This is Flock, #34 of the Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt. I am going to give you a June wrap up of my progress on the Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt for Lily's Quilts Farmer's Wife Edition of Fresh Sewing Day.
Another favourite of mine is #72 Railroad. This QAL has basically a one year life - 2 blocks a week and 111 blocks in total.
This is probably my favourite of all so far, Churn Dash #20. It is a Shoo-fly block variation and I am sort of taken with the simply beauty of the shoo-fly.
Homeward Bound, #48. Cannot say or write that without the Simon and Garfunkel song immediately playing in my head. I think a group of these, especially if you played with the colours, would look fantastic. I may need to give that a try.
Enough of my favourites, here are all 10 of my blocks so far:
Many people have posted beautiful blocks on flickr, I encourage you to go and take a look. Some are doing far more than 2 a week but there is no pressure to go quickly. It is friendly and laid back QAL, exactly what I need.
I have mentioned before, so as not to end up feeling bad if I lose interest or momentum, my plan is that I will make whatever blocks I have done next June into a quilt and be done with it. (Problem is, now there is another book, so I have a feeling I will be working on those blocks when the book comes out too. Good thing they are fun.)
I have been doing some other fun things this month, you can browse back in my blog if you like, but I am going to focus my June wrap up on the Farmer's Wife this time. Here is the link to Lily's Quilts Farmer's Wife Edition of Sew Fresh Day, it is well worth visiting the folks linked up there.
It is Canada Day today! My country is 144 years old. We have a day off and fireworks later tonight, pretty much everywhere in Canada, from sea to sea to sea.
Best,
Leanne
Your FWQAL blocks work really well individually and great as a group. Some of the nicest I have seen.
ReplyDeleteGreat blocks and Flock looks to me like two gorgeous fish kissing although I guess it's supposed to be birds...
ReplyDeleteHappy Canada day! Enjoy the celebrations! Your FW blocks are really lovely; they are going to make one fab quilt. I love Simon & Garfunkel too! Jxo
ReplyDeleteLove your blocks! Hope you stay with it - I need all the inspiration I can get and hope to join for real (even though late). Happy Canada Day!
ReplyDeleteI perhaps shouldn't say this, but I think your blocks are my favourites. So fresh and clean looking (not that all the others aren't great too of course, but yours are so me!)
ReplyDeleteI'm doing "flock" this weekend since it's highlighted in the third letter of the book. Your fabric choices are gorgeous. I love the bright colors and the white.
ReplyDeleteI think my very special favourites are Flock and Homeward Bound.
ReplyDeleteYour FW blocks are absolutely stunning! I still have to get started on mine and these blocks are making me itch to get a move on!
ReplyDeleteYour blocks made me think - tuitti fruitti, they are delightful.
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