I'm using bright scrappy fabrics to take part in an informal Farmer's Wife Quilt Along - want to join me?

I’m not done with FWQS yet! There were simple blocks and there were beautiful and simple blocks. My selection includes not only the easiest blocks -there are many more than those- but blocks…

The Farmer’s Wife Sampler Quilts are iconic bucket list quilts in the quilting community. They’re a great introduction to traditional...

I'm using bright scrappy fabrics to take part in an informal Farmer's Wife Quilt Along - want to join me?

I have so far completed around 77 blocks of the Farmer’s wife quilt sampler. More information about how I am making this quilt. View all the blocks I have done so far. Rainbow Flowers Ribbons Roseb…

The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 66 Periwinkle This little block, the Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 66 Periwinkle, takes advantage of the same pretty fabric as the last one. I don't have much of it, but it is SO versatile in a sampler quilt like the Farmer's Wife. The pieces are mirror imaged - yes, I had to unpick one set. School girl error.

The following is a list of all the block tutorials for Farmer’s Wife 1930’s Sampler Quilt Sew-along. Click a link to see the tutorial. Tutorials are listed in numerical and alphabetical order as per the book: Addie – Click here for tutorial Aimee – Click here for tutorial Alice – Click here for tutorial Ann...

If you've been around the quilting world or followed many quilting blogs for awhile, then you've certainly heard of the Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt . The inspiration behind this quilt (designed by author Laurie Aaron Hird) are letters written in 1922 in response to this question posed by The Farm

Hi everyone! Thank you so much for joining the Farmer's Wife 1930's Sew Along with Fat Quarter Shop, Angie of GnomeAngel, and Marti Michell. We loved

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Starting The Farmers Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt by Laurie Aaron Hird.

Block 20 - Caroline Well the Farmer’s Wife 1930s sew-along over at Gnome Angel got over to a chaotic start due to there being over 400...

My Grandma's 90th Birthday is November 1st, and I wanted to do something really special for her. She has been one of my favorite people for a long time -- she used to fix the holes in my worn out teddy bear, over and over. She always choose the Old Maid card that my brother and I wanted to get rid of. And I still wish that she could make me a peanut butter sandwich every night for a bedtime snack, like she used to do when I slept over at her house. She makes the best peanut butter sandwiches, ever. When my Grandpa turned 90 years old a couple of years ago, my brother and cousins presented him with 90 bottles of beer. You should have seen the huge smile! So I wanted to do something equally amazing, and maybe even better, for Grandma. So here it is . . . . 90 quilt squares! After I read about the Farmer's Wife Quilt Along starting up, I knew that this group of blocks would be perfect. My Grandma wasn't a Farmer's Wife, but she was a farmer's daughter! I started making the blocks this past summer, but quickly realized that I would need (LOTS) of help if I was going to finish it in time. So I invited my mom, aunt, and uncle over for some quilting parties! They're not technically quilters, but my mom and aunt have done some sewing, and my uncle is a mathematician & painter, with a good eye for design and color. We spent most of our Tuesdays together for the past 2 months -- they'd arrive right after I dropped the kids off at school, and we'd sew for hours and hours. Most of the blocks are paper pieced -- and my quilting helpers did ALL of the tearing the paper off the backs for me -- how wonderful! We had so much fun together, that I've joked that we need to decide who to make a quilt for next -- we make a great team! We had a hard time deciding on a layout for the 90 blocks, because a simple square design of 9 x 10 blocks seemed too plain. And I wanted to make it large enough to fit a double/queen sized bed. One day we just started laying out our blocks on a huge piece of white fabric, and this design was born! For the blocks set on point, I cut a 5 1/2 inch square on the diagonal, then sewed these triangles on all four sides. For the squared up blocks, I added 2 1/2 inch sashing to all 4 sides. All blocks were then squared up to 9 inches. There is another 2 1/2 inch border around the very edge of the quilt. The fabrics are Kona Snow and Moda Sugar Pop. I free motion quilted this myself, using a fairly small meandering type pattern throughout the solid snow fabric. I love how it makes the blocks pop! The batting is Warm and White, and the back is a collection of left over pieces. She loved it! Linking up to:

The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 4 Basket Weave I mentioned in my 6 month update that a few of the blocks I had done for my Farmer's Wife quilt had already been rejected for new colours. This is the first one, Block 4 Basket Weave - a simple block, but before I had done it in a brighter red which wasn't working with my subtle colour palette. It was a nice block, but maybe for my next Farmer's Wife quilt - HA Ha ...

The following is a list of all the block tutorials for Farmer’s Wife 1930’s Sampler Quilt Sew-along. Click a link to see the tutorial. Tutorials are listed in numerical and alphabetical order as per the book: Addie – Click here for tutorial Aimee – Click here for tutorial Alice – Click here for tutorial Ann...

Time for another four blocks from the 1930s Farmer’s Wife quilt ..... Block 59 – Mary. I thought ...

The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt and the books that go with it provide an exciting glimpse into farm life during the 1920s!

I'm participating in the 2015 Farmer's Wife 1930s Sampler quilt sew along with GnomeAngel - here's the Betty block.

