Sunday, May 31, 2015

Tutorial - Flying Geese Units

There are so many uses for the Flying Geese rectangles that it warrants a separate post on the various ways you can make them, including my tutorial on how to make a single unit.


Flying Geese Unit
Flying Geese Unit

Most everyone is familiar with the Flying Geese border that has been a standard on quilts for a long time.  If you are looking to make many Flying Geese units that are all the same color scheme, this tutorial explains how to make four identical units at a time, plus it has the benefit of being a "no waste" method.

If you are looking to make fewer than four Flying Geese units or want to use up your scraps, read on for my tutorial...

Saturday, April 25, 2015

Farmer's Wife - Week 15

Our Farmer's Wife Quilt-along continues with three new blocks that will use a variety of techniques and are of varying degrees of difficulty.

  • Block 18 - Century of Progress
  • Block 46 - Hill & Valley
  • Block 109 - Windows

Saturday, April 18, 2015

Farmer's Wife - Week 12 - Our Blocks

We've finished our blocks for Week 12 of the Farmer's Wife Quilt-along, and they look great!  I so enjoyed doing the applique on the handle of Basket Weave, I think that I may have to dig into some of my books on applique and do some dabbling.

Here are our Block 3, Basket, blocks.


Farmer's Wife Block 3 - Basket
Beth's Farmer's Wife Block 3 - Basket
Farmer's Wife Block 3 - Basket
MJ's Farmer's Wife Block 3 - Basket


Farmer's Wife - Week 14

We'll being taking it easy for Week 14 of our Farmer's Wife Quilt-along, while still making three blocks.  Once we have these completed, we'll have 37 blocks completed, exactly one-third of the blocks!
  • Block 4, Basket Weave
  • Block 20, Churn Dash
  • Block 111, Wrench

Sunday, April 12, 2015

Farmer's Wife - Week 13

Our Farmer's Wife Quilt-along continues with three new blocks for our lucky 13th week.  This week we'll work on:
  • Block 7 - Birds in the Air
  • Block 13 - Buckwheat (lucky 13)
  • Block 19 - Checkboard
Continue reading for instructions.

Farmer's Wife - Week 11 - Our Blocks

Our blocks for week 11 of the Farmer's Wife Quilt-along present very nicely!

Beth enjoyed making Block 9, Box, because she got to use a larger-scale print that is often too fussy for the more complicated blocks.

Farmer's Wife - Block 9 - Box
Beth's Farmer's Wife - Block 9 - Box
Farmer's Wife - Block 9 - Box
MJ's Farmer's Wife - Block 9 - Box

Sunday, April 5, 2015

Farmer's Wife - Week 12

For week 12 of the Farmer's Wife Quilt-along, we are using a variety of techniques, including one we haven't used on a previous block, appliqúe. The blocks for this week are:
  • Block 3 - Basket
  • Block 14 - Butterfly at the Crossroads
  • Block 63 - Ozark Maple Leaf
Continue reading for instructions.