Yesterday's Farmhouse

12/09/2025

Christmas Dinner Planning… the 1938 Farmhouse Way

If you stepped into a farmhouse kitchen in 1938 during Christmas week, you’d feel it immediately, the quiet hum of preparation, the warmth from the woodstove, and the familiar rhythm of a home getting ready for its biggest meal of the year.

There were no grocery superstores or last-minute dashes for forgotten items.
Everything was planned with care… and mostly made from scratch.

Here’s what a typical 1938 Christmas Dinner Menu might have looked like:

🦃 Main Course

Roast Chicken or Turkey (or sometimes a farm-raised goose)
Pan Drippings Gravy
Sage & Onion Stuffing

🥔 Sides & Vegetables
Mashed Potatoes (whipped by hand)
Buttered Carrots
Creamed Peas
Home-canned Beets or Pickles
Fresh-baked Dinner Rolls

🍽 Special Holiday Dishes

Cranberry Relish (from berries simmered on the stove)
Rutabaga Mash
Baked Ham with Brown Sugar & Mustard Glaze

🥧 Desserts
Apple Pie (from last autumn’s stored apples)
Mincemeat Pie
Molasses Cookies

A small dish of hard Christmas candies

☕ Beverages
Percolator Coffee
Hot Apple Cider
Cocoa for the children

Families planned days ahead…
Bread rose on the counter under dish towels.
Pie crusts chilled on the porch.
Veggies were peeled and placed in cold water overnight.
And the whole house smelled like cloves, cinnamon, and something warm you couldn’t quite name — only feel.

In 1938, Christmas wasn’t about extravagance.
It was about using what you had, making it with love, and gathering everyone around one table, sometimes squeezed shoulder-to-shoulder, sometimes sitting on mismatched chairs, always grateful.

At Yesterday’s Farmhouse, we believe the old ways still matter.
The warmth.
The planning.
The togetherness.
The joy found in simple things.

Here’s to bringing a little of that 1938 Christmas magic back into our homes today.

12/06/2025

Pip Vinestar Collection — A Little Farmhouse Magic

There’s something timeless about black gingham, soft country gold, and hand-stitched stars… the kind of quilt that feels like it belongs in an old farmhouse with wide-plank floors and morning light pouring in.

The Pip Vinestar Collection brings that warmth back, layer by layer.
From cozy shams to a beautiful patchwork quilt and the sweetest throw for your favourite chair, it’s one of those collections that instantly makes a room feel lived-in and welcoming.

🖤🌿 Country charm.
🧵 Handcrafted details.
🏡 A touch of yesterday in every stitch.

More farmhouse treasures coming to Yesterday’s Farmhouse soon…

12/05/2025

✨ New Name, Same Cozy Heart ✨

Some of you have been with me since the very first “Miss Georgia's
Style” posts, and I’m so grateful you’re still here. Over time, the vision grew bigger than just a page — it started to look and feel like a whole little farmhouse store.

So today, I’m excited to share our new name: Yesterday’s Farmhouse 🏡

Inspired by my own 1938 farmhouse (lovingly nicknamed “Miss Georgia”), Yesterday’s Farmhouse will be a full online store featuring:
• Vintage-style quilt & bedding collections
• Cozy throws and pillows
• Old-fashioned kitchen and baking pieces
• Little everyday comforts that make a house feel like home

The name has changed, but the heart hasn’t. It’s still all about that cozy, nostalgic feeling — the kind of home where there’s always an extra quilt, an extra cookie, and an extra place at the table.

I’d love for you to stay, browse, and grow with me as we get everything stocked and ready.

💛 Welcome to Yesterday’s Farmhouse.
If you’re here for quilts, coziness, and simple comforts… you’re in exactly the right place.

Quilt shown Kaila.

12/05/2025

🎄 A Yesterday’s Farmhouse Christmas Story

Snow had already started to fall the night before, the soft kind that didn’t make a sound when it landed — just left a dusting of white on the windowpanes and the old cedar fence out front.
By morning, the whole world looked like it had been tucked under a feather quilt.

Inside the farmhouse, the day began long before the sun did.

Mama was already in the kitchen, warming the woodstove and humming a hymn she learned from her own mother. The smell of cinnamon and cloves drifted through the house before anyone else’s feet had even touched the floor. She always said Christmas smelled like love, and she measured spices the same way she measured everything — with her heart, not a spoon.

