5 blocks to go! FWPC

Only 5 more blocks to make and I’ll have my Farmer’s Wife Pony Quilt Club blocks all done…..Making 90 of them takes a while, but I’ve almost got the job done. I stopped at the quilt store in Norton today looking for fabric for the sashing and the cornerstones. I think I’ll use a black for the sashing, and I’m not sure what I’m looking for in the cornerstones. I hope something will just jump out at me and I’ll know that it’s the one! I bought the fabric for the outer border on my Farmer’s Wife quilt that I’ve had sitting around here for at least 6 months, once this border is on, it will be ready for the quilter….It’s always fun to look at a quilt a long time after I’ve made it, I usually like them more and am not as critical as I was when I was working on them…It’s funny how that works!

And here is the stack of 85 blocks that are made…

We’ve been cleaning out mom’s house since she died and I’ve been hauling tubs of fabric home…In the top of one of the tubs I found this pattern and I really didn’t like it at all…In fact I was talking to mom and telling her how awful it was! She was probably laughing at me! Well, anyway I kept digging in the tub and at the bottom I found 10 blocks that mom had made with this pattern. I ended up liking the blocks a lot…So I guess it wasn’t such a bad pattern after all….I’m going to make wall hangings with two blocks for each one of my sisters…since there are 5 of us this will work out perfectly….Thanks mom….

Happy Quilting!

Kris

Farmer’s Wife Pony Quilt Club Blocks….only 18 to go!

Well, I’ve been sewing on my FWPC blocks and only have 18 more to do….I need a total of 90 of them, so I’m doing pretty good…they are 8 1/2” unfinished and all of them are different. I would say that at least a third of the blocks have a lot of set-in seams…You really have to know what you are doing to make this quilt. It’s quite a challenge and I’m sure enjoying it…I think I’ll go back and look through all of my blocks and if there are some I’m not happy with I will redo them…I know of a couple that I just don’t like. We will have to see when the time comes!

And here are the latest 22 blocks that I’ve made…I’m using fabric scraps and basically anything goes! I’m not matching colors or anything like that…It’s kind of nice to know that I’m not having to buy any fabric for this one…only the black for the sashing….woo hoo!

And here are my bargains from last week…the top three are thimbleberries,which I really like and I bought 7-8 yards of these…emptied the bolts on all four of them….they were 75% off ! I only paid a little over $2 a yard for these…..which will work great for backings…this makes me very happy!

I’ve also made a few more hats….My sister Barb will be here this coming weekend so I’ll just send them with her so she can sell them for me! I still need to add some ‘tails’ to a few of these…..but that won’t take too long.

Have a great week!

Happy Quilting! Kris