The Farmer's Wife 1930's Sew Along

I've started a new quilt-along and it's the Farmer's Wife 1930's Sew Along hosted by Gnome Angel & The Fat Quarter Shop.  It's so exciting!  I've always wanted to do the Farmer's Wife quilt blocks but the last quilt-along was so far ahead when I found out about it.  Mum and I recently purchased the new Farmer's Wife 1930's Sampler Quilt book by Laurie Aaron Hird from the quilt two weeks ago. I've always wanted the book but never seriously thought about buying it online.  I'm glad I didn't have to.  We didn't know the quilt-along was happening.  We only knew because the store we bought it off mentioned it.  Mum was suppose to give me the book for Christmas, but we were so excited about the quilt-along, we decided to be part of it.

When we got home all our quilt show goodies, we immediately started pulling out fabrics.  Mum chose her collection of Victoria and Albert prints from Art Gallery fabrics and I chose my Rhapsodia collection, also from Art Gallery Fabrics.  However, mum and I have decided to also do a scrappy each.  Yes, we will end up with four Farmer's Wife Quilts in the house.  I wanted to start scrappy because some of the pieces need to be foundation pieced, which I've never done before, and also because everything is in inches and I have definitely never made anything using inches.  So, I've currently only made my scrappy pieces, and will start with my Rhapsodia fabric later in the week once I've finished some uni work. I'm excited for this quilt along.  It will run for a year, two blocks per week, 99 blocks, plus putting everything together.  We're definitely in for the long haul.  I thought I would show you my blocks so far.

 I loved the first block, Aunt.  It was simple and I really liked the fabrics I chose for it.

 Such a pretty name for a block and she turned out to be quite difficult.  This was the last block we did and it was my first time foundation piecing.  It was all going OK until the end. You can see where one of my corner squares doesn't quite meet up with the diamond.  Oh well, you live & learn.

 This is the second block we made, Betty. I enjoyed making this one.  Just lots of hst which I love.  I've just never made them that small before.

 Bonnie. Very simple and I enjoyed making it.  I purposely chose Aboriginal colours and prints for this.

 Caroline was fun but I had to fiddle with it a bit.  So many points!

 

Carol was fun.  I'm not sure if I like my fabric choice yet.

 

And finally, Becky.   Really enjoyed making this block.  I like the browns.  When I'm down in the sewing room the block looks very dark but when I took it outside to photograph I fell in love with the colours again.

Above is a picture of the book and my Rhapsodia fabric.  I can't wait to begin making blocks out of them!

If you would like to know more about the quilt-along, you can visit the website below.

http://gnomeangel.com/farmers-wife-1930s-sampler-quilt-sew-along/