As usual, it took more time for me to choose fabrics for the blocks and the log cabin frames than it did to actually sew them together! Melva's sew-alongs are so entertaining with her stories and posts. Her choice of the Little House on the Prairie series of books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, which are the inspiration for these pretty blocks, was a perfect pick for this sew-along.
Block #3 - Harvest Basket block is based on the Farmer Boy book about the childhood of Laura's husband Almanzo Wilder. Melva's post about it is here.
Block #4 - Shoo Fly block represents On The Banks Of Plum Creek. Read about how Melva ties it to the grasshopper devastation here.
Block #5 - Rails block depicts traveling by train in By The Shores Of Silver Creek, which Melva writes about here.
Block #6 - Snowflake block symbolizes the blizzards in The Long Winter, and Melva has a great post about it here.
Here are the 6 blocks completed so far. If I had to choose a favorite, it would be the Rails block!
Rosie has been supurr-vising every block and is exhausted from helping me
This has been a relaxing and fun SAL, and Melva's patterns and instructions are easy to follow. It has been a joy to work with a jelly roll of Indigo Garden by Riley Blake, along with a bit of stash and a few scraps as well.
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