We'd like to introduce you to Perfect Patchwork Template Set A, which we'll be using at the beginning of the Farmer's Wife 1930s Sew-along.
Set A celebrated a big birthday this year -- we started selling this set 20 years ago! Twenty years and still cutting!
Oh how I love your templates! Thanks for this instructive info!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Marie! <3
DeleteI ordered the book but haven't gotten it yet . So I will be starting late. Hope all templates instructions will stay on Web. Can't wait to start. thank you
ReplyDeleteI ordered the book but haven't gotten it yet . So I will be starting late. Hope all templates instructions will stay on Web. Can't wait to start. thank you
ReplyDeleteHi Colleen -- The PDFs will remain here on the blog for the duration of the sew-along. So you can download the ones you need any time you want. :)
DeleteI've nor yet taken your Crafsty class on quilting as you go, but it's something I'd love to try. Would it be a good method to use with the Farmer's Wife blocks?
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Hi Cate -- Thanks for thinking of quilt-as-you-piece -- it is a great method for a lot of deisgns, but the Farmer's Wife quilt isn't a good candidate because the pieces are small and it would mean a lot of extra work to finish (lots of joining issues). You could make the blocks and then use quilt-as-you-piece to add the setting triangles to the blocks, but you would still have to join and finish the backs of a lot of pieces. Quilt-as-you-piece is selective, compared to quilting in sections, which you can do with almost any quilt style. This quilt would be a great one to machine quilt in sections. You could make and join several rows, then join rows to make 3 vertical sections... add batting and backing and quilt each section... and then you'd only have 2 long seams to finish off. I machine quilt almost all my quilts in sections, with and without borders; there are 6 ways to finish seams and a few ways to deal with borders in my book "Machine Quilting in Sections." I hope that helps!
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