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.

Farmers Wife Quilt Along Month 6 Instructions

We will be making blocks 14, 88, 40, 62, 54, 55, 59, 66.

Templates for Month 6 are; 1, 3, 4, 7, 13, 25, 27, 28, 34, 35, 38, 49, 51,
61, 61R, 62, 62R, 63, 63R, 65, 70, 101, 103.

Note: There is a problem with 3 Templates we are using this month. If you receive our fabric pack your templates have been corrected but if you use the CD from the book you will need to make some changes.

1. The numbers on #27 and #28 need to be swapped.
2. Template #61 should read 61R and there is no #61 on the CD. To make the correct #61, Reverse the template, from the book and trace onto card and cut out. Mark the straight grain on the templates lower edge, as per diagram and trace with this edge level with the long edge of the fabric then, mark the number of the template (61 or 61R) in this seam allowance.

We are using more of the beautiful Flower Sugar fabric this month. Before starting spray a light coating of starch on the wrong side of all the fabrics. Iron and cut as usual.

Week 21

Block 14 Butterfly at the Crossroads

Block 88 Star of Hope

Use Templates 34, 35, 38, 101. Cut the fabric for both blocks at the same time.

Using the Pink large roses fabric, Fussy Cut a 5 5/16’’ (13.5cm) square for #101. Then cut 6 x 1 ¾’’ squares for 6 #34 and 8 x 2 1/8’’ squares.

Using the White/Pink Spot fabric cut 4 x 3’’ x 1 ¾’’ rectangles for 4 #35, then cut 8 x 2 1/8’’ squares, matching these with the pink ones, make up into ½ square triangles as per week 3, to give you 16 #38.

Arrange all the pieces in place and sew together as per book.

Week 22

Block 40 Friendship Block

Block 62 Old Windmill

Use Templates 4, 7, 27, 28, 103

Friendship Block

Using the Yellow Floral Spot fabric Fussy Cut a 3 3/8’’ square for #103, then cut 6 x 2 3/8’’ squares, save 2 for block 62 and cut 4 on the diagonal and trim for 8 #7. As these last 4 are going to be cut in half, you can trace and cut if the full square won’t fit after fussy cutting.

Using the Pink Check fabric cut 4 x 1 ¼’’ strips down the short edge. Position the #27 and #28 on the strips with a small rose in the centre of the template and trim to size. Fussy Cut 4 x2’’ squares, also with a rose in the centre, for 4 #4. Arrange as per book. Sew 2 short strips to opposite sides of 103, then sew the longer strips in place and press. Make up corner triangles and sew in place.


Old Windmill.

Using the White/Pink Spot fabric cut 8 x 2 3/8’’ squares.
Then cut 2 x 2 3/8’’squares each in Pink Large Roses, Red Floral and Aqua Floral Spot. Match these together with the 2 Yellow squares and the 8 White/Pink spot squares and make into 16 ½ square triangles. Arrange as per photo and book, sew together in rows, pressing seams in alternating directions.

Week 23

Block 54 Kitchen Woodbox

Block 55 Linoleum

Use templates 1, 3, 13, 25, 49, 51, 65. Cut the fabric for both blocks at the same time.

Using the Aqua Floral Spot fabric, Fussy Cut 2 x 2 ½’’ squares for 2 #1 then, cut2 x 2 7/8’’ squares and cut on the diagonal and trim for 4 #3. Cut 4 x 1 15/16’’squares cut on the diagonal and trim for 8 #13, then cut 4 x 1 ½’’ x 2 ½’’ rectangles for 4 #25.

Using the Yellow Check fabric cut 5 x 1 ½’’ strips down short edge of fabric. Cross cut these into 2 #51 and 6 #25, keeping the small rose in the centre of each strip, as before.
Using the Pink Circle fabric trace and cut 4 #49 and 4 #65.

Arrange the pieces for each block. Sew block 54 from the centre out then add the corners. Sew block 55 as a 9 patch of 2 ½’’ squares.

Week 24

Block 59 Night and Day

Block 66 Periwinkle

Use templates 61, 61R, 62, 62R, 63, 63R, 70. Cut the fabric for both blocks at the same time.

Please read the Note above before proceeding.

Using the White/Red Spot Rose fabric trace and cut 8 #61 and 4 #61R, with the straight grain as marked on the diagram. Write the template number in the straight grain seam allowance, using the photo as a guide. I used a wash of marker to trace these if I made a mistake I could simply wash off and start again.  Then trace and cut 4 #62R and 4 #63R.

Using the Red Floral fabric trace and cut 4 #61R, 4 #62 and 4 #63. Then cut 2 #70.
Fussy Cut 2 #70 from the Pink large floral fabric.

Night and Day.
Gather all your pieces for this block and carefully lay them out in place. The straight grain on #61 and #61R should be next to each other. Sew each section into a triangle and press the seams towards the red fabric. Sew the triangles together, matching seams, into squares and press the seams open. Continue until complete. If you got this block right 1^st go, well done!


Periwinkle.
Lay out your 4 coloured #70 in place. Arrange the #61 and #61R pieces in pairs, with the straight grain edges together, around the centre star so that the corners are right angles. Sew a #61 and a #61R to each #70. Press the red seams in and the pink seams out. Check your angles. Sew the triangles together matching the seams until complete.

These last two blocks were certainly tricky. I hope my instructions made them easier for you to sew. Before I realised that the template was wrong I had decided not to use them. I’m glad I kept them in the quilt now as there is no satisfaction in giving up!

(note template correction not at actual size, if you are in our quilt along the right size templates will be posted to you)

Happy sewing Debby and Eve xxx