Pondering Drunkard's Path

I grew up enjoying an heirloom quilt that was given to my parents as a gift, made by the ladies in their church.  It was a Drunkard's Path pattern, made with two fabrics, white and sky blue (if my memory serves me).  The quilt was just gorgeous and had the perfect weight and drape after years of washings and use.

Drunkard's Path - Two quarter circle options

Here are my thoughts on getting beyond the details of the planning and getting to the doing of making one for myself.

Farmer's Wife - Week 9 - Our Blocks

Finishing week 9 of our Farmer's Wife Quilt-along, we are, essentially, 20% of the way to completing all 111 blocks.  Very exciting!

This week we took on three more blocks using a variety of techniques.

Block 29, Economy, was foundation paper pieced and a very clean looking block.

MJ's Farmer's Wife - Block 29 - Economy

Beth's Farmer's Wife - Block 29 - Economy

Farmer's Wife - Week 8 - Our Blocks

We were falling behind, so this week included two blocks, Silver Lane (Block 79) and Waste Not (Block 97).  We have now finished 19 blocks!

Block 97 - Waste Not

Here is the simpler of the two blocks for this week.

MJ's Farmer's Wife - Block 97 - Waste Not

Beth's Farmer's Wife - Block 97 - Waste Not

Farmer's Wife - Week 10

For week 10 of our Farmer's Wife Quilt-along, all three blocks use foundation paper piecing. The blocks are:

• Block 58, Mother's Dream
• Block 75, Rosebud
• Block 94, Tall Pine Tree

These three are of equal difficulty, each broken into 3 or 4 sections.

Farmer's Wife - Week 7 - Our Blocks

Week 7 was all foundation paper piecing.  Our blocks turned out beautiful!  Here is Block 5, Batwing.

MJ's Farmer's Wife - Block 5 - Batwing

Beth's Farmer's Wife - Block 5 - Batwing

Farmer's Wife - Week 6 - Our Blocks

Three more blocks to share!  Here are our Farmer's Daughter blocks (Block 32) from week 6 of our Farmer's Wife Quilt-along.

MJ's Farmer's Wife - Block 32 - Farmer's Daughter

Beth's Farmer's Wife - Block 32 - Farmer's Daughter

Farmer's Wife - Week 9

For week 9 of our Farmer's Wife Quilt-along, I'm going back to three blocks.  They are:

• Block 107, Windblown
• Block 92, Streak of Lightning
• Block 29, Economy

I would classify Windblown as difficult, but only because there are so many pieces. Economy and Streak of Lightning are straight-forward.

Let's go...