Monday, July 11, 2011
Farmer's Wife Quilt - Block 84
As I have already written, I have not yet perfected joining pieces together by hand. I may need to do this one again. My next block is shaping up lots better.
Saturday, July 2, 2011
New Directions
This blog will mark my journey into techniques I have yet to perfect. Hand sewing pieces together is one of them. So far, I have been avoiding handsewing unless I am sewing down bindings.
I plan to do a complicated Mariners Compass to finish the Storm at Sea quilt which has been growing (very)slowly over the past year or so. I have redesigned the position of the Compass a few times already.
Along with this I am about to begin the Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt. This is based on a competition held in the 1920's. Letters from farmer's wives all over the (American) countryside wrote in, and these are the blocks their letters inspired.
A number of members of the Craft Forum I belong to are attempting this quilt of 111 blocks 6" square.
I plan to do a complicated Mariners Compass to finish the Storm at Sea quilt which has been growing (very)slowly over the past year or so. I have redesigned the position of the Compass a few times already.
Along with this I am about to begin the Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt. This is based on a competition held in the 1920's. Letters from farmer's wives all over the (American) countryside wrote in, and these are the blocks their letters inspired.
A number of members of the Craft Forum I belong to are attempting this quilt of 111 blocks 6" square.
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