Gypsy Wife Quilt Booklet by Jen Kingwell. The greater the number of fabrics you use, the more fun your quilt will become! Finished quilt measures: 59"x 68" / 150cm x 173cm. Wanderer's Wife is Jen’s top seller. A puzzle of beautiful blocks – a signature style of Jen’s! This clever quilt will keep even the most advanced sewers entertained. This pattern is written for machine piecing. Block of the Month friendly.
i have no new blocks to share just yet, so i am sharing a copy of megan's beautiful work as she assembles section 1 of the gypsy wife quilt. by the way, she has written a brilliant tutorial on assembling the block sections with partial seams. it's got me thinking they aren't so bad after all! now, just because i finished it and also because there are busy friends out there who are working ahead of the quilt along schedule, i'm sharing the spreadsheet i made for the blocks, broken down by section and month of the quilt along. there is no pressure to work ahead! everyone should feel like they can work at their own pace, whatever that is. click images to enlarge again, why do they come out different sizes?! you can download a pdf copy of the block chart here. or, if you are viewing it on your cell phone, you can click on the chart to enlarge the image, and then take a screen shot, which you can then zoom in on. it might be handier for some people to have a copy on their phone. if you are confused about the "block id" column, that was for personal use. when i was working my way thru the book the first time around, i found it helpful to give each block an id tag, which i marked in the instructions and in the assembly charts for cross-referencing purposes. you can just ignore it. i've seen several section 1's already assembled on instagram at the hashtag #GypsyWifeQuiltSection1 (and even some section 2's!) it's pretty exciting to see so many of them coming together. now that my sewing room renovations are complete, as of yesterday, i can assembly my own section 1 this weekend. we can do this, friends! as always, you can follow along with everyone over on instagram at #GypsyWifeQuiltAlong2016.
“Gypsy Wife” by Jen Kingwell is one of my all-time favourite quilt patterns. I had so much fun making this quilt and it’s reflected in my fussy cutting and colours. Raylee Bielenberg, of Sunflower Quilting, has custom quilted my quilt top and it’s stunning. MY VERSION OF “GYPSY WIFE” BLOCK TUTORIALS Click an image below...
Item: JKD-5026 Type: Quilt Patterns Designer: Jen Kingwell By Jen Kingwell pattern booklet only. Quilt Measures 150cm x 173cm (59" x 86") Wanderer's Wife is Jen's top seller. A puzzle of beautiful blocks - a signature style of Jen's! This clever quilt will keep even the most advanced sewers entertained. This pattern is written for machine piecing. Block of the Month friendly.
I haven't blogged in quite some time... I think life just got very busy between family and work. The loss of several people... family and friends... that I was close too just took all my energy away. But now, I am back. While browsing around facebook recently I discovered an exciting new group to follow along as we piece an amazing quilt together. I jumped all in and even volunteered to be a moderator!... what was I thinking! :) The pattern is The Gypsy Wife by Jen Kingwell of Amitie.com.au This looks like an amazing challenge for me to occupy my "downtime" between church and family and work and will feed my creative soul. Join us on facebook at Gypsy Wife quilt along 2019 (sorry, when I figure out how to put the link here I will... for now just search for us on facebook) UPDATE: here is the link to our facebook page .... https://www.facebook.com/groups/1020630088120710/ Everyone must purchase their own copy of the pattern... which can be found by doing a google search. There are several sites and shops that you can purchase from (ie Etsy, Ebay, Amazon, and various online quilt shops). No measurements or sizes will be posted... you must have your own pattern so as not to break copyright laws. This will be a guided quilt-along.... that means beginning February 2, 2019 (and the first Saturday of each subsequent month) we will announce which blocks or section of the quilt we will be working on. Throughout the month we will post hints and tips to help you with challenges along the way (such as accurate cutting and sewing partial seams). The quilt has been broken down into sections like so: We are working out the details of how exactly we will do this... but just like eating an elephant, it will be one bite at a time! ********************** So to get this started and be ready to begin sewing on Feb 2 here is a list of fabric requirements. You can start gathering your fabric while waiting for your pattern to arrive. Several months ago I found a collection of 99 fat quarters for sale on a website that I can no longer remember the name of. I fell in love with this collection and purchased it with no particular project in mind. I think it will be perfect for this project. I think I have decided to use neutrals for a background rather than a variety of colors, so I may need to dig through my stash for a few more fat quarters. But this will be enough to get me started. A search of Pintrest will show you a variety of backgrounds and colors that others have made to help you decide on your own color theme. Here is a blank coloring sheet that I believe you can print off and practice coloring your own way.
