August 1, 2016

Chart 62: Carol, Block #18 in the Farmer's Wife 1930s Sew Along


If you own Set C of the Perfect Patchwork Templates, you can use C-15 to cut the large square-on-point in Carol. Many of you also made the 1920s Farmer’s Wife Sampler blocks and the Set C pieces were used more frequently in that book than in this one.


If you have not done the 1920s blocks, you may not know that we have also done template conversions for those blocks. Every 3 or 4 months we start a new email program with those conversions. You receive a template conversion chart for 10 blocks via email every 2 weeks. The blocks are also organized by common template sets or techniques as in this quilt. We just started mailing those PDFs out a few weeks ago, so there is still time to sign up on our website at http://www.frommarti.com/  Here's what to look for on the left side of the page:


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Comparing Sets A and B

Sets A and B contain the most frequently used pieces in basic patchwork. 12-inch or approximately 30 cm blocks are the most popular finished sizes, and 3 x 3 or 4 x 4 grid designs are also the most common.


The pieces in Sets A and B are exactly the same 7 shapes, just different sizes. Set A pieces are components of a 3-inch square and Set B of a 4-inch square. We like to say, “Anything you can make with Set A, you can make with Set B, it will just be bigger.’’


Volume 1 of the Encyclopedia of Patchwork Blocks features 69 patchwork block designs. You can make most in 3 sizes each with Sets A and B.


For example (from the Vol. 1 Block Index on our website):


Comparing Sets C and D

Sets C and D are companion sets for Sets A and B. They contain components of 3-inch and 4-inch squares that are not used quite as frequently as those in Sets A and B. Most of the shapes are the same, but in Set C we included C-15, a square that sits on point in a 6-inch square, the equivalent of 4 3-inch squares. Set D, on the other hand, includes the Square Within a Square components for a 2-inch finished unit made with the D-28 square on point plus triangle D-29 to make the corners, the latter being a combination you have used frequently in the 1930s Farmer’s Wife Sampler blocks.


You can see more blocks that use Sets A and C or B and D in the block index on our website for Volume 2 of the Encyclopedia of Patchwork Blocks. 



My Carol Block


Click on the image for a larger view. Click the link below to download the Chart for cutting and making Carol:
Visit these other Farmer's Wife Sew Along blogs, too, for sewing tutorials and other info about the Starlight block:

http://gnomeangel.com

http://www.sunflowerstitcheries.com/sunflower-quilting-blog/






The Farmer’s Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt: Inspiring Letters from Farm Women of the Great Depression and 99 Quilt Blocks That Honor Them by Laurie Aaron Hird for Fons & Porter/F+W.



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