Today is my turn to share the Block 14 Betty tutorial for the Farmer’s Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt quilt along! Betty is a great block for trying out some DIY quilt maths. It can be pieced by foundation paper piecing, or with templates, but this is one of the few blocks in the book that can easily pieced by rotary… Read More

Hurray! Time to reveal the blocks I made for the first week of the Farmer’s Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt sew along! This week, we’re making Becky, Bonnie and Aunt and here’s how mine turned out. Aunt This one’s my favourite from this week, look at that fussy cutting! I used the rotary cutting instructions for this block, except that I… Read More

At last, the Farmer’s Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt sew along (try saying that 10 times fast!) begins! There has been so much excitement and chatter in the Facebook group, it’s so nice to officially start things off. Although I must admit, I’ve been secretly sewing a few random blocks from the book over the past month or so anyway, because… Read More