Lori Holt Farm Girl Vintage Rolie Polie 40 2.5-inch Strips Jelly Roll Riley Blake Designs RP-7870-40

Fabric roll of 40 2.5-inch by 44-inch (width of fabric) strips from the Farm Girl Vintage collection by designer Lori Holt (Bee In My Bonnet) for Riley Blake Designs. Before I was ever Bee in my Bonnet, I was a Farm Girl. Both of my parents grew up on farms, as well as their parents, and their parents before them, and so on. Our family's farm was a small one in Herriman Utah, parceled out from land that was once part of the 10-acre orchard belonging to my maternal great-grandparents. In the nearby town of Bluffdale, Utah, my father's parents farmed their own 180 acres, so my brothers and sisters and I were raised with a deep, true rural heritage. Even now, I'm not more than a stone's throw away from my childhood home where my parents still live. Life was good on the farm, and I lived a happy childhood growing up in the sunshine, surrounded by my grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. My parents taught me well. We went to church on Sundays, and the rest of the week we worked hard as a family to live on what we raised. I climbed trees, herded sheep, played in the garden, rode horses, drove tractors and spent plenty of time in the kitchen cooking and canning. And, of course, my mother taught me how to sew. When it came to sewing, we made a lot of our own clothing and useful items for the kitchen, like aprons, dishtowels and potholders. Last, but not least, we made quilts! My grandparents lived by the old farmstead motto: "Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without!" My mother taught me to make things that were not only useful but also pretty. After all, if these items were going to fill our home, why not also make them beautiful? The seeds for my Farm Girl Vintage fabric grew from my childhood, and I can't wait to share this collection with you!