Originally Posted by brookemarie19
I'm so confused on doing this in strips. I am starting the Farmer's Wife Sampler and decided to do this by hand from start to finish as that is what was done in the 1920's, but I have no clue how you would be able to do this in strips without it being obvious or really noticable. Thanks for any input you could give me for this.
The only place its noticable is on the back because you can see its done in sections. But on the front it looks the same. I do the blocks in the back so it isn't noticeable there either. Did you see the strip of butterflies I did? Then I would make another one like that. Sew right sides together on the quilt top layer only, trim the batting and then fold the backing on top of the other piece and slip stitch across. Works great for me. Its the only way I will go as I don't do well with a big bulky frame. I tried it all.
I am working on a Dear Jane which is similar to the farmers wife one. Here is the first section, although I am going to add the edge triangles before I quilt that section. Then I will proceed to make the next 4 rows with the edge triangles on those, quilt it and attach it to the first one.