Farmer's Wife - Week 17

This week we will be making a lot of Half-Square Triangle (HST) blocks for our three Farmer's Wife blocks.  We are making:

• Block 11 - Broken Dishes
• Block 16 - Calico Puzzle
• Block 21 - Contrary Wife

Farmer's Wife - Week 16

We are back from vacation, all caught up, and ready for another week of our Farmer's Wife Quilt-Along!  This week we'll be making three more blocks, but these all have something in common.  Each block includes Flying Geese Rectangle blocks.  I posted information on the Flying Geese block here, so read up on that before getting started.

Our blocks this week are:

• Block 15 - Buzzard's Roost
• Block 31 - Evening Star
• Block 87 - Star Gardener

Farmer's Wife - Week 15 - Our Blocks

For Week 15 of the Farmer's Wife Quilt-Along, we completed three more blocks.  Block 18, Century of Progress, was by far the most difficult.  All of the points that needed to be matched up were challenging.

MJ's Farmer's Wife - Block 18 - Century of Progress

Beth's Farmer's Wife - Block 18 - Century of Progress

Farmer's Wife - Week 14 - Our Blocks

Week 14 introduced three more blocks, Basket Weave, Churn Dash, and Wrench, and here are our finished versions.

Basket Weave, Churn Dash, Wrench

Farmer's Wife - Week 13 - Our Blocks

We have been on a short break and getting caught up!  Here are our results from Week 13 of the Farmer's Wife Quilt-Along.

Block 19, Checkerboard, wasn't too hard, but lining up those corners was the most tedious part; looks like we did a good job there.

MJ's Farmer's Wife - Block 19 - Checkerboard

Beth's Farmer's Wife - Block 19 - Checkerboard

Tutorial - Dog-Eared Triangle

I don't know what anyone else calls this triangle, but I call it "Dog-Eared".  I take the term from what we used to do (before we knew better) to books when we didn't have a bookmark handy; we'd fold down the corner of the page.  The two triangles remind me of those "Dog Ears"!

Dog-Eared Triangle

I've found this triangle used quite a bit while making the blocks for the Farmer's Wife Quilt-Along.  It is made up of a square in the center with two smaller triangles attached to adjacent sides of the square to form a larger triangle.

Read my tutorial for a fool-proof way to make these perfectly every time.

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

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...