Thursday 31 May 2018
Wednesday 30 May 2018
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 11 Broken Dishes
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 11 Broken Dishes |
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 11 Broken Dishes - English Paper Piecing |
Tuesday 29 May 2018
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 27 Darting Birds - visits South West Ireland
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 27 Darting Birds |
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 27 Darting Birds, visits Skellig Michael, Ireland |
Sunday 20 May 2018
Dear Jane Quilt Finished!
'Dear Jane' quilt made by Frances Meredith |
Friday 11 May 2018
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 21 Contrary Wife
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 21 Contrary Wife |
Thursday 3 May 2018
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 17 Cats and Mice
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 17 Cats and Mice |
This is the Farmer's wife Sampler Quilt Block 17, Cats and Mice, which is just one of the blocks I completed last weekend whilst watching the race a Baku in Azerbaijan. It's great to make the most of your time doing things you enjoy.
Sunday 29 April 2018
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 20 Churn Dash
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 20 Churn Dash |
This is my latest Farmer's Wife Sampler quilt block 20 Churn Dash, made up of just 17 pieces. These little blocks turn out quite quickly and are much simpler than the Nearly Insane quilt or the Dear Jane quilt.
Labels:
Churn Dash,
Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt,
Fig Tree
Wednesday 25 April 2018
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 31 Evening Star
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 31 Evening Star |
Suzi the Cat on the Butterfly Quilt |
Thursday 19 April 2018
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 9 Box
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 9 Box |
I usually start a project knowing what I am going to do with it, but in this case I had the fabric and the Farmer's Wife book sitting there and thought I might as well start constructing the blocks and work out the layout as I went along. Lots of ideas have passed through my mind, but I am thinking I might make up an applique border. Any thoughts?
Tuesday 17 April 2018
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 2 Autumn Tints
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 2 Autumn Tints |
The trip away was to the 2018 British Quilt & Stitch Village, Uttoxeter, UK, where I had entered my Nearly Insane quilt into the Traditional Quilt category. I won a 2nd rosette, but was also pleased to receive the People's Choice Award, which was a great surprise - thanks to everyone that voted!
Saturday 7 April 2018
Exeter Quilt Show 2018 - American Jane fabric haul
American Jane Fabric |
I'm not allowed to start until, she is quilted ....
Tuesday 27 March 2018
Tuesday 20 March 2018
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 19 Checkerboard
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 19 Checkerboard |
It is good to be back to some regular blogging. I realise why I enjoy blogging, it keeps me on track with a project.
Wednesday 14 March 2018
Kim Diehl Half Square Triangle Cat Mat
Half Square Triangle quilt layout |
Quilting Feathers |
Quilted Cat Mat - Kim Diehl fabrics |
Labels:
Cat Mat,
Fabadashery Longarm quilting,
Feather,
Kim Diehl
Sunday 11 March 2018
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 97 Waste Not
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 97 Waste Not |
Bella Solids Fig Tree Bundle |
Sunday 4 March 2018
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 6 Big Dipper
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 6 Big Dipper |
Suzi cat |
Monday 26 February 2018
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 14 Butterfly at the Crossroads
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 14 Butterfly at the Crossroads |
Here in the UK the temperature has dropped and we are expecting snow this week. I think I saw a 'flake' fall from the sky today, but probably not enough to bring everything to a standstill quite yet. I will keep you posted.
Friday 23 February 2018
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 4 Basket Weave
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 12 Broken Sugar Bowl |
If you re in the UK this weekend you can see my Nearly Insane quilt on display at the Severn Valley Quilts Exhibition in Thornbury, near Bristol, BS35 2AQ.
Thursday 22 February 2018
Tuesday 20 February 2018
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 18 A Century of Progress
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 18 A Century of Progress |
Suzi the cat |
Saturday 17 February 2018
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 10 Bowtie
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 10 Bowtie |
I have just noticed that my Outlook is putting all your comments into my Junk Mail folder .... silly Outlook.
Thursday 15 February 2018
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) - Block 1 Attic Windows
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 1 Attic Windows |
This is Block 1 Attic Windows, the first block in the book. I usually do a draw system, but I was in such a hurry last week to prep some that I just took the first few from the book to get started. I definitely need a system to record what I doing.
Tuesday 13 February 2018
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) - Block 5 Bat Wing
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 5 Bat Wing |
Last night I managed to complete another block, Block 5 Bat Wing, and am back to feeling the rush of starting a new project. In past projects I have usually recorded the number of pieces in each block, but for most of these I think I can count them on my hands.
Monday 12 February 2018
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) - The Launch and Block 41 Friendship Star
Fabadashery - Farmer's Wife Quilt |
I have had The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt book (1920's) for quite a while now and since then a new book has been published. I had assumed that it was the same quilt. but having noticed some missing blocks I was already familiar with from long arm quilting a Farmer's Wife Quilt, I have literally just realised that it is a whole new quilt, different blocks based on 1930's colours. This is a fundamental point I had not acknowledged and I am not sure how I feel about it.
To get started I had to spend a bit of time on my new Electric Quilt 8 software, designing all the 111 blocks into the package and then scanning the 65 different fabrics I plan to use. For the record, that whole process took about 5hrs 30mins. That time invested will pay me back as I work through all the blocks.
Farmer's Wife 20's Quilt - 41 Friendship Star |
For the dedicated followers of my blog, I want to warn you that I cannot promise a post for each block. Already, I have realised that these blocks are much easier that the Nearly Insane quilt and Dear Jane, so I expect to fly through them quite quickly. Thank you to my regular supporters, your comments are always appreciated - what do you think about the new project?
Labels:
1920's,
Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt,
Fig Tree.
Wednesday 7 February 2018
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