Wow!  Just got my copy today and it exceeded all my expectations by a long shot!  I seriously was only interested in the milk can block after I saw a quilt made from the pattern online but I had no idea all the blocks in this book were designed for both 6" and 12" blocks so if you didn't want to make a whole quilt, you could take any of the 6" blocks and use them to make potholders which is just about the only thing I really have time to make right now.  I also loved the mason jar block which I've seen in one of her stand alone quilt patterns so it was a bonus to get this in the book as I didn't already have it.  Lori did a fabulous job pairing the fabric colors to each block theme and tying together all the block themes into farm related  motifs.  She has managed to design quilt blocks that I would think would normally be approached through paper piecing with simple squares and rectangles to get the most charming shapes like cherries, barns, little chicks, etc.  If you are a Lori Holt fabric collector you will get a big kick out of seeing many of the prints from her fabric designs in the blocks as well which really inspired me to want to pull out some of my fabrics to get started on my favorite blocks.  Although there are no sewing, knitting or other needle art themed blocks in the book which would really be a nice addition to the farm house/home made lifestyle theme of the book, there are plenty of prints with sewing motifs in them which made it extra special to me.  I noticed Lori used her classic color palette that she used in her last book Quilty Fun, but has added more grays and newsprint fabrics which I thought was awesome, giving the look a bit of a contemporary feel to it.  The other plus I found that I loved in the book is that most of the squares are based on 1/4" and 1/2" increments, only a few required cutting squares in 1/8" increments which are more challenging for me to get accurate cuts (I rely on Accu Cut and Sizzix quilt dies quite a bit for my cutting which are all based on the 1/4 and 1/2" increments).  I seriously cannot believe the huge amount of work that went into the making of this book.  It was well worth the price, there is just so much in there, it is jam packed with not only the blocks but many quilt patterns as well.  Well done Lori, so proud of you!  I know the Fat Quarter Shop sponsored a sew along online using this book so you can do an image search on Google to get a really good sense for what people have done with the patterns.  The theme of this book is so timely as more and more people are re-embracing home gardens, farm fresh produce, and our connection to the farmers that grow our food and yet the theme is also very authentic for Lori as she was raised on a farm as her parents and grandparents were so there are some very precious vintage black and white photos in the book that are just adorable.  I never knew that about Lori, it was fun to read a bit about her childhood growing up on a farm!  For some reason this book makes me want to go out and buy some seeds to start growing a little kitchen herb garden that I have been wanting to do for a good long time now!