Modern quilt teacher and patterns
This set of blocks from the Farmer’s Wife 1930’s Sampler Quilt saw me use a mixture of techniques, and a new machine thrown into the mix! Why does that matter? Because it means I’m still getting used to where the 1/4″ seam is in relation to the new style foot, as well as adjusting to the machine’s power and finding the… Read More
Old Maid I love this block! The pieces were the perfect size to show off the Horizon prints and this block will fit in beautifully into my quilt! Kate Spain: Horizon Hello Kitty: Hiroshima Aurifil: 1243 Katherine It’s hard to make anything red lower in volume, so adding some white and grey is my attempt to do so! I think… Read More
Coral This block design in the book didn’t really do it for me, with that off-centre square. And this is actually one of the randomly chosen blocks I sewed up before the sew-along, so while I have no regrets choosing the fabrics and the placement I did, I still wasn’t too excited about it. But then I saw some really… Read More
And that’s week 2, done and dusted! Betty and Caroline are this week’s blocks, and my first official blog post for the sew along was posted this week – how to make the Betty block with normal HSTs! Caroline Oooh, definitely one of most favourite blocks… because it’s my favourite colour of fabric to use! And once again, I pieced… Read More
Today is my turn to share the Block 14 Betty tutorial for the Farmer’s Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt quilt along! Betty is a great block for trying out some DIY quilt maths. It can be pieced by foundation paper piecing, or with templates, but this is one of the few blocks in the book that can easily pieced by rotary… Read More
Hurray! Time to reveal the blocks I made for the first week of the Farmer’s Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt sew along! This week, we’re making Becky, Bonnie and Aunt and here’s how mine turned out. Aunt This one’s my favourite from this week, look at that fussy cutting! I used the rotary cutting instructions for this block, except that I… Read More
At last, the Farmer’s Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt sew along (try saying that 10 times fast!) begins! There has been so much excitement and chatter in the Facebook group, it’s so nice to officially start things off. Although I must admit, I’ve been secretly sewing a few random blocks from the book over the past month or so anyway, because… Read More