The Jen Kingwell Gypsy Wife Sew-along kicks off next week (August 3) and I thought it would be a good...
I finally finished my Gypsy wife quilt. Which was on the frame for about 3 weeks I think. It only took me three evenings and an afternoon to actually quilt, but I had some machine issues, plus finished a bunch of quilt tops. I have 9 tops on my to-quilt list, which considering I was all caught up be
It is time to begin working on Section 7. There are 7 blocks in this section Square in a square w 2 borders... 7in Square in a Square w Courthouse Steps... 4in Square in a Square w Pinwheel Ctr... 5in (two) Square in a Square... 4in (two) Square in a Square... 3in
Hello fellow Gypsies (and everyone following along)! It’s time to finish our sampler quilt journey. I’ve really enjoyed cohosting the 2019 Gypsy Wife Quilt-Along with @ScrappyViolet . It’s a quilt I’ve wanted to make for a long time.
we've pulled lots of fabrics, we've got our pattern book and pencil ready, and some of us are kinda nervous. i hope everyone is excited! ...
Why do we make quilts? Is it the journey or the destination? This journey was rich, color-focused, slow and meandering. I used my full cadre of Anna Maria Horner fabrics , sparing none, enjoying all.
I have my first big quilt finish of the year to share with you today - it's my Gypsy Wife quilt. I started this as part of the quilt-along hosted by @GnomeAngel back in the summer and decided to go totally scrappy for the blocks and low volume for the background.This was the recipe I had used for my Long Time Gone quilt and I love it. After a few blocks, I decided I didn't like it this time. We had to take Mia into A&E one Sunday (nothing serious) and while we sat in the waiting room, she played on her tablet, and I coloured in a print-out of the quilt - can't go wrong with a rainbow. And I started again. Of course, I was well behind, and I stayed that way unfortunately. Even in the week after Christmas, I still believed I could make it - a finished quilt top by the 2nd January. I spent a few hours cutting all the background strips (what a job... not just the cutting, but keeping them organised)! But I had to give in. There was just too much to do and definitely not enough time. So the 2nd January passed. I still had some blocks to make and the construction of the quilt itself looked like quite the task. It was my birthday at the end of January, and for the first time in my life, I treated myself by taking a couple of days off work. Two whole days to sew - uninterrupted! Which was exactly what I needed to get this quilt done. I managed to get all the blocks pieced and a couple of the sections together ahead of my two golden days. But let me tell you, this quilt, and the construction part in particular, is not for beginners. It really stretched me - working out what seam to sew next, knowing I had some partial seams, and just making sure my layout was spot on. It was so much more fun than boring sashing! By the end of day 1 I had a finished quilt top, and that evening, at our local quilt group, I got it basted. The next day I set up the machine to free motion quilt and 3 hours later it was done. I quilted it with an all-over free motion stipple with cream thread on the front and pale green on the back. The backing is a duvet cover from Dunelm and I love the large scale of it. I pulled all the dark greys from my stash and cut myself a scrappy binding and by 3pm the quilt was finished! How very efficient! My birthday quilt! With the exception of the wadding, every piece of fabric in this quilt came from my stash. I made a vow this year to try fussy cutting, and I'm pretty pleased with the odd piece I included - I especially love the telephone. I also love that my quilt has "pissed" on it! Wonder how long it will take my mum to notice that! It's just such a happy, rainbowy quilt! I'm sad I couldn't get it done in time for the end of the quilt along, but I had a ball putting it together in peace and on my birthday! This is a finish from my Finish Along list, which you can find here.
On 3 August Nicole Calver (of Snips Snippets) and I will be kicking off the Jen Kingwell’s Gypsy Wife Quilt Sew-along. Jen...
I was part of a wonderful community of quilters that tackled Jen Kingwell’s Gypsy Wife pattern. Here you can find my 10 sections of Gypsy Wife video tutorials. The Gypsy Wife pattern can be p…
Gypsy Wife Quilt. Challenging and fun!
