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Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt
I have had this book for several years and just decided to start working on it and have discovered that the CD only has templates. No sizes. I can figure some of them out but I do not want to print off 100 individual templates. Has anyone else done this and is there a better...easier way?
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I will be watching this thread. I have printed off some of the templates, but it is wasting paper. the templates are so small. I also thought a lot of the 6" blocks were to be paper pieced but haven't found that yet.
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There were a couple threads on here with people doing the quilt, maybe search and review those? (I'm not good at inserting them as a link....)
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Hi Homespun, I hosted the The FWS Sampler Quiltalong and The FWS Pony Club Quiltalong..The threads are still available. you would just have to follow them from the start...I also figured out the rotary cutting for the blocks..They also are in the weekly threads..Just thought you would like to know...They are in the "Blocks of the Week & month"
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I went and looked in "blocks" but your block numbers do not match my block numbers or names...
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Originally Posted by mmac71
(Post 7502842)
I will be watching this thread. I have printed off some of the templates, but it is wasting paper. the templates are so small. I also thought a lot of the 6" blocks were to be paper pieced but haven't found that yet.
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Can you not print at 200%... or what ever size you need to increase to?
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Homespun, Tht's because you have to go into the "archives". It's the first FWS you are looking for..that was done starting August 4, 2010.. The ones you see are the 2nd & 3rd book by Laurie Aaron Hird .
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Originally Posted by mmac71
(Post 7502842)
I will be watching this thread. I have printed off some of the templates, but it is wasting paper. the templates are so small. I also thought a lot of the 6" blocks were to be paper pieced but haven't found that yet.
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I just bought that book with CD at a lovely quilt show where there was a recycle section for only $1.00. I did look at the CD and it had paper piecing patterns for the blocks. That's the only way I would make them.
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Hello Homespun! There is a Facebook page called "Farmer's Wife 1930's Sampler Quilt Sew-along" hosted by Angie Wilson of Gnome Angel in Australia. Marti Michell is also part of this group she provides instructions on how to sew the blocks using her templates. When this site first started they released 2 blocks a week with different people doing tutorials on how to construct the blocks now it is down to 1 block a week. Try to join this FB page. I think by joining this group it will really help you with piecing the blocks. Hope this helps.
Anita |
OH! I will look at my CD again...
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I always thought that Farmer's Wife was many different blocks. Can you not just pick a bunch of blocks that you know the sizes so that you do not have to do all that printing?
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There are 3 Farmer's Wife books,,, the first one is The Sampler the second one is the Pony Club Sampler and the 3rd one is The Farmers Wife 30's Sampler..
The book Homespun is referring to is the First one which only had the templates..a member of the yahoo group with Laurie's permission created the paper piecing foundations for the people that joined that group..The next two books had a cd with the paper piecing & rotary cutting on it..The first one had neither. |
FYI, compare the size of the blocks after you print them. One of the papers I used for Love Letters was not consistent in size, actually all were just a little bigger but not even consistent in size then. I tried another brand and it worked fine. I think my printer had a problem with the first paper, which was a well known brand name.
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Originally Posted by EvelynAnita
(Post 7503735)
Hello Homespun! There is a Facebook page called "Farmer's Wife 1930's Sampler Quilt Sew-along" hosted by Angie Wilson of Gnome Angel in Australia. Marti Michell is also part of this group she provides instructions on how to sew the blocks using her templates. When this site first started they released 2 blocks a week with different people doing tutorials on how to construct the blocks now it is down to 1 block a week. Try to join this FB page. I think by joining this group it will really help you with piecing the blocks. Hope this helps.
Anita |
I have the book and CD but have not had the chance to take a good look at it. Thanks for the information posted here.
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There is a social media site that is working on them and posting tips/tricks. They also discuss how to change things up. I have the book, too and have wanted to start on it for a while. It will be a next winter project for sure. Too much going on with gardening, chickens, etc. to get into it right now.
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See Marti Michell's part of the Quilt Along for the third book at http://www.frommarti.com/1930s_Farmers_Wife_QAL.shtml.
The second book got very little distribution. There is similar information available for the first book. |
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