February 6, 2017

Chart 88: Pharlemia, Block 82 in the Farmer's Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt Sew Along

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Pharlemia, the Mystery Block

Look at this block and there is only the slightest trace of familiar patchwork. You  certainly do not  see a template-friendly face looking back! How will we make it?

Then you see the name and she is even more exotic and mysterious. But after a few months and a closer look, she becomes quite template friendly. We think you will like how she adapted to templates.



Fortunately, we were able to get one picture of a very lovely Pharlemia before she slipped away into the night. Yes, we have a picture! We know she was here! But Pharlemia has disappeared! We've looked for her, to no avail. Where could she be?

    • hiding in the studio?

    • jumped to her death in a waste basket?

    • caught up by batting that is now sewn in a quilt?

Unfortunately, Pharlemia remains the aloof mystery block that will not be part of my quilt.

My Missing Pharlemia Block


Click on the image for a larger view. Click the link below to download the Chart for cutting and making Pharlemia:

Visit these other Farmer's Wife Sew Along blogs, too, for sewing tutorials and other info about the Pharlemia block:

http://gnomeangel.com

http://intheboondocks.blogspot.com/

Are you ready for a new Sew Along?

Gnome Angel invited us to participate in a three-month sew along to make Jen Kingwell's Long Time Gone quilt -- you can use the same templates you used for the Farmer's Wife blocks!  Click here for more information.




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.




3 comments:

  1. Thank you so very much! This will be a great help for me on this block. Cheers!

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  2. Marti, I say it again, you are a genius! Thank you for this conversion Chart. It worked wonderfully.

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  3. What a hoot! Thanks for today's chuckle.... I'll be anticipating it again when I get to block no. 82. Who hasn't suffered the frustration of losing a block 82 blocks into a 99 block quilt?! ;-)

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