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...

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

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.

Beth's 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

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.

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

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