Here are the From Marti Michell template conversions for the Peony block: The Double Aster Block Double Aster is a classic design credited to Nancy Cabot. In Jinny Beyer's book The Quilter's Album of Patchwork Blocks, Nancy Cabot is said to have presented this block, which she called Double Windmill, in her Chicago Tribune column of October 26, 1936, and attributed it to an old Pennsylvania Dutch pattern pieced in Philadelphia as early as 1800. Nancy Cabot was on a roll -- 2 weeks later, she added 2 triangles to each quarter-block and the new block became Double Aster. She "fertilized" Double Aster with 8 more triangles and a dozen squares and created a new block called Peony and Forget Me Nots, very close to block #76 Peony. I fell in love with Double Aster in the late 1990s, when I used it in this sampler quilt. (Sorry this is only one section of the quilt. The blocks are 16 inches, it is a big quilt!) Wherever the quilt was displayed, Double Aster was always the block that attracted people. At that time, we developed a Double Aster class plan that we made available to stores. It was great for learning about the triangles in Sets A and B because the block has 4 different sized triangles. I had made 8-1/2, 12 and 16 inch Double Aster blocks, but not a 6 inch block. When I first saw Peony in the Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt book, I thought it wa Double Aster and assumed it looked different because it was so small. Then I realized Peony had more stuff going on at the edges, which seemed to clutter the design. That settled my decision to make Double Aster for my quilt and share it with you. By the way, it was only after I decided that I compared the number of pieces. Double Aster has only 37 pieces, compared to 57 for Peony -- wouldn't you rather cut, sew and press 37 pieces than 57? A Double Aster for our Mystery Quilt Made with Set A, this is also a perfect block for our 8-1/2 inch mystery quilt. (Click the images for a larger view.) Bonus Sizes Double Aster is also a perfect block to demonstrate the versatility of the templates. You're using From Marti Michell templates to make 6-inch blocks, but our basic sets (A through D) can make up to 4 sizes each of hundreds of block designs. If you own Set A, you can make Double Aster in 3 sizes (6, 8-1/2 and 12 inches, finished). And you get 3 more sizes with Set B (8, 11-1/4, and 16 inches). What's the 2+2 triangles in the 12-inch block? It's triangle template A-2 doing a template trick! You can cut any triangle twice as big using this trick! (It's great for Flying Geese units, too -- cut the 2 small triangles with the triangle template, then use this template trick to cut the center triangle!) See 31 sizes of Flying Geese in More Bang for the Buck! My Double Aster Block Click on the image for a larger view. Click the link below to download the Chart for cutting and making Peony: From Marti Michell Chart #74 Visit these other Farmer's Wife Sew Along blogs, too, for sewing tutorials and other info about the Peony block: http://gnomeangel.com http://www.talesofcloth.com/ The Farmer’s Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt: Inspiring Letters from Farm Women of the Great Depression and 99 Quilt Blocks That Honor Them by Laurie Aaron Hird for Fons & Porter/F+W.

The following is a list of all the block tutorials for Farmer’s Wife 1930’s Sampler Quilt Sew-along. Click a link to see the tutorial. Tutorials are listed in numerical and alphabetical order as per the book: Addie – Click here for tutorial Aimee – Click here for tutorial Alice – Click here for tutorial Ann...

Like most other quilters, I have a million UFOs and WIPs. I have a "dream" list a mile long. And, I have baggies of adorable fabric pulls...

Another week and another two blocks - one paper-pieced and one patched. Block 5 - Bat Wing Block 5 - Bat Wing Nope – not those fla...

Block 5 of the Farmer’s Wife 1930’s Sampler Quilt is Anne. I have loved this block from afar since we started...

The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt and the books that go with it provide an exciting glimpse into farm life during the 1920s!

The Farmer’s Wife 1920’s Sampler Quilt Sew-along is celebrating block 3, Basket, today. This one has given a few people pause because it involves appliqué. Appliqué’s not that big a deal. Seriously. I

Gentleman's Fancy, block 44 in the Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt. I quite like the name of this block, and it includes two of my favou...

Farmer's Wife 1930s Block no. 43 - Hope VeryKerry Berry is chasing through the Farmer’s Wife 1930s sampler quilt with another four blocks: Block 41 – Granny. I cheated with this block and paper-pieced it in such a way that I eradicated those silly half-triangle squares. Find out more HERE. Farmer's Wife 1930s Block no. 41 - Granny Block 42 – Heather. Another block that I’ve covered already HERE. I loved this block – so much that I made two. . Farmer's Wife 1930s Block no. 42 - Heather Then we came to a block I was looking forward to and which I like the look of.... Block 43 – Hope. This block has a partial seam and my notes read “not sure I got the partial seam perfect but it is pretty and to size”. It is also sashed and joined to another already! Farmer's Wife 1930s Block no. 43 - Hope Block 44 – Iris. I struggled with this block. Notes tell all ..... “Seams didn’t match up when joining two halves. I don’t quite know why because the middle and ends match and it is to size. Unpicked and restitched. Better match but still unsure. Maybe I am being too fussy.” Farmer's Wife 1930s Block no. 44 - Iris GnomeAngel managed another two blocks before scheduling a break until 1st March. Both blocks are covered briefly here as they have been blogged about before: Block 11 – Bea. This has been blogged about HERE. I like how the handle looks like ribbon – it isn’t, it is the small stripe on the fabric that makes it appear so. Farmer's Wife 1930s Block no. 11 - Bea Block 23 – Charlotte. This was an easy block to paper-piece and I made it in two halves. Nothing challenging – quite straightforward. Farmer's Wife 1930s Block no. 23 - Charlotte I actually only have another 7 or 8 blocks to make and you can see all the blocks I've made so far over on my Farmer’s Wife PinterestBoard or on my Farmer’s Wife tab above. Sew until tomorrow when I shall be sharing my Splendid Sampler blocks .......