Admins have been working behind the scenes trying to make this Section 6 more palatable to everyone. It is such a large section with 21 blocks! We don't want anyone to be overwhelmed with the amount of work in this section. You, of course, can take the information from the TOC and work through at your own pace, but we have decided to break it down into three more manageable sections. So take your time and enoy! Tutorials for each section will be released over the next three months as follows: Section 6 Left...9 blocks.... June 1. Nurses Cross ... 8in Pinwheel with 1 border ... 6in Bordered Square-in-a-Square Hourglass ... 5in Court House Step ... 4in and make five (5) Square-in-a-Square ... 3in Section 6 Center....5 block.... July 6 Pinwheel no border ... 4in Court House Steps ... 4in Square-in-a-Square ... 4in Hourglass with border .... Square-in-a-Square ... 3in Section 6 Right.....7 blocks.... August 3 Indian Hatchet ... 6in Pinwheel with 1 border ... 6in Courthouse Steps with 3 borders ... 5in Bordered Square-in-a-Square ... 5in Square-in-a-Square ... 3in and Two (2) Square-in-a-Square ... 4in
Borders: Framing Your Quilt You have many options when it comes to borders or framing your Gypsy Wife quilt. I am wanting mine to h...
It’s often challenging to sew together differently sized blocks. Add to that the Gypsy Wife’s pieced, striped background and very minimal instruction booklet and you can expect the process might get rocky. Here are some tips to help you on your way.
The Jen Kingwell Gypsy Wife Sew-along kicks off next week (August 3) and I thought it would be a good...
On 3 August Nicole Calver (of Snips Snippets) and I will be kicking off the Jen Kingwell’s Gypsy Wife Quilt Sew-along. Jen...
We have two new blocks in Section 8.... From the Heart and the Star Block. I will be posting tutorials for these new blocks next. To save time I will not be making another Square in a Square tutorial... we have done this block "a million" times already. Here is a link on how to make it if you need a refresher. https://madakamom.blogspot.com/2019/02/2019-gypsy-wife-qal-section-1-square-in.html We have also made the Square in Square Courthouse Steps block before. In section 5 we made the 7in option.... Here in Section 8 we will be making the 10.5in option at the top right hand column of page 24.... be sure to follow the correct cutting directions. Assembly will be the same. https://madakamom.blogspot.com/2019/05/2019-gypsy-wife-quilt-along-section-5_46.html
We have finally made it to the last section of this wonderful quilt. There are no new blocks in this section. We have made them all in previous sections. I will just post links below the diagram to the tutorials and then write up an assembly post. Square in a Square blocks... just be sure to follow the correct size cutting directions. (one) 3.5", (three) 3" and (two) 4" https://madakamom.blogspot.com/2019/08/2019-gypsy-wife-quilt-along-section-7_43.html Pinwheel (one) 3" https://madakamom.blogspot.com/2019/07/2019-gypsy-wife-quilt-along-section.html Square in a Square Pinwheel center (one) 5.5" https://madakamom.blogspot.com/2019/08/2019-gypsy-wife-quilt-along-section-7_43.html Square in a square with courthouse steps (one) 7" (one) 5.5" https://madakamom.blogspot.com/2019/05/2019-gypsy-wife-quilt-along-section-5_46.html Puss in a Corner https://madakamom.blogspot.com/2019/02/2019-gypsy-wife-qal-section-1-puss-in.html
we've pulled lots of fabrics, we've got our pattern book and pencil ready, and some of us are kinda nervous. i hope everyone is excited! ...
I finally finished my Gypsy wife quilt. Which was on the frame for about 3 weeks I think. It only took me three evenings and an afternoon to actually quilt, but I had some machine issues, plus finished a bunch of quilt tops. I have 9 tops on my to-quilt list, which considering I was all caught up be
Wow, the more I work on this quilt the more I am loving it. I am not sure if it is the finished product so much as the process that I am e...
