Farmer's Wife Friday--The Setting

In case you have been on Mars and didn't hear: The Baseball All Star Game was played here in Kansas City a few weeks ago and it was all the buzz. Me? I stayed home and played my own game with the Farmer's Wife blocks....

...just as any good country girl would do that doesn't have the bucks to take in the big game. I could buy a bunch of fabric for what a ticket costs! My game included dividing my blocks into two piles: one to set on point and the other, set square...

Cindy and I are both going to deviate from the original on point setting of the Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt as shown it the book. Waaayyyy back here, I fell in love with Susan's cheerful rendition of the FW Quilt and decided to shamelessly copy her setting. Turns out she copied from Michelle at City House Studio and first spied our favorite setting here. Suz calls her quilt, Sunnybrooke Farm. Isn't it so pretty! I just love it and am hoping that my quilt turns out to look something like it.

The sashing is easy...add 2.5 inch strips to the sides of each block to be set square. For the blocks set on point, cut two 5 inch squares on the diagonal and then attach the 4 triangles to the four sides. All blocks are then trimmed to 9 inches. 

 I'll set my blocks into 11 rows of 10 blocks. Since I've made 111 blocks, I'll have one extra to use as a label on the quilt back. (That light pink churn dash in the first picture.)  I'm getting excited to see this quilt come together! Be sure to stop over at Cindy's blog to see how she will be using her blocks. Check back in a few weeks to see more of my blocks sashed in Kona white. I'm determined to have this as a "finish" in 2012!