When I picked the blocks I wanted to do for my guest posts in Kerry’s QAL I wasn’t really looking at the designs in the book, I was just picking nice words and the flowers I liked. So a few weeks ago when I saw that another post was coming up, I just thought ‘oh …
Hello all you Farmer’s Wifers!! First of all I hope you have been doing better than me at making your Farmer’s Wife 1930s blocks. I have managed to make the huge total of two since I last guest posted for the QAL! *hangs head in shame* So this is Martha. And here she is on …
Hi Folks and welcome to my latest guest post on the Farmer’s Wife 1930s QAL. We are up to block 43 – nearly half way through! This is Hope, she was quick and Easy and I think very striking. As before I English Paper Pieced the block as described in this earlier post. Not that …
Hello and welcome to my second guest post for the Farmer’s Wife 1930s Quilt Along. Today’s block is Crystal. This was actually the first block I made way back in August! I have to admit that I jumped into the QAL (and the guest posts!) in a moment of madness, and then worried that I …
…sung to the tune of ‘Matchstalk Cats and Dogs’! But unfortunately it doesn’t quite scan as well! I am wondering if younger people or those outside the UK are thinking I’ve gone mad – I have a feeling that was probably just a British hit single! There is a video at the end of this …
Oh Carolina! Hello and welcome to my first guest post on the Farmer’s Wife 1930s Quilt Along! And yes I hope you also have that old Shaggy song in your head now, as I have every time I think about this block! I actually made my version of Carolina months ago as soon as I …
Popular Patchwork was one of the first magazines to publish my patterns, nearly 3 years ago now. I’ve been kept pretty busy with the newer magazines like Love Patchwork and Quilting and Quilt Now recently, but now PP has a new editor I’ve been lured back! She is the lovely Liz Betts, one of my …
The Farmer’s Wife 1930s quilt-along is now up and running with some great blog posts from Kerry who is hosting the QAL. This is the main page with all the info if you want to join in (there’s still time!). I have been busy making some blocks and sharing them on Instagram. This has brought …
Now I don’t usually take part in quilt-a-longs, in fact I think I have only done this once before in all my 6 years plus blogging history! But something about this new Farmer’s Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt books and it’s delicate tiny blocks really appealed to me. Kerry announced she would be hosting this QAL (starting …
Issue 15 of Love Patchwork and Quilting magazine hits the newstands today and I am so happy to be able to share this month’s project with you… …my Dala Horse! And look, he made the cover too!! This was one of my favourite projects for LP&Q that I’ve done so far. The nice thing about …