Farmer's wife??

 

Yesterday I received this book (I had bought it from Amazon, here ). It doesn't really seem like something for me. I am more of a city person. At the most I am a farmer's grandson's wife, or maybe a wind farmer's wife... But I saw blocks from this book pop up all over Flickr and I really liked what people were making. Then I found out about a quilt along based on the book that is aimed at learning these more traditional blocks and the skills that go with them. I love learning more about quilting (I learned everything I know about quilting from or via the internet), so I got the book and joined the Flickr group.

The fabric that is used in the book are reproductions from fabric from the 1800's. Most modern quilters are not too fond of these prints and don't use them. But when I looked through the book I did like some of them. I went to the Fat Quarter Shop webshop and picked out a few reproduction prints that seemed more modern and that appealed to me. I can't wait to see what they will look like mixed in with the other fabric I will be using.

Right after receiving the book I made two blocks (#4 and #2). These are two blocks that I could figure out how to make without having to use the templates. Most blocks are more difficult though, and use templates that you print out from a CD that comes with the book. I haven't worked with templates yet, so I'm looking forward to learning...