Farmer's Wife Sampler (FWS) Quilted by Feline Fanatic
01-29-2013, 06:01 AM
#85
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 17,728
Beautiful- both the piecing and the quilting! The FWS is a really intense looking quilt. My Dh bought me the book for Christmas and I asked him what possessed him to buy this book? He replied that he thought the stories were interesting looking! I told him not to hold his breath waiting for me to make it!
When I started the FWS, I got excited with the completion of each block itself. It was fun just to do each one and for awhile I kept thinking .... a table topper, a wall hanging, a baby quilt, a lap quilt ... it grew and yes, I did the whole thing, plus a few extras!
I really encourage you to do it ... each block is really not that hard to do.
01-29-2013, 06:32 AM
#89
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Campton,Kentucky
Posts: 1,397
Whew! I am physically and mentally exhausted after this one! My friend, Meg, pieced this FWS quilt. She is a fairly new quilter. She has only been quilting a couple of years and has tackled some seriously difficult quilts! This was her first attempt at paper piecing too. Due to a few issues, I had to quilt this fairly heavily, but all in all, Meg did a fantastic job on this. Those of you who have done a FWS know there are some wickedly tiny pieces in this quilt.
I quilted each block differently, hence my mental exhaustion. It takes a lot of standing and staring to come up with a different idea that compliments each block. while trying to keep the quilting density evenly distributed! Some blocks I took my cue from the fabric but most I tried to compliment the piecing. There is loads of ruler work, SID, and free hand fills and motifs on this quilt. I did a lot of continuous curves too. Not too much marking in the blocks but I did section off the border and mark my feather spine and the center line for the feather sprays in the setting triangles.
All my work is hand guided, no computer. I quilt on an Innova 26" longarm. This was done with Superior Highlights thread on the top and Superior superbob, prewound bobbins in a light beige color. The batting is fairfield 80/20
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Here are some close ups of a few of my favorite blocks.
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And of course, the eye candy for LAQuilters the back.,, mmmmmm
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I quilted each block differently, hence my mental exhaustion. It takes a lot of standing and staring to come up with a different idea that compliments each block. while trying to keep the quilting density evenly distributed! Some blocks I took my cue from the fabric but most I tried to compliment the piecing. There is loads of ruler work, SID, and free hand fills and motifs on this quilt. I did a lot of continuous curves too. Not too much marking in the blocks but I did section off the border and mark my feather spine and the center line for the feather sprays in the setting triangles.
All my work is hand guided, no computer. I quilt on an Innova 26" longarm. This was done with Superior Highlights thread on the top and Superior superbob, prewound bobbins in a light beige color. The batting is fairfield 80/20
[ATTACH=CONFIG]391158[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]391159[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]391160[/ATTACH]
Here are some close ups of a few of my favorite blocks.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]391161[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]391162[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]391163[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]391165[/ATTACH]
And of course, the eye candy for LAQuilters the back.,, mmmmmm
[ATTACH=CONFIG]391168[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]391173[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]391177[/ATTACH]
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