlypieced.com/2013/03/wip-wednesday-hsts-everywhere.html
 http://quiltstory.blogspot.com/2013/03/fabric-tuesdaycome-play.html

Techy Update...Added Bloglovin...

 I have added a new way to follow my blog.

Bloglovin

 

There is a cute little button on the top left sidebar you can use to follow along.  

Sad to say but there will be some changes this summer to how we can read blogs on Google. 

This is just another way to follow and not miss out on your favorite blogs. 

I have been testing it out for a little while and it is easy to use. 

 When I signed up with Bloglovin, they added all of the blogs I follow for me.

Which was great since I have a pretty long list of blogs I enjoy reading.

 It really was a simple painless process. 

Especially for someone who is Tech challenged like me. 

There is also an App so you can read your favorite blogs on the go. 

I hope this little post helps.

Thanks again for following along!

 

Cherilyn

Quilty Barn Along

  Barn #2 is done!!  

Don't you love my Mom's sweet 30's block?  

It just looks like spring.  

I'm hoping flowers will start popping up in our area. 

We are bracing for another snow storm. 

 They are predicting 5 to 10 inches! 

This is just nuts!!  

It's 50 degrees today and sunny.  

You would never know such a massive storm is headed our way.  

Maybe I will have some quilting time while we are snowed in. 

Quilty Barn Along

Here is a link to Lori Holt's Barn Along Flicker Group 

were you can find the tutorial and some really fun Barns!

Have a great weekend!

Cherilyn

Link Parties:
http://piecefullife-elizabeth.blogspot.com/2013/03/little-quilt-mondayscrappy-trip-along.html#.UVDFC1eRd1N