2017 Quilt Doodle Design BOM ~ UFO

Working through UFO's can be difficult, they did become UFO's for a reason.  This one had two reason, #1 I lose interest in mystery BOM.  

#2 After losing interest, the last two blocks came out and UGG, they just didn't set right with me and I didn't feel like drafting my own.

This pattern is called Farm Memories Dresden Style by Quilt Doodle Designs.  The full pattern is still available at the previous link.  

So here we are, years later and the mojo to get the quilt top together has finally arrived.

The blocks I didn't care for were the station wagon and a water can with flowers.  It was designed for raw edge applique, my blocks are turned edge. As you can see the applique is very small.  Some of the raw edge designs had small points and impossible angles for me to turn under so I changed them to suit my style of applique.

After staring at the design wall for what seemed like forever I had an idea for two new blocks.  The quilt pattern name is called Farm Memories.  My grandparents had a small farm when I was a child so I started taking a trip down memory lane, what could I add to this quilt?  It took some time of walking their farm in my mind until I came up with a plan.   A truck and a hay wagon!  During the summers I spent a lot of time at grannies house, she was a free babysitter.  One summer I helped put up hay. It's not a fun job, but it had to be done.  Just me, grannie and gramps. What made it so memorable was my grannie never wore britches, only dresses, well except for this one hay day. The night before we were to put up hay she took an old long skirt and made them into britches.  I couldn't help laughing at her a time or two throughout the day.  She looked so funny in britches and she was constantly adjusting and tugging on them. She didn't know how any woman could wear them on a daily basis.

  Anyway...some of you might remember my truck quilts from a few years ago.  This one was called Autumn Memories.

The truck and hay wagon was inspired by that day on the farm.

I quickly found the old files, resized them, printed out the new templates and pulled the fabrics.  The truck and wagon will be separated into two blocks.  Fitting them both in one block would make the applique too small for me to make.

See you soon with the last two blocks!

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