The Farmers Wife

Quilt Along Party Part 1

The Farmers Wife is a quilting book written by Laurie Aaaron Hird.  It's filled with letters from farm wives in the 1920's.  Every few blocks comes with a wonderful letter explaining why they chose to become farmers wives.  As you read their letters you make a block a week or more if you choose.  And when you are done you will have a 83" x 103" sampler quilt with 111 different quilt blocks.  I'd love for you to quilt along with me as I make three blocks a week.  I'm also adding a linky tool so everyone can share their color combinations.

I'm so excited to be getting started on this project(again).  I started it back in October when I first started this blog and it kind of got put on the back burner.  But now I'm ready to get back to it and I hope you'll join me.  There is a link to the book at the bottom of the page.......you'll need it to join in.  Every week we'll meet up and share our blocks though linky tools.  If your a blogger you know how to link up.......If your not a blogger then make yourself a quilting Facebook page(its free) then use the URL from it to link up......if you have any questions about it just E-mail me subject-quilt along : )  Once you get your book you'll print the pattern pieces out from the CD that is included.  Now the farmers wives didn't have rotary  cutters, they would have pinned the pattern pieces onto the fabric and cut around it with scissors and the pieced it by hand...... I have to confess I am not doing it that way..... I print off the pieces and then use my rotary cutter to get an accurate cut.  And I machine stitch it.

It seems I spend 90% of my quilting time trying to decide what fabrics to use.  So I decided not to decide....I've had this stack of 30's prints for months now and haven't even made a cut on them.  I admit I'm a fabric hoarder, I like to iron and fold it and stack it up neatly on my shelf.

So for the Farmers Wife quilt I'm going to try not to think about the fabric to much.  I remember my grandmother would make her quilts out of scraps, so every quilt was unique and practical.  In that spirit I am going to be as scrappy and un-matchy as possible.  

Most of the fabrics in this quilt came from Connecting Threads online clearance rack.  Here is the link to: The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt: Letters from 1920s Farm Wives and the 111 Blocks They Inspired


Linked to the wonderful parties found Here

                     

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This is a "Quilt along Linky"
Grab a button if you like and spread the word, and be sure to click the like button for your favorite blocks.  Once the party gets going good we'll feature some of the most liked : )

               Have Fun.....