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Friday, September 2, 2022

Farmers Wife Sampler is finished

I'm proud to present:  Farmers' Wife Sampler! 
This quilt was a 2 year collaborative project - and it is worth every minute of the time spent. 


This huge queen-sized quilt was made by doing 2 blocks every week - along with a friend in Ohio - for over a year.  Linda and I are part of a small closed Facebook group, and she put out a challenge to anyone in the group interested in working on this quilt together.  I was the only one who took her challenge, and I'm so glad I did.  Every Monday she posted on Facebook which 2 blocks we would make for the week.  And we would both post pictures of the completed blocks as we made them.  Accountability to each other was such a good way to stay on track.

Amazingly enough, neither of us ever fell more than 1 week behind.  I know that I couldn't have finished all 111 blocks on my own.  That's right - 111 different 6" blocks are in this quilt.  The funny thing is that we chose very similar fabric colors.  I used leftovers from several years of Kim Diehl Simple Whatnots projects.  And there are plenty of scraps left yet to play with.  
 

The quilting on this one is really elegant.  I left it up to the quilter at The Pin Cushion to choose a design, and she did a beautiful job on this.  

This quilt is going on my bed for fall and winter.  It weighs a ton and will keep us warm. Plus, then I get to admire this quilt every day.  

8 comments:

  1. Beautiful quilt! Quilts with the small blocks can be rather challenging but what a feeling of accomplishment when they're finished. Happy stitching on the next project.

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  2. congrats on finishing. Its wonderful. I started to make this one but I didn't finish it - maybe if I hadn't made those 2 dear jane quilts before this one LOL - I did get a twin size from this though - I think I was just too tired of small sampler blocks at the time.

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  3. Absolutely gorgeous Sara, love your fabric choices. Kudos to you and Linda for staying on track with this biggie;) Did Linda post photos of her finished one and does she have a blog?

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  4. Oh my gosh. That quilt is a treasure! It's got everything I like in a quilt. The colors are bold and striking as are the various blocks. Congratulations on this beautiful quilt. You should be so proud of your accomplishment.

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  5. Sara, what a masterpiece!! Congratulations to both you and your friend. The quilt is wonderful.
    Sharon M

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  6. Beautiful quilt and a major accomplishment. I can’t imagine making that many different blocks for one quilt.

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  7. Congrats on finishing! its a beautiful quilt and lovely to be working on it with a friend.

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  8. Congratulations! That's a huge project and was quite an achievement.

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