Sewing progress this week: Farmer’s Wife Sampler, 5 more blocks done for a total of 26. Out of 111. Oh, well, I knew it wasn’t going to be a quick quilt.
I love the second block, The Farmer’s Daughter. How many of you are farmer’s daughters? My dad farmed until I was 11 and we moved to the big city of Minneapolis.
The other 24 blocks can be seen by clicking on the FWS tab at the top of this page.
A couple of things have really sparked my enthusiasm to get back to work on these blocks:
- On the Farmer’s Wife Sampler Yahoo site, some saintly person has taken the time to create paper-pieced patterns for each block. There are some blocks I just really don’t want to take the time or effort to figure out how to piece.
- Purchasing the Triangulations software so I can print out whatever half-square and quarter-square triangle paper I need, down to 1/8″ measurements.
- There’s now a companion CD (purchased mine on Amazon) that has rotary cutting instructions for all the blocks as well.
–Sue
More power to you, whichever way you tackle this quilt! I am enjoying each person’s fabric selections, and how nice to have the info to approach the squares. There are many options, and that keeps FW do-able. I like your fussy cut flower in the “Puss in Corner” ~
:-}pokey
I am a farmer’s daughter and I am not making this quilt! I am admiring everyone elses. Love your blocks.
There’s a Farmer’s Daughter quilt on my bucket list, but I’m going to need a long time to get to everything on that list!
I love your blocks . That is interesting about th C.D.
Thanks for stopping by my blog and enjoying my blocks.
I love your blocks . That is interesting about th C.D.
Thanks for stopping by my blog and enjoying my blocks.
this is going to be started in Sept and I am using the yahoo groups patterns myself. Love the blocks!!
I have yet to start my Farmer’s wife quilt, but I have my fabric. I might just have to order that companion CD…I’m really NOT into templates. Your blocks are lovely! 🙂 I did live on my grandparent’s farm for six months when I was young, and I loved it!