Farmers Wife Week 5 Blocks 9 and 10 Photos
09-02-2010, 02:58 PM
#42
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Originally Posted by Dagny
I think it's going well because of the rather narrow colorway in this fabric line. I'm ending up with a controlled scrappy look.
The fabrics are mostly florals, large and small, in brown, coral, yellow and apple green, with a little white.
Here's a pic of the fabrics.
For those of you who are reluctant to paper-piece, I'd encourage you to learn it anyway. Some of the blocks coming up would be difficult to do with traditional piecing. I'm drawing them in EQ, but it would be manageable to draw them on graph paper for paper piecing also. Please consider it.
The fabrics are mostly florals, large and small, in brown, coral, yellow and apple green, with a little white.
Here's a pic of the fabrics.
For those of you who are reluctant to paper-piece, I'd encourage you to learn it anyway. Some of the blocks coming up would be difficult to do with traditional piecing. I'm drawing them in EQ, but it would be manageable to draw them on graph paper for paper piecing also. Please consider it.
Hi All, Thanks Dagny for mentioning the paper piecing. There are quite a few blocks that have angles that are impossible and timely to figure them out correctly and the only figures I can post are the width and length of the widest part of the template itself--so you need the actual template to get it cut correctly.
I myself prefer not to use them but I have in some of the simpler blocks to get the hang of it.
09-02-2010, 05:00 PM
#44
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Oh lordy, I haven't even finished cutting out blocks 7 and 8! UGH, I knew I'd be a loyal member of the slackers group - particularly since school is back in session! Hope to catch up over the long weekend if Earl doesn't get too close and mess up the electric. LOL
Everyone's blocks are sooooo nice! I can't wait to try them.
Everyone's blocks are sooooo nice! I can't wait to try them.
09-02-2010, 05:15 PM
#45
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Originally Posted by craftylady
In make the Farmer's Wife quilt--do you use scraps of fabric, or do you try to use a color theme?
09-02-2010, 06:57 PM
#48
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Join Date: Feb 2010
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Originally Posted by stormatsea45
Is it too late to start with this group. I have the Farmers Wife book, but would like to continue to receive the rotary cutting directions which are not all that easy for me to find. I have the ones up to blocks 9 & 10. I don't have time right now to sew them, too much else in my life, but would like to in the near future. Thanks in advance for listening and telling me if I can still receive the rotary directions and where to find them.
Some of us have only done a few blocks, and one wonder-woman just finished her quilt. You can post your blocks to their respective picture threads and make sure and click on watch so that you can be notified when anyone posts a new picture.
I'm keeping a list of the links (pictures, discussion and rotary cutting instructions) for all of the blocks. PM me if you want the list!
Glad to have you along!
09-02-2010, 08:00 PM
#49
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I'm enjoying seeing everyone's blocks. I think it's interesting to see the block #9s in particular and how some have chosen the dominant fabric for the background and others have chosen it for the pinwheel shape. Hmmm . . . still unsure what mine will be.
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