Friday, July 20, 2012

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!





12 comments:

  1. What a lovely thing to say about my Sunnybrook Farm! Thank you.... Your FW is going to look SO awesome!! I can just tell by that last photo!! Both those blocks are gorgeous! I can hardly wait to see yours finished!

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  2. What a great setting. You must be thrilled with your progress.

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  3. This is great. I can't imagine the joy you feel after completing all of those blocks.

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  4. What beautiful fabrics with colors that are awesome. Happy Sewing!

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  5. WOO HOO! This "finish" will be an amazing finale!!!!!

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  6. Your FW quilt is going to rock!!

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  7. Well pieced! I like your alternate setting a lot... looking forward to the finish.

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  8. I've had a time trying to decide whether to do mine in solids or happy prints and now you've shown me this gorgeous thing and I'm back on the fence!!!! Cannot wait to see the finished product.

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  9. Our quilts are going to be awesome. Really. Such a fun setting!

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  10. I love your setting plan! Your quilt and Cindy's quilt will be show stoppers!

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  11. I can see why you would pick that setting. It's really nice with all that negative space. You'll have a big quilt, won't you? It looks like an outta-the-park home run to me!

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  12. Love the setting - this will look great. Good for you!

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