Farmer's wife quilt sampler
 

I am contemplating making a farmer's wife quilt. I see that there is a book by Lauri G. Hind. Is this the "go to book" that I should be getting? Is there any other book that I should be getting that would be better? Those of you who have made the blocks please give any suggestions or helpful hints. I am trying to decide if this project is above my ability before I get started. I have made many quilts and would consider myself an average quilter. Thanks so much for any help.

I hope you will find an answer. All those 6" blocks take a lot of time and patience. Good luck.

I got the 1930s one for Christmas and hope to start it once I decide a color path..... Most blocks look pretty simple if you can follow the instructions given. You could always just do some of them and mix them with solid blocks.

And I think there are blogs and things where people have done quilt-a-longs if you get stuck

I wonder if you could go to quilterscache or some other site and just find some blocks the size you want and do a few. That would help you see if you want to get into a project that size. I just looked at a few pictures and most of the quilts I saw had over a hundred blocks.

there is a farmers wife quilt along here on the QB... you might get some good information from this thread http://www.quiltingboard.com/blocks-...g-t266390.html
there are many subsequent threads that the OP started so the original doesn't get too bit.

I used the Hind book you mention. I have the older book. There's a newer book but the blocks aren't necessarily the same as the older book. The blocks are quite fun to do. Most aren't too difficult, but the pieces are quite small on some. I didn't make all the blocks though, so it may get tedious to do all of them.

I have EQ7 and got the book with the CD. I was able to re-size the blocks to something a little more manageable for me. This is my hand sewing project. I'm not doing all of them. Some are not my taste, some I don't want to tackle. When I think I have enough I'll put them together in a quilt of whatever size it turns out to be.

I googled F W Q groups and there are a few, one big one at Yahoo. Maybe try looking at some of those or "Farmer's Wife Quilt Sampler tutorials". Good luck!

The first FWS book has 6" blocks...I'm still working on mine...

The FWS Pony Club book has 8" blocks...even though the blocks are bigger they aren't necessarily easier as several are 9P based and 8" doesn't play nice divided in thirds...that being said templates and paper piecing is a better way to go than rotary cutting....I'm still working on mine...

The FWS 30's are also 6" blocks...there is a sew along on the board right now as QuiltnNan mentioned...I follow it, but decided I need to finish the first two instead so am not making it...it's such fun to see how different the blocks look thorough the various fabric choices..

Go to Home, Blocks of the month to find the threads for the FWS 30's Quilt along....as they are in week 24 you should be able to get an idea of the complexity of the blocks...

Hope this helps...

I made 50 blocks of the FWS but have yet to sew them into a quilt. I chose the easier blocks and they were fun to make. Have you seen the Farm Girl Vintage book by Lori Holt? You can make either 6 or 12 inch blocks. I made the 6 inch and the blocks, 48, are all made, need to sew them into a quilt. I enjoyed doing them and the instructions were excellent.

Such clear colors, too...here's a link to Blue Bell's post

http://beeinmybonnetco.blogspot.com/...l-vintage.html

besides the Farmer 30's wife here on the QB, there is also a group on Bloglovin that is doing a sew along but it doesn't look like they're doing it alphabetically as here on the QB. I purchased the book and have tried one or two blocks but since I'm new at PP, I'm going to practice with a few first. I also purchased Carol Doak's Craftsy class in hopes to improve my PP skills.

All the books I have seen contain approx. 100 blocks.

The only FWS I did was the first group one done here (2010+). I didn't have problems with those 6" blocks, nor do I recall any of the others that were doing it at the same time having problems. Of the FWS quilts, the first one is really the only one I like the look of and was never tempted to do any of the others. You can do a pretty thorough research of all of the FWS quilts and blocks here, which should help you decide which, if any, that you want to do.

I'm doing this one:

http://gnomeangel.com/farmers-wife-1...ilt-sew-along/

I don't know if she's going to do all the blocks,but the ones she's doing, the directions get posted

I have the Farmer's Wife book, the original one, but have not made any blocks out of it.

I however did start working on the Farm Girl Vintage Sampler 12 inch blocks with my adult daughter, who wants a King sized quilt. We are having a lot of fun doing this. there are two options, one is to make the blocks in 6 inches and the other is to make them in 12 inches. There are also many other projects and quilts in this keepsake book by Lori Holt.

My daughter chose a Moda solids grey background instead of the white and she is using scraps of fabric we have in our scrap bin. It is starting to look promising.

OK, thanks for posting the website. Is anyone on the board doing the Farm Girl Vintage?

Laura was a guest speaker at my guild a couple months ago. Her quilts were beautiful. You can do it! And her books are fun, full of stories.

I played in the first go around here on the QB. I picked a theme rather than a color so was able to use all colors. I tied it together with the binding. I have forgotten just what I did with the quilt.....I know I finished it and it was fun......doing it with the group was great. Lots of good suggestions and we all shared what we were doing as we went along. There was a coordinator and so we all worked on the same blocks every month.....I think we did two a week....don't remember, but I do remember it was fun! Good luck to you in whatever you decide to do. I strongly suggest doing this with a group.

Two quilting buddies and I are currently making the 6" blocks in a block exchange. Divided the 117 blocks by 3, so we are each making 39 blocks, four of each to exchange and make one quilt to donate. What a challenge!! Wish we had thought about making less blocks and making them larger.

Doing a block exchange sounds like fun....good idea!!

I have a friend who did this quilt. It was above my pay grade! She had the newer book and took a class. She worked consistently one it and finished a handful a week throughout the spring and summer months. I admired her skill and "stick to it" attitude. It is lovely! She finished it and had it quilted for a local quilt show and has never mentioned it since! It is tucked away on her shelf in her sewing room. Someday one of her daughters will inherit it and have no idea of thee hours of labor, fine skills and hard work that went into it!