Saturday 27 December 2014

Farmer’s Wife Quilt along Month 8 Instructions



We will be making Blocks, 87, 111, 5, 13, 26, 27, 8 and a special block just for you!

Templates used are, 1, 3, 6, 6R, 13, 19, 20, 21, 25, 33, 34, 35, 36, 36R, 37, 39, 40, 40R, 41, 41R, 42, 71, 99.

Before starting spray a light coating of starch on the wrong side of all the fabrics.
Iron and cut as usual.

This will be the last month of blocks we will be making so I have designed a special Australian farm block for our last one, using templates from the book. It’s a large shady Gum Tree growing by the dam and I have turned the Darting Birds into Parrots. I hope you enjoy adding an Aussie touch to these wonderful blocks by Laurie Aaron Hird.


Week 29

87 Star Gardener 


111 Wrench




Use templates 1, 3, 13, 19, 25.


Note, in these two blocks I have reversed the light and dark from the book.

Star Gardener. Using the Aqua Roses, Fussy Cut 2 #1, with roses in the centre and save 1 for block 111. Then cut 12 x 1 15/16’’ or 2’’ squares. Check Note in Month 4.

Using White/Aqua Spot cut 12 x 1 15/16’’ squares, make up into ½ square triangles, as per week 3. Press towards the Aqua and trim to 1 ½’’ square keeping the diagonal correct for 24 #14. Then cut 4 x 1 ½’’ squares for 4 #19. Following the book and photo, arrange all the pieces in place. Chain piece in sets of 4 and sew together.






Wrench. Using Aqua Roses cut 4 x 1 ½’’ x 2 ½’’ rectangles for 4 #25. Then cut 2 x 2 7/8’’ squares.
Using White/Aqua spot cut 4 x 1 ½’’ x 2 ½’’rectangles for 4 #25, then cut 2 x 2 7/8’’ squares, match up with the Aqua squares and make into ½ square triangles, press towards the Aqua for 8 #3. Join the # 25s in pairs and chain piece as a 9 patch.




Week 30

5 Bat Wing



13 Buckwheat




Use templates 20, 21, 34, 35, 36, 36R, 37.

Bat Wing. Using White Roses trace and Fussy Cut 2 # 37 then cut 2 x 2 7/8’’ x 1 ¾’’ rectangles for 2 #35. Using Pink Rosebud trace and cut 2 #36 and 2 #36R. Using Aqua Roses cut 1 x 1 ¾’’ square for #34. Arrange in place and sew as per book.




Buckwheat. Using White roses cut 2 x 1 15/16’’ squares for 2 #21 and 4 x 2 ¼’’ squares, cut on the diagonal for 8 #20. Using Pink Rosebud cut 2 x 1 15/16’’ squares for 2 #21 and 4 x 2 ¼’’ squares. Using Aqua Roses cut 6 x 2 ¼’’ squares, cut 2 on the diagonal for 4 #20. Make up the rest into ½ square triangles, trim to 1 15/16’’ for 16 #20. Arrange pieces in place and sew in diagonal rows.


Week 31

26 Cut Glass Dish

27 Darting Parrots (Birds).




Use templates 1, 3, 13, 19.


Cut Glass Dish. Using the Red Check cut 3 x 2 ½’’ squares for 3 # 1. Using White Rosebuds cut 12 x 1 15/16’’ squares. Using Aqua /Aqua Spot cut 12 x 1 15/16’’ squares. Make up into ½ square triangles, press and trim to 1 ½’’ for 48 #13. Arrange in place and sew triangles in sets of 4. Chain piece together as a 9 patch. Press long seams open if needed.



Darting Parrots (Birds). Using Red Check cut 4 x 1 ½’’ squares for 4 #19. Using Green Floral cut 2 x 2 7/8’’ squares, cut on the diagonal for 4 #3. Using Aqua/Aqua Spot cut 8 x 1 15/16’’ squares. Using White Rosebuds cut 12 x 1 15/16’’ squares, make up 8 into ½ square triangles and press towards the Aqua, trim to 1 ½’’ for 32 # 13. Cut the remaining 4 on the diagonal for 8 # 13. Then cut 4 x 1 ½’’ squares for 4 #19. Arrange in place. Sew top left hand section together first then repeat with the other 3. Sew together. I promise NO more ½ square triangles!!



Week 32

37 Flower Pot 

Gum Tree.

 

Use templates 3, 6, 6R, 13, 20, 33, 39, 40, 40R, 41,41R, 42, 71, 99, 99R.

Flower Pot. Using Pink Roses trace and Fussy Cut 1 # 39, and cut 1 x 1 15/16’’ square, cut on the diagonal for 2 #13. Using Green Floral trace and cut 1 #40. Using Green/White Spot trace and cut 1 #40R. Using Pink Rosebud trace and cut 1 #41. Using Red Check trace and cut 1 #41R.
Using White/Green Spot cut 2 x 4 ½’’ x 1 ½’’ rectangles for 2 #42. Then cut 1 x 2 7/8’’ square, 1 x 2 ¼’’square and 1 x 1 15/16’’square, cut them all on the diagonal for 2 each #3, #20 and #13. Trim to match their templates. Trace and cut 1 #3. Lay all the pieces in place and sew #40 and #20 together as per book.

To sew the angled seam between #40, #20 and #41R, holding the #41R underneath, sew to the crossing seam. Raise the foot with the needle down in the seam. Line up the remaining raw edges, lower the needle and sew to the end. Unpick the few stitches in the seam allowance to make the seam sit flat and press. Repeat with the other angled seam. Sew the rest of the block as per book and press.







Gum Tree. Using Green Floral trace and cut 1 # 71. Using Aqua/Aqua Spot trace and cut 1 #33. Using Green/ White Spot trace and cut 1 #6 and 1 #6R. Using White /Aqua Spot trace and cut 1 #99. Flip the template 99 over and trace again to give you 1 # 99R. Using Pink Roses cut 1 x 1 ¼’’ x 3 1/8’’ rectangle for the tree trunk.

Using the photo as a guide, arrange all the pieces in place. Sew #99 and #6R together aligning the angled edges, not the straight edge. Repeat with #s 99R and 6 and press towards the green. Measure 4 ½’’ from the longest edge of the White/Aqua Spot and trim a small amount from the straight edge, as per photo. Sew these edges to each side of the Pink rectangle and press. Sew the Aqua triangle to the lower half and the large Green triangle to the top edge and press.







CONGRATULATIONS you have made 64 beautiful little Blocks. We only need 61 blocks to make our version of The Farmer’s Wife Quilt but we can add the extras to the back, they certainly won’t be left out. Hopefully you’re proud of your achievement, you certainly should be! I know I am!

Over the next few months we will add the sashing strips and squares, triangles and outer border, with a few surprises along the way. Then we will guide you through the layering and quilting process. We can’t wait to see it finished now that we are so close!

Happy sewing Debby & Eve x.