Looking to Sell...and Looking to Buy~~

So so sad the Buggy Barn closed their doors... :/  I've notice it's harder and harder to find their books too.  Spring Fever (quilt below) is one of my favorites!  I made this quilt a few years ago.  See my past blog posts here

I'm being asked over and over by my viewers if i know where one can purchase the Buggy Barn book Certifiably Crazy which includes the Spring Fever pattern.

Do You have this book?  Willing to sell it?  If so...leave a comment below with your email information. 
And for those looking to buy...contact whoever is willing to sell directly.  Thanks

On another note....My friend Bev is selling her Famous Farmer's Wife Sampler quilt. 
Bev needs to sell her quilt. Money's tight, she lost her job last month and she kissed her beloved Charlie goodbye. 

If  you love this quilt and can help...Now's your chance!  Bev's price is very very fair too! (i think it's a bit on the cheap side myself!)

 You'll find it on Ebay HERE

Beautifully pieced...shown by the above picture before it was machine quilted.

Machine quilted using Hobbs 80/20 batting and Superior Sew Fine Thread.    

See the pantograph quilting design used on Bev's quilt...HERE 

Now's your chance to own this quilt~~

 And YOU don't have to make it!!  Lol!

More like Jungle Fever

Here's another 'Spring Fever' quilt by Buggy Barn.  I taught this piecing method a few months ago and just finished machine quilting Nadine's interpretation.  Fantastic!

I love this black on black flower

  Stitched with the panto 'Water World' using a latte thread color.

Here's a glimpse back at mine

Strawberry Pick`'n

I grew up on the family farm picking Strawberries.  Every June i would get up at 6:00am and head out to the fields until mid afternoon. I actually enjoyed those early summer days. My mom's birthday is coming up on the 8th of June...i made her this little wool strawberry.

 Interesting old book prop...

 My cousin Diane made these fabric strawberries for me a few years ago.

Now on to more fun business....Jan's strip quilt finished. Popcorn panto with Sand Dollar thread color.

 Up next on Ms. Sew Good is Marylou's Spring Fever quilt by Buggy Barn.

I have Spring Fever!

Spring Fever quilt pattern from the Buggy Barn book, Certifiably Crazy

 Last month i taught the 'Buggy Barn Way' technique. Click HERE to view my tutorial post.  And shown below is my finished quilt. 

Trinity Quilt clubbers...i'm bringing it to show this coming Sunday!

The Buggy Barn Way

Update January 2015

In the Fall of 2014, The Buggy Barn closed their doors....so sad  :/

 Their books can still be found today via a Google search.

I'm getting ready to teach a great technique, a unique technique!  It's The Buggy Barn Way.   Trinity Quilt Club will be learning this nifty way to piece together blocks.  After teaching a whole year and then some of the Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt, this will be a breeze!  Very forgiving, no need to stress over seams that don't line up 

and the blocks are big!  

Here is the beginning of my Spring Fever quilt.

Trace the pattern onto Freezer Paper and iron on to a stack of Fat Quarters layered in a specific order.

Using a large Rotary Cutter, cut through the stack of Fat Quarters (FQ).  Depending on the amount of FQ's needed, one may want to divide the pile into a manageable thickness for cutting.

In this particular pattern, the pattern is stitched together in quadrants. Each quadrant in the photo above has 5 separate pieces to be stitched together.

Shown below are the lower quadrants A and B.

 Square up ONLY the sides you will be stitching together.  I just simply placed the ruler on two areas that matched, and trimmed the rest. In the picture above, both A and B quadrants are trimmed and ready to stitch together.

 Once they are stitched together, again trim ONLY the side which will be sewn to the trimmed quadrant C and D.

 Once the sections are trimmed and ready to sew together, pin the middle intersection and i throw a couple extra pins in just to keep the block from shifting.  You can see how uneven it is! 

 Not to worry one bit!

Below is the block stitched together ready to be trimmed to the appropriate size.  My pattern said to trim it to 11.5", but my blocks are easily trimmed to 12".  

There is no sashing or border added to this quilt.  It calls for a total of 30 blocks, 5 across and 6 down. My mother-in-law gave me scraps from her stash over Christmas. I rummaged through them last week and found enough of the plaid and the farmer/strawberry fabric, added the white fabric from my stash and am making this for my little grand niece Sammy, for a drag around quilt.  Sammy's quilt will be 3 blocks across and 4 blocks down for a total of 12 blocks. I will add a border to make it a bit larger.  

Click Here to view the finished quilt