farmers wife

I have mentioned that I have started the 

farmers wife quilt.

another sampler quilt

6 inch finished blocks

111 of them for the queen size quilt,

 that is what I am aiming for.

83 x 103 inches finished.

That is quite long, so I thought I would change the lay out 

to make mine approximately 93 inches square.

235 cm, quite a large quit

I would then need a total of 113 blocks.

I have been stitching away on these blocks without much 

thought or fuss,

but this morning I had a count.

91 blocks finished

A whole box of blocks.

only 20 to go.

If I do change the layout (which I think I will do)

only 22 to go.

The pattern book only has 111 block patterns,

so I get to make up 2 of my own. 

I was surprised that I had done so many, and so quickly,

this has only been a little winter project in between quilting.

 If I got some stitched that is good, if not it didn't matter, maybe I 

should think of all quilts this way. 

Back to quilting,

Star a day is quilted, now just to do the binding.

First I have to find the binding fabric,

which I put away in a very safe place.

But where can that be, I have searched high and low,

hopefully it will turn up soon, maybe when I

stop looking or give up and buy another piece of fabric.

happy stitching jenni