The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 57 Morning |
Showing posts with label Fig Tree. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fig Tree. Show all posts
Friday 8 March 2019
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 57 Morning
Tuesday 5 March 2019
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 45 Grape Basket
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 45 Grape Basket |
Sunday 3 March 2019
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 24 Country Path
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 24 Country Path |
This is The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 24 Country Path. From my notes it says I have adapted this block - maybe I have, that would be nothing new.
Thursday 21 February 2019
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 72 Railroad
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 72 Railroad |
Monday 11 February 2019
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 58 Mother's Dream
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 58 Mother's Dream |
BTW, pop back tomorrow as it is the First Anniversary of this Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt!
Sunday 3 February 2019
Tuesday 29 January 2019
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 61 Northern Light
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 61 Northern Light |
Saturday 26 January 2019
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 55 Linoleum
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 55 Linoleum |
Sunday 20 January 2019
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 62 Old Windmill and an English Paper Piecing tutorial
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 62 Old Windmill |
This is the Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 62 Old Windmill. It is English paper pieced. Yes, I know it is just squares and triangles and some of you could do it quicker on the sewing machine, but I choose to make most of my quilts by hand and sometimes it is the only time I have to sew. You will see that I have included a little label of its name today. I have taken each of the Farmer's Wife blocks and drafted them into Electric Quilt 8. This enables me to make the block at any size and in the case of this quilt, I am making the blocks at 4" instead of the original 6" - not translated well in a picture on the internet (NB: Sorry, no I can't sell / give you a copy) . Once drafted I print out an outline drawing of my block an usually it has its name at the top of the page which I snip out to label my prepped bags of sewing. I have scanned all my Fig Tree fabrics into Electric quilt and it is a really worthwhile task as I can test out colour combinations before I take my rotary cutter to my fabric. I usually use my iPad to take a screenshot as a record and use it as a reference to cut out the fabric. Once cut out, it is put in a bag, in a bag with thread, needle and a thimble, ready for a MOMENT.
This block was done whilst watching television last evening during down time. These days, down time is down time from quilting other people's quilts as part of my longarm quilting business, where I get to quilt some mega quilts for my customers - do take a look.
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 62 Old Windmill |
Saturday 19 January 2019
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 66 Periwinkle
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 66 Periwinkle |
Thursday 17 January 2019
Wednesday 9 January 2019
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 63 Ozark Maple Leaf
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 63 Ozark Maple Leaf |
Clover Field, Ellie and Ollie, Fig Tree Fabrics |
Thursday 3 January 2019
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 56 Maple Leaf
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 56 Maple Leaf |
I hope no one has been waiting on me for the next block. It seems ages since I have even picked this project up. The main problem has been that I had completed all the Farmer's Wife blocks which I had prepped and have had absolutely no time to get more done. Yesterday was the day and I spent a lot of time getting more ready so that I can get some blocks done in those magic moments - those times when you can be sewing whilst waiting, travelling and having some down time.
This is Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 56 Maple Leaf. It was sitting in my project bag with just one seam waiting to be done, so a few stitches and here is the first block of 2019.
Monday 3 December 2018
Sunday 4 November 2018
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 50 Honey's Choice
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 50 Honey's Choice |
Labels:
5-patch,
Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt,
Fig Tree
Tuesday 30 October 2018
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 3 - Basket with Embroidery Perse
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 3 - Basket with Embroidery Perse |
I pieced this block a long time ago, but thought it was a bit 'blah', so decided I would add some flowers to the basket. I prepped the flowers once I made the basic block but it is only recently that I managed to do the detailed embroidery work I intended. The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 3 Basket, was originally just a basket with a handle, but I have removed the handle, fussy cut some flowers and used embroidery perse to attach the flowers to the basket. The photo below shows some of the dimension of the flowers. I think there are several variations of 'basket' in this quilt, so look out for some other baskets of bounty in the future.
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 3 - Basket with Embroidery Perse |
Sunday 28 October 2018
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 42 - Fruit Basket
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 42 - Fruit Basket |
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 42 - Fruit Basket |
Monday 8 October 2018
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 43 Garden Path
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 43 Garden Path |
Friday 5 October 2018
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 48 Homeward Bound
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 48 Homeward Bound |
Tuesday 2 October 2018
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 18 Century of Progress (again ..)
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (20's) Block 18 Century of Progress |
I was away on a course with Jean Wells in Bristol this weekend and I was lucky enough to see a lovely Farmer's Wife made by Janet - it is so inspiring to see the different colours people choose.
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