Farmer's Wife Update

Because I found time last week to cut out a few Farmer's Wife blocks, I was able to sew them together this weekend.  It turned out to be a busy weekend, but having blocks ready to go makes it easier to see progress.  I really like the Sawtooth star with the square insert.  Kurt stayed home sick today and I think he shared his germs, but with parent conferences tomorrow, it isn't a great time to stay home sick.  Maybe I can get in a quick nap during the debate tonight?  

Farmer's Wife Update

When the Farmer's Wife 1930's quilt along started, I didn't have the book yet.  I dipped into the original book and played with some of those blocks.  Now my book is in though, and I am ready to take stock.  So here, on my design wall, are the blocks I have done.  The two on the lower left are of questionable quality, so I will either remake or fix them up a bit.  The others are good though, so now I can start working on the new blocks and figure out which ones I have missed along the way.  Figuring out is about all that I can manage on a Wednesday, but it is better than not having any fabric fun at all.  

School Night Relaxation

I saw a link to an article today about coloring becoming increasingly popular among adults.  The last time I popped into Michaels to pick up some craft supplies for Sydney, there was a big, tempting display of grown-up coloring books by the front door.  Amazon has lots of fun coloring books available.  

 So tonight I sat down with my quilt notebook and some colored pencils and played.  I've been thinking about what I want to do for next year's Rainbow Scrap Challenge.  I thought about a strippy month by month.  Then I thought it would be fun to do a star sampler with different sizes of blocks.  There is still plenty of time to decide, but it was an an enjoyable way to spend an evening.

Look what came in the mail today!  My Farmer's Wife 1930s sampler book has finally arrived.  Maybe this weekend I will make a few more blocks.  

Sewing on the Road

 I am on the road for the rest of the week.  After two days of reading and editing test questions for the end of course exam, I am in need of some nice relaxing sewing.  Here is my portable design wall.

And of course, my portable ironing station.

Last night I finished these three Farmer's Wife blocks.  They were already  cut out.  After having a bit of trouble with the seam allowances on my back-up machine, I think everything is working properly now and I am ready to sew. 

Sewing on a School Night

It has been one of THOSE weeks.  I'm going as fast as I can, but not moving forward.  Finally, I just had to take a breather and do something other than grading essays.  So here is Bonnie.  She is block number 16 from the Farmer's Wife 1930s sampler quilt.  Gnomeangel is having a quilt along which just started this week.   I don't actually have the book yet.  It has been on order for a while, but isn't due for a while longer.  I guess that is the problem with ordering a book while there is a quilt-along going on.  Fortunately, the first few blocks are easy enough to figure out without the book.  They even have a tutorial available for people like me still waiting for the books to come in.  I had already figured out the measurements by the time I found the tutorial, but it was nice of them to offer it.  I will try to keep figuring things out until my book shows up, but if I can't, I do have the original Farmer's Wife sampler book from which I can substitute.  

Weekend Fun

 I'm hanging out at home with Sydney ready to sew some binding.

 Anna is off to the homecoming dance with River.

 Ryan is going too, with a group of friends.

I was puttering around pondering whether or not to start a new project.  A Farmer's Wife quilt along is going to start on Tuesday.  I was thinking about joining in, but my book is the original Farmer's Wife quilt, and not the 1930s version.  Still, I picked a few simple four patch blocks to play with this morning.  For now I'll sew some binding and keep pondering.