No, no, I'm not that fast of a sewer. The blocks were done (except for 6) but it took me an entire day (and I mean ENTIRE day) to put the top together. The pattern is called "Farmer's Wife" and it was a monthly class I took at my local quilt shop. We met once a month and the assignment was to have 10 blocks made for the next class. The book has 110 block patterns in it. By doing 10 a month, you would have a complete quilt done at the end of the year. I didn't want a king size quilt nor did I want to make that many blocks so I opted for the Lap Size, which is perfect. I only had to do 50 blocks but that was plenty. The blocks are 6 1/2" so it makes for some difficult piecing. There was no room for sloppy piecing in this quilt. And those that were less than perfect fought me when I tried to match them up to a lattice. But overall, I was very happy with the end result. If you are in for a challenge, I would suggest you buy this book and give it a whirl! Or better yet, you can use my book because I won't be making another one soon!!!
4 comments:
It really is amazing!!! I even enlarged it and you do not need to change a thing! It's perfect!
And you must be perfectly pooped too!
Can't wait to see it in person and drool on it! :)
Oh my! Sounds tedious... but sounds like a perfect way to spend a snow day! I hope you had a hot cup of coffee and sewed by a window! ;)
We got snow too, yippee! 3/4 of our state flips out and gets all pissy but the 1/4 that I am proudly part of reverts to being 7 and LOVES a snow day... or five. :) Brandon and I sledded down our hill at 11pm! Hey, I even took Jack for a ride on the tube! :o)
Holy amazing batman. You are talented! It looks BEAUTIFUL!
I bought this book on the "Quilt Across Texas" tour in September. I was wanting to make it king-size also, but now I am thinking I will only make it into a lap quilt. My quilts are not that perfect, and those small pieces are scaring me. Yours looks fantastic!!
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