Month: October 2022

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Folk Garden Quilt Blocks | by Farm & Folk

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Farm & Folk recently put out a call for testers for this beautiful quilt. This project is so cool – Sara is a farmer and she spent the summer growing and harvesting dye flowers. She designed this quilt and a dye kit to go with it so you can make one too.

I was a lucky tester and got to make the two quilt blocks this weekend.

I used linen scraps and due to yardage limitations ended up with a very moody block.

The pattern is really easy to follow and included tons of Sara’s beautiful photos. I hope you’ll check it out once it’s released!

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Some stuff I’ve done lately.

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WildCraft had a back to school sale, so I signed up for a four week introduction to oil painting course with Rachel Warkentin. I busted out my decades old oil paint and I’m having a blast. The last session in next Monday (sad face) and I’m hoping to start up an at home practice. In the second week we painted rocks and eggs. My egg and rocks are in the lower right.

Here’s the progression of some spoons. I’m most excited to have learned some less toxic options for working with oils. Canola and walnut oils are way less stinky too!

Sadie designed this fun top (there’s a dress version too) for Tauko Magazine. I got to make it over the summer and it’s finally cool enough to wear it! This fabric is from Anuprerna.

And another WildCraft class – visible darning with Erin Eggenburg. Getting to her level of skill is going to take some practice.

Here’s my hot mess!

I learned just how well WD-40 cleans and conditions metal. I bought this vintage desk chair to make my work from home space a little more comfortable but it was GROSS.

There was a long abandoned spider nest in the back rest and it had so much rust and grime. It cleaned up so much better than I thought it would.