Odd question for Farmers wife quilt makers
 

I have the Farmer's Wife quilt book and someday would like to make it. My dilema is- i like the colors in the one pictured or civil war fabrics but don't own any of those. If I were to buy it how much would I need to make a large lap or twin quilt? Would a jelly roll, layer cake, or some type of precut work? That way I would get the variety. I just don't know. Please help!

I'm doing one using a fat quarter bundle.

I would decide what background fabric I wanted to use and buy several yards of that, then go with a fat quarter bundle, or maybe two from different but similar lines. You can always piece the leftovers to make your backing..

Find a quilter who may have CW repro scraps and offer up a trade. That is what I did.

Sometimes Keepsake Quilting offers 10" squares of vintage reproductions that might work for that quilt. You get a little bit of a lot of prints--perfect for that type of scrappy quilt comprised of fairly small blocks.

Precuts would certainly be a way to get a variety. Or as suggested, swap with some other quilters.

Mine was totally scrappy and all from my stash, except for the sashing, cornerstones, borders, binding and backing. I did not decide on those til I was almost finished making all my blocks.

All told ... 144 fabrics!
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That is so beautiful!

I agree with MC, I think the only fabric you have to get enough of is the background and sashing. A layer cake is plenty of fabric to make at least two blocks, seems to me a jelly roll might be to narrow. I think I would start with a couple and accumulate the rest as I found them. QuiltE love your quilt. The green and gold tie all the blocks together, and best of all, from your stash.

Thank You Kitty and EmmaS!!!



For many of the blocks (or parts of) jelly roll strips will be fine.
However, many they will be too narrow.

QuiltE that quilt is amazing. Which is part of my problem- i love all of the FW quilts. I can't decide what I want! LOL
Lots of helpful ideas. i guess until I actually make up my mind, I probably should wait to start it. In the meantime I will keep looking at all of them.