It is over a month since I posted any Farmer’s Wife 1920s blocks so, without further ado here are another three blocks. Block 48 – Ho...

The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt and the books that go with it provide an exciting glimpse into farm life during the 1920s!

The second block for this week is 98 Viola from the Farmer’s Wife 1930’s Sampler Quilt. More checkerboard piecing *sigh*. This is the...

Participating in the Farmer's Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt sew along with GnomeAngel. Here's my version of the Bonnie quilt block.

Spring Planting Instead of pulling weeds in the garden I was busy taking pictures of quilts. I would hate to get my hands all dirty. This beauty is totally outside my box. I purchased this fabric for my daughters graduation quilt but decided to use something different. This pile of fun spring prints was calling my name. I found this pattern and had it sent right to my inbox. I love PDF patterns when the creative mood strikes. Enjoy I am off to the garden to pull weeds and plant some blueberries. - - - - - - - - note - I had to remove the comment section from my blog because I was receiving a lot of very inappropiate spam comments. I love to read your comments so I am hoping to be able to turn them back on soon.

Hi everyone! Thank you so much for joining the Farmer's Wife 1930's Sew Along with Fat Quarter Shop, Angie of GnomeAngel, and Marti Michell. We loved

Starting The Farmers Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt by Laurie Aaron Hird.

Block 15 - Buzzard's Roost Block 15 – Buzzard’s Roost I made this block before I decided on my sashing which clashes everso slightly but I really enjoyed making it. Notes highlight a mis-placing of the checked fabric: “Easy to paper-piece although directional print is wrong on one of the side triangles.” Thank goodness I am not a perfectionist – I would never finish anything!! Block 16 – Calico Puzzle I patched this block and it turned out so pretty. Notes say it all “prettiest little block”. Sometimes it is the simplest blocks that turn out the best. Block 16 - Calico Puzzle That’s another two blocks and I have made a couple more so I now have two strips of 10 blocks sashed. Things are going well.

Block 20 - Caroline Well the Farmer’s Wife 1930s sew-along over at Gnome Angel got over to a chaotic start due to there being over 4000 participants – WOWEE! But all is settling down now with two blocks every week. The order of the blocks for each sew-along is different so I shall post the blocks I have made for both sew-alongs this past fortnight. Below you will find a picture together with the journal notes for each block. Block 5 - Anne. Paper-pieced. “Made slight error in fabric placement but block is still pretty.” Farmer's Wife Block 5 - Anne Block 6 - April. Paper-pieced. “A lot of work. Important to have pieces marked with colour as it is easy to get muddled.” Tip: If paper-piecing you can combine E4 and E5 into one piece and F3 and F4 into one piece. Farmer's Wife Block 6 - April Block 7 – Augusta–the-First. Paper-pieced. “6¼” finished which is disappointing as it was a lot of work.“ Farmer's Wife Block 7 - Augusta-the-First. I remade this block using Very Kerry Berry’s wonderful tips and the paper-pieced Augusta-the-second turned out to the correct size of 6½" ...... Farmer's Wife Block 7 - Augusta-the-Second Block 8 - Aunt. Patchwork. "Easy patchwork block." Farmer's Wife Block 8 - Aunt Block 12 - Becky. Patchwork. “Easy – very easy. Great stash buster.” Farmer's Wife Block 12 - Becky Block 14 - Betty. Patchwork. “Quick and easy patchwork using half-square triangles”. Farmer's Wife Block 14 - Betty Block 16 - Bonnie. Patchwork. “Easy to patch.” Farmer's Wife Block 16 - Bonnie Block 20 - Caroline. Patchwork. “Easy patchwork using half-square-triangles. Very pretty – love it.” If you want to patch this block with easy half-square-triangles then this tutorial from Elven Garden will show you how. Farmer's Wife Block 20 - Caroline Now the sew-alongs are settling down I shall post each week showing the four blocks made that week from both groups. If you want to have a gander of my blocks so far you can pop over to my Pinterest board . Until next time ........

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I'm participating in the 2015 Farmer's Wife 1930s Sampler quilt sew along with GnomeAngel - here's the Betty block.

This lot of blocks completes all the blocks in the book. More information about how I am making this quilt. View all the blocks I have done so far. Windmill Windows Wood Lily Wrench

Block 59 of the Farmer’s Wife 1930’s Sampler Quilt is Mary. Welcome to 2017! We’re on the homeward stretch now with...