Hello fellow Gypsy Wife troops! Today I have for you the partial seam edition... There is a partial seam in section one, and if you haven't done a partial seam before that might sound daunting. But trust me, there is no tricky technical sewing here, just a particular order in which to sew your seams that might not be immediately apparent. I took lots of photos as a sewed this part together so you can follow along if you need to. I am only working on part of section 1 here (5 strips in from the left inclusive). I began by laying out the pieces using the pattern diagram as a guide. Then I stitched the pieces together that I could see went together logically enough. Now you are ready to sew your partial seam joining the long and short strips together to where I have my finger. You are going to sew this seam down from the top about 1.5" (not all the way to the bottom, hence the 'partial seam'). I pinned the strips where I wanted to stop. When you turn it the right way up, it looks like this and you are ready to sew it to the square in square block above. Next, attach that pair of 8.5" strips that go on the right hand side of the block. Are you getting a sense of the logic? Fun, right? Attach that pinwheel to the bottom of those four strips now. Now, flip the whole thing over. You're going to finish that seam that is open on the left. That yellow pin at the top is where my previous unfinished seam ended. Start from there and sew to the bottom. This is your last seam in this part of the block. Give it a good press and admire your handiwork!
I was part of a wonderful community of quilters that tackled Jen Kingwell’s Gypsy Wife pattern. Here you can find my 10 sections of Gypsy Wife video tutorials. The Gypsy Wife pattern can be p…
When we posted a picture of this Grinch quilt to our Facebook and Instagram pages in October, it got LOTS of response. In fact, it’s been one of our most popular posts of the year. Comments ranged from praise and amazement to questions about the panel and design.
It’s the first of two assembly weeks for the Jen Kingwell’s Gypsy Wife Quilt Sew-along. This week you’ll be assembling...
We will be working on this last part of Section 6(right). There are 7 blocks in this part of the section Indian Hatchet.... 6in Pinwheel with Border.... 6in Courthouse Steps with 3 borders .... 4in Bordered Square-in-a-Square.... 5in Square-in-a-Square.... (1) 3in and (2) 4in
Hi everyone, welcome to section 7 of Gypsy Wife! I have been tied up with life lately, but I have finally found some sewing time. I hope everyone else is sewing along happily. In the interests of full
Here's my Gypsy Wife quilt!!! I sewed the blocks in 2018 as a QAL (quilt along) with two groups I belong to. Then I spent all of January and the first half of February assembling and finishing it, in order to enter it in our quilt show on February 15th. As it says in the pattern, putting these blocks together "is a journey"! In other words, it's a lot of work, just when you thought you were done with a lot of work, AKA sewing zillions of random blocks! Below are my blocks on the design wall. I recommend labeling each one with the finished size in inches. Then when it's laid out on the design wall, you can switch blocks that are the exact same size and spread out the color arrangement. This is before rearrangement: The pattern makes a quilt that finishes at 59" X 68", which is not a very useful size for me--I don't have any wall space to hang such a big quilt, and it's too fancy for a sofa throw quilt. So after surrounding the body of the quilt with a narrow indigo border, I carried the background strips into the outside and added a 10" border. Halfway there: Here are my background strips, trying to keep them in order! The finished size came out 81" X 90", just right for a full size bed. Quilt top: I used wool batting and did custom quilting on each block: All my fabrics are Japanese, either vintage, recycled or modern reproductions of traditional prints: Here's my finished quilt hanging at the quilt show: Below are Sunny's quilt (left) and Arlette's quilt (right): And here's Jeanette's version: I was honored to get a second place ribbon on mine: Gypsy Wife is quite a journey! If you haven't taken the journey yet, I recommend it. Grace and peace!!! ~Nancy Linking up to: Midweek Makers, Wednesday Wait Loss, Needle & Thread Thursday, TGIFF, Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Friday Foto Fun, Busy Hands Quilts, From Bolt to Beauty, Sew Can She, Favorite March Finish.
I am smitten with this block. It's block 54 in the Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt book, and is called Kitchen Woodbox. I was able to f...
I was part of a wonderful community of quilters that tackled Jen Kingwell’s Gypsy Wife pattern. Here you can find my 10 sections of Gypsy Wife video tutorials. The Gypsy Wife pattern can be p…
May 1st already! Can you believe it? That means it is time to start a new section of Gypsy Wife. Today I'm going to show you how I made...
Purchase this quilt pattern called Wanderer's (Gypsy) Wife by Jen Kingwell Designs. The booklet includes all instructions to make the quilt. Finished Quilt Size: 150cm x 173cm (59" x 68") 3rd Edition Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced