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Hello friends,

Wondering about the title of my blog post? That's my summer flying by! I just don't know where the days go, but here we are at the end of June already and I feel like summer is passing me by! 

So what's new at the farmhouse? I have been very busy with the sewalong project hosted by Fat Quarter Shop, and while it is not quite done, I will certainly be able to put the finishing touches on it fairly quickly:

This is a free pattern called Layer Cake Spools and can be found by clicking here. I used an unusual color and fabric palette for me, but I really like how it ended up looking! 

The instructions for this quilt are not hard, and you just need 2 layer cakes or cut your own 10" squares. I would highly recommend buying the Layer Cakes because that is a time-saver! These are what I used: 

The grey is called Dry Brush Slate and can be found by clicking here( click). The coffee print is called Coffee Chalk and can be found here ( click). Look at all the cute prints inside that Coffee Chalk package: 

I am not a coffee drinker, but this will make a perfect quilt for our oldest son, who loves his coffee ;).

In the evenings I continue with my big stitch quilting on this quilt:

The house and tree blocks were a panel I picked up at my local re-use store, and the other blocks I added by making a sort-of log cabin block with scraps from my stash. It is very bright but it brings me joy to work on it and I'm going to love having this on a wall somewhere! 

I am stitching this with a BIG running stitch, using my favorite thread ( click)!

Other than these two projects, I haven't done much creating. We have been busy enjoying the summer weather and doing stuff outside when it is not too "soupy"!

Things like gardening.....

....kayaking....

....and going outside and keeping an eye on the dogs to protect baby bunny nests!

I'm still working on putting the finishing touches on my Strawberry Table Topper and am hopeful to get that into my shop by the end of the week. 

You can find me on Etsy under HyggeFarmhouse or by clicking here ( click).

Talk to you again real soon, and in the meanwhile~ happy creating!

Monique

Lazy summer days

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 Hello again, 

 It has been a little longer than I had promised in my last blog post...sorry about that! Sometimes life has different plans in mind, you know?

Now that our youngest is done school for the summer, we are settling into a nice summer routine...no more getting up at 6 am! Now we get up when we feel like it ( although I have to admit I am not one to waste my day away lingering in bed ;), and try not to make many commitments...I love that pace of life!

I have a few quilts in the works right now. I finished my strawberry table runner and will work on getting that pattern into my Etsy shop soon ( You can find me at HyggeFarmhouse). It is a super simple and scrappy pattern that has some sweet strawberry appliques. Here is a peek at it:

It is featured on top of the yellow cabinet that I mentioned in my last blog post. When the college students leave town after graduating, they usually sell a lot ( if not all) of their belongings, so I was able to pick this up from one of them. She couldn't recall the history of it, just that it had been in her family a long time. I ADORE pieces of furniture that aren't perfect and look a bit worn so this one has found a prominent spot in our home! 

I finished this quilt top using my Accuquilt dies and it is currently in Texas being longarm quilted. I have always quilted my own quilts, but my friend said she could provide batting and backing as well as the quilting so I decided to jump at the chance! Here it is before it flew off to Texas: 

It is a simple design, but I have to tell you that I adore it! Or maybe it's the colors I adore? You can never go wrong with red, white and blue. And when they are faded like this and look like they have been used for years....SWOON! :). I'll make sure to share another photo after it is back and bound and ready for use on our porch!

I was a little behind on my embroidery journal but finally got caught up on that! Here is what I have so far...we are about halfway through the year so I think I will have enough room to fit all the weeks. I think it will be a lot of fun to frame this and have it as a reminder of 2022.

And finally, I was invited to sew along with Fat Quarter Shop on one of their Shortcut Quilts. I decided to use some out-of-the-box fabric colors and designs for me and chose these layer cakes:

Go check out the pattern..it is free and fast and will be so fun in a variety of fabrics!

Until next time~happy creating!

Monique