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Farm Girl Quilts carries the top 18 colours of Perma Core Quilter’s Edition thread. This thread is made of an ultra strong polyester core thread on the inside. It is wrapped with cotton-like Soft spun polyester on the outside. This makes for consistent stitches and rich long lasting colour. It is durable, abrasion resistant, and ideal for rigorous, high speed multidirectional quilting. This thread is is perfect for quilting on your home sewing machine or your quilting machine. The spools are 3000 yards, which means you will have lots of thread to finish your project. We like this thread because...

Over the last several weeks, Farm girl has made a few projects using vinyl mesh. She thought you might like to see them. The first project was a market bag. ( It could be used as a beach bag or tote) The pattern was free from a You Tube video make by “The Fabric Junction” . Terry did a great job of walking you through the project step by step.  One side of the bag has a zippered pocket and the other side is mesh. The handles are long enough that you can carry the bag on your shoulder. All...

Farm girl has wanted to add a barn quilt to her studio for a long time. She wanted one that would depict something about her. She finally found a design that would be suitable.  It is called  “Early Riser”.  It is perfect, because she quilts between 5 am and 8 am. Her son’s surprised her with this lovely Early Riser barn quilt made by Paula Jackson of PY’s Barn Quilts. Paula did a great job!  Farm girl is so excited to get it mounted on the building. Don’t you think it will look great on her studio?

We received a few new kits in.  All of them would be great projects for the beginning quilter  Kimberbell's Lil' Sprout Flannel Baby Quilt. It comes in pink and blue.  They both would be perfect for that little person in your life. The quilts are  31" x 35". This Bloom Quilt is bright and cheery. The fabric is from the Hi De Ho collection by the American Cancer Society. It measures  53" x 68".  

This week we added lot of supplies for making Vinyl Mesh Bags to our shop. We have the vinyl mesh in many colors. We also have added Polypro Webbing in 10 different colors. It makes great handles on your bags and there should be a color to match most fabrics. We also received a few new  bag patterns,  " Easy Piecing Grid" kits also arrived. "Block Party" kit is a beautiful sampler quilt.The kit includes the pattern and 4 panels of easy piecing grid. I know Christmas is just over, but " Easy Piecing Stocking" kit  will give you  a head...