Forty-five more farm blocks, each charted in two sizes, pick up where the first Farm Girl Vintage left off and lean further into farm life: a milk cow, a friendly goat, a penny pig, a barn cat, a happy horse, a rise-and-shine rooster, and a scarecrow keeping watch, alongside kitchen and garden blocks like a hand mixer, sewing baskets, an autumn pumpkin, and corn and tomatoes. Because every block is built to mix and match, including with blocks from Lori Holt's earlier books, the same set can become a full scrappy sampler, a small gingham throw, or a single framed block on the wall. The look stays warm and nostalgic while the piecing keeps the finished quilts clean and graphic.

What the Book Includes

This listing is for the printed pattern book, not a kit or a finished quilt. Fabric, batting, backing, and notions are not included.

Inside are complete instructions for 45 sampler blocks, each given in both a 6-inch and a 12-inch finished size, plus thirteen new projects. The 201 full-color pages cover cutting and assembly with photos and diagrams throughout, and the book opens with a new Farm Girl Vintage 2 sampler quilt. A semi-concealed spiral binding lets the book lie flat at the machine and on the cutting table.

The Projects

The book includes thirteen new projects with full instructions, well beyond a single quilt:

• Two sampler quilts: the Farm Girl Vintage 2 Sampler and the Busy Bee Flower Farm quilt
• Mix and Match quilts in a small and large setting, plus a coordinating pillow sham
• A Farm Girl Gingham quilt offered in ten sizes, from doll to queen
• Four Barn Star quilts (Harvest, Hayride, Square Dance, and State Fair), each in a small and large version
• Doll quilts and doll pillows in several sizes
• A Farm Girl pin pillow and framed quilt blocks

What You'll Need

The blocks are built with conventional patchwork: rotary-cut squares, rectangles, and triangles joined with straight seams. Every block includes cutting for both the 6-inch and 12-inch size, so a single design works at either scale. The smaller blocks are a natural way to use scraps and fat quarters, and the projects scale up with yardage and precuts. Full fabric amounts for each project are inside the book. A rotary cutter, mat, and ruler are the core tools.

Perfect For

• Quilters who already have Farm Girl Vintage and want 45 more blocks that mix and match with it
• Anyone who wants farm, kitchen, and garden blocks in two ready-made sizes
• Fans of gingham and barn star quilts, with size options from doll to queen
• Quilters building a block library for classes, swaps, and retreats

Why You'll Love This Book

This second volume is built to work with the first. The blocks are charted at both 6 inches and 12 inches and mix and match with the blocks from Lori Holt's earlier books, so a quilter who already owns Farm Girl Vintage gains 45 more designs that drop straight into the same layouts. One design can be a small accent or the anchor of a whole quilt, and a scrappy sampler can combine sizes without recalculating anything.

The projects reach well past a single quilt. Alongside two new sampler quilts, the book includes gingham quilts in ten sizes, four barn star quilts in small and large versions, doll quilts and pillows, a pin pillow, and framed blocks. That range gives somewhere to put the blocks whether the plan is a quick afternoon make or a full bed-size build, which is also why the book works so well for classes, swaps, and retreats.

The 201 pages are full color throughout, with clear photos and diagrams, and the semi-concealed spiral binding lets the book lie open flat next to the machine. It is the kind of reference that stays on the shelf for years, because there is always another block to try or another way to set the ones already made.

Product Details

• Brand: It's Sew Emma
• Item #: ISE-931
• Authors: Lori Holt
• Category: Quilt Pattern Book
• Skill Level: Confident Beginner to Intermediate (conventional patchwork piecing throughout; blocks range from simple to more detailed)
• Technique: Conventional Patchwork
• Number of Designs: 45 sampler blocks (each in 6-inch and 12-inch sizes) and 13 projects
• Finished Sizes: Blocks finish at 6 inches and 12 inches; project sizes vary and are listed inside the book
• Pages: 201, full color
• Format: Printed Pattern Book
• Made in the United States