Daddy came in from outside, brushing snow from his shoulders. His cheeks were red from the cold, but he grinned the moment he stepped through the door.
“Feels like Christmas,” he said, even though the calendar had been shouting it for weeks.

The children tumbled from their quilts, pulling wool socks over cold toes, racing each other to the living room where the Christmas tree stood in the corner — a cedar branch Daddy had cut from the back field. It wasn’t tall and it wasn’t grand, but it smelled fresh and sharp, and the children had decorated it themselves with strings of popcorn, tin stars, button ornaments, and a paper angel with crooked wings.

No two gifts under that tree looked the same.
There was no wrapping paper, just scraps of fabric, bits of newspaper, and twine.
But inside each bundle was something made with love — a knitted scarf, a carved wooden toy, a jar of summer blackberry jam saved just for today.

Breakfast wasn’t fancy — oatmeal with brown sugar and a splash of cream — but on Christmas morning it tasted like a feast.
The whole family sat elbow-to-elbow, laughing, telling stories, teasing each other in the kind of gentle way people do when they are warm and full and happy.

Later, when the dishes were washed and the fire was crackling, they gathered in the living room with blankets wrapped around their shoulders. Someone read the Christmas story. Someone else played carols on a fiddle that had belonged to their grandfather. Outside, the snow fell heavier, as if the sky was sending down a blessing big enough for the whole town.

It wasn’t the gifts or the food or the decorations that made the day magical.

It was the feeling —
that simple, steady knowing that nothing mattered more than the people sitting right there in that room.

A Christmas of the 1930s didn’t need perfection.
It needed warmth.
It needed presence.
It needed love stitched into every corner of the day.

And long after the last ember dimmed in the fireplace,
and the children slept soundly under heavy quilts sewn by hands that had known decades of Decembers,
the feeling stayed —
the feeling of home,
the feeling of belonging,
the feeling of yesterday that somehow never faded with time.

12/05/2025

Sawyer Mill Blue – Farmhouse Classic Style

Bring timeless farmhouse charm to your home with our Sawyer Mill Blue Collection.
Classic ticking stripes, soft patchwork textures, and that cozy cottage-feel come together to create a bedroom that feels calm, inviting, and effortlessly beautiful.

🧵 Why customers love this collection:
• Soft, lived-in farmhouse blues
• Patchwork quilting with vintage-inspired patterns
• Matching bed skirt, shams & decorative pillows
• Easy to style with neutrals, whites, and rustic woods
• Creates that warm “country comfort” look all year long

✨ Whether you're refreshing your guest room or creating your own peaceful retreat, Sawyer Mill Blue brings comfort, quality, and style you’ll love coming home to.

🛒 Shop the Sawyer Mill Blue Collection:
Available now at Yesterday’s Farmhouse.

11/04/2025

Granny’s Feather Duvet — A Touch of Heaven in Every Stitch - Buy Your Family Heirloom Today.

Welcome to our world of old-fashioned comfort and pure luxury.
This isn’t just any duvet; it’s a masterpiece, lovingly made and filled right here in Canada with the finest Hutterite white goose down.

Each fluffy cluster is nature’s way of saying “sleep well.” These generous down feathers create tiny air pockets that let your body breathe, wrapping you in warmth without ever feeling heavy.

Just like Granny’s feather bed, this duvet is soft, light, and made to last for years of peaceful nights.

Whether it’s a frosty morning or a long winter’s night, you’ll find comfort in every corner.

Because warmth isn’t just a temperature; it’s a feeling. 🤍

Features

500-thread-count down-proof cotton shell; soft, breathable, and built to last, with hundreds of tiny pockets to make sure the feathers stay in place for many years to come.

Filled with premium Canadian Hutterite White Goose Down, known around the world for its incredible warmth and lightness.

Temperature-balanced comfort keeps you cozy in winter and cool in summer.

Super lightweight & whisper quiet, for the most peaceful sleep imaginable.

Granny’s Promise

Each Granny’s Feather Duvet is made with love, filled with care, and stitched with pride, the kind of craftsmanship Granny herself would approve of.

For true luxury with a heart, there’s nothing quite like it.

Order today for Christmas Delivery- 100% home-raised duck/geese and 100% home-sewn.

Queen $645.00
King $845.00

10/31/2025