Farmer's Wife Progress

I've been in a sewing funk for a few days. I finished up a super secret quilt a few days ago (but I can't share it til September-ish, so enjoy that little sneak peek). And I've been basting A LOT of Happy Go Lucky hexies for a project that may just take me all through summer to piece, but that's ok, I'll be outside a lot with my girls. But that means there hasn't been a lot of sitting at my sewing machine.

 

I decided to combat the funk by putting together Farmer's Wife. About a month ago I figured out how I wanted to set my 42 blocks, and got them prepped. The inspiration came from here, the regular borders were too big, but it was nice being able to square up all the blocks to the same size because of the extra background fabric.

I'm so pleased with how it has turned out so far. I tried to not over think the layout, just looked at it a few times in B&W to check for balance. Now I'm mulling over a few border ideas, but I don't think it's going to be 100% done for awhile. I'm trying to decide if I could do it justice with some simple quilting, or if I should save up my money for FMQ or something more custom. I guess we'll see. =)

42 - The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything - FWF

42 Farmer's Wife Blocks (technically 44, but they won't be making their appearance on this quilt top). I'm hanging up my Farmer's Wife hat folks. I've been attempting the task for over a year and I am just done. I've looked at my bin everyday trying to will myself to pull it out, to piece together just one more block, and I can't. So instead I'm finishing it where it stands now.
And actually this'll be a great size for hanging on my bedroom wall, so that is a definitely plus.

pardon the really poor instagram picture

I'll be setting the blocks like City House Studio did hers. I'll probably throw on a pieced border since I still have a bunch of fabric. I need to play around with the layout a bit more, make sure design and color are balanced, but I'm glad to see this come to an end.

FWF Block 11 Broken Dishes

Block 11
Broken Dishes

FWF Block 111

Farmer's Wife Block 111
Wrench

Farmer's Wife Friday!

Blocks 8 and 9