Saturday, October 3, 2015

Farmer's Wife - Week 20

For week 20 of our Farmer's Wife Quilt-along, we have three blocks that use a variety of piecing techniques we've been using.
  • Block 22 - Corn & Beans
  • Block 80 - Single Wedding Star
  • Block 98 - Waterwheel

Farmer's Wife - Week 18 - Our Blocks

Week 18 of our Farmer's Wife Quilt-along included blocks that used mostly foundation paper piecing.  With this posting, we are completely caught up, and I've learned that I'm now behind on week 19.  I need to get in gear!



Sunday, September 27, 2015

Farmer's Wife - Week 19

Week 19 of the Farmer's Wife Quilt-along introduces three more blocks that have some interesting new techniques.  We'll be making:
  • Block 28 - Duck & Ducklings
  • Block 40 - Friendship Block
  • Block 64 - Peace & Plenty

Farmer's Wife - Weeks 16 & 17 - Our Blocks

We are catching up (again) so here are two weeks of our completed blocks; weeks 16 & 17.

Farmer's Wife Quilt-along - Weeks 16 & 17
Farmer's Wife Quilt-along - Weeks 16 & 17


Friday, August 28, 2015

Farmer's Wife - Week 18

This week our blocks all use foundation paper piecing, but also with a few simple cut pieces, a few HST's, and an hourglass thrown in just to keep things interesting.
  • Block 8 - Bouquet
  • Block 23 - Country Farm
  • Block 24 - Country Path

Thursday, August 27, 2015

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

Saturday, June 27, 2015

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