Quiltingboard Forums - My Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt !!

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Originally Posted by feline fanatic (Post 6200999)

FWS is on my bucket list. Your's is a pure treasure and I see a big ol' ribbon on it so it looks like it placed well in a show and surely deserved it too! I love all the quilting motifs you chose, especially that border motif. Is that a stencil? I would love to have that design in my arsenal.

Thanks FelineF ... a true compliment when it comes from a pro like you! Thank you, and yes, it did win at several Fairs last year. At one it was also Grand Champion for all quilts exhibited with Machine/LA Quilting. From there it went on to District, to be placed 2nd against the Grands from 25 Fairs. Needless to say, I am more than proud ... and thrilled that my LAQ'er does such an exceptional job when given a custom quilting challenge like this! She was totally whipped after doing it but was up for the new challenge, when I took her the Pony Club quilt this year (see other thread). As for stencil? ... I'm really not sure how she does it!

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Originally Posted by DogHouseMom (Post 6201019)

Forgetting things are we? No wise cracks from me :)

It's beautiful of course, I love the rich green and gold border. If you ever get tired of looking at it ...... you have my address :)

ha! I don't think that will ever happen, DHMommy!
The funny thing was that I really wasn't in love with the quilt, til I saw it hanging full out, and at a distance in that outside shot. Then all of a sudden I went, WOW!!! The 2nd WOW came when I got the Grand. Not just for the placing ... but again, when I saw it hanging on its own. I then realized it was NOT a quilt to be seen on a bed, but needed to be hanging to be appreciated.

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Originally Posted by orangeroom (Post 6201101)

Beautiful. A lot of work, for sure! I saw a smidge of this in the post with a different quilt on the floor. The one with a farmer and wife block in it. You do nice piecing work.

Yes OrangeRoom ... it was hanging in the background with my Pony Club quilt lying on the floor.

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Originally Posted by Anael (Post 6201105)

If I'm making a second FW are you going to do 2 Sylvia's? :D :D :D

No Way Jose Anael!!!!!!!!!! I'll have enough to do with DJ .... besides, I have seldom re-made a quilt. I get too bored!

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Originally Posted by nanacc (Post 6201131)

Fantastic Quilt!!!!! I am amazed by the talent required to do this and Jane quilts. I do not believe i could ever manage! Great job and the quilting is beautiful!

Oh yes you could NanaCC ... you just make a bunch of blocks and join them together. When I made my 1st sampler 7 yrs ago, when I started back sewing, I thought it was a good project. If I didn;t continue after one block (12") I figured I'd have a pot holder. Two or three would give me a runner. Four a table topper. Six a baby quilt. Well, I kept going and was having so much fun that I made 35 before I decided I'd better do something with them ... a 100" square quilt, with some spares that I used in a 2nd quilt, and with still some spares for other things. So, yes, NanaCC, you CAN do it!

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Originally Posted by oksewglad (Post 6201172)

Which do you like better? And yes it's gorgeous!

OKSGlad ... are you meaning FWS vs. PC? I love them both, but I'd give the FWS the edge, as I think it came together far nicer and not as choppy looking. Plus, ironically, I enjoyed doing the 6" blocks more. The 8" just seemed too big and clumsy after working with the 6" ... and the 12" MBs are horrid!! :) So maybe DJ won't seem so bad? Wait til you hear me boo-hooing about it this winter!!! :D