1930s Farmer’s Wife Quilt Along – Book Giveaway
Hello! Happy Tuesday! I have some exciting things to share with you today.
Now, unless you’ve been away on some fabulous remote island on vacation with no internet access you have probably heard by now that there is a big Quilt Along starting up at on September 28th. I am very happy to announce that I have been invited to be one of the bloggers on the 1930’s Farmers Wife Quilt Along hosted by Angie at Gnome Angel and Fat Quarter Shop. You can find out all about it on Angie’s Blog. Here is a link to Frequently Asked Questions that have been coming in about the Quilt Along. You can also join the Facebook Group and join in on the quilting fun with 2700 other quilters around the world! There is also a Flickr group too!
“The Farmer’s Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt” is written by Laurie Aaron Hird. This is her third book. I am also working on my 1920s Farmer’s Wife quilt which was her second book. Many of you know that I re-started that quilt this year. The quilt along will focus on the 1930s book and the 1920s book will not be a part of it but you can of course interchange the blocks from both books in your quilts however you like. I will be working on both quilts simultaneously and I do not plan to mix my blocks for mine.
Fat Quarter Shop has generously give me, as one of the bloggers on the Quilt Along, a copy of “The Farmer’s Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt” book. I had already ordered a copy not knowing that I would be one of the official bloggers so I am very happy to pass on the generosity of the gift of this book from Fat Quarter Shop to one of my blog readers. I will have a Rafflecopter at the bottom of the post for you to enter. Due to the cost of shipping the book I must limit this giveaway to Canada & USA addresses.
My Fabric pull for my 1930s Farmer’s Wife Quilt. |
I am sewing my 1930s Farmer’s Wife Quilt with a mix of fabrics including “Fog City Kitty” and “Pam Kitty Garden” by Pam Kitty Morning for Lake House Dry Goods. I am also including some Lake House Dry Goods text fabrics (Lake House Favourites and Lake House Seed Catalogue), some Allison Harris “Oh, Clementine” fabrics and a few others from my stash. I might add a few more Pam Kitty fabrics if budget allows and if needed.
This is the 1920’s book called “The Farmer’s Wife Sampler Quilt.” This book is not part of the Quilt Along starting at the end of this month but it is the book I am currently working with. We are waiting to all start sewing together so in the meantime I am sewing 1920s blocks and reading the letters from the Farmer’s Wives in the 1930s book which I am finding very uplifting.
The first six blocks from the 1920s book. I am sewing in “Strawberry Fields” by Fig Tree & Co. for Moda. |
Tips from my experience:
Okay, so as I mentioned, I restarted my 1920s quilt this year… this was before I even knew the 1930s book was coming out. There were a few mistakes that I made with my original 1920s quilt that I will share with you here in the hopes of saving you from the same mistakes.
First: Sew with fabrics you love! I was trying to make my quilt authentic to the book and while the quilt in the book is, of course, beautiful, I was not enjoying working with the darker more Civil War Repro colours. I am much, much happier sewing with Strawberry Fields.
Second: Make absolutely certain before you print out all 100+ template pages that you have your printer set to 100% – no scaling. Actual size. Not “fit to page”. I did not do this and I printed them all out too small. So all my (20 sewn) blocks were .25 to .5 of an inch too small.
How I Intend to Proceed with my 1930s quilt:
I have chosen my fabrics (which I love!) and I have printed the regular piecing templates. I intend to piece my 1930s quilt the same way as my 1920s quilt which is stacking fabrics for efficient cutting and rotary cutting (very carefully) using the paper templates under my plastic ruler. There will be other methods covered by the other bloggers on the year-long blog hop. We’ll see if I decide to change my mind as we go along. 🙂
Please enter the giveaway for the book and if you are not at a Canada or US address you can find the book purchase the book here:
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; RRP $28.99 – Click here to purchase.
I hope all of you will join in the fun as we all sew this quilt together.
I would choose a line that isn't out yet, Vintage Picnic. i think it would be a perfect line for this blocks!
I would use a combination of all of my scraps.
Either scraps or a bundle I recently purchased from Urban Spools.
I have plenty of colorful fabrics in my stash, many vintage and retro prints… Plus some new ones. Thank you. I need this book.
Hi, I think I have enough Stash Scraps to use>many ThimbleBlossoms prints. Thanks for sharing a neat Giveaway ! msstitcher1214@gmail.com
I have so many 1930s repros waiting to be used! This book would be a wonderful thing to have. Thank you for being so generous and I can't wait to see what everyone cones up with in the QAL.
I have so many 1930s repros waiting to be used! This book would be a wonderful thing to have. Thank you for being so generous and I can't wait to see what everyone cones up with in the QAL.
I think I would pick fabrics after looking through the book but I do have a big stash to chose from. Thanks for the chance.
Like you, I am not a fan of the darker reproduction fabrics. I find them depressing, as was the era! I would choose brighter colors, but yet somewhat subdued to match my home décor. I'd love to follow along with the QAL, but I need a book! 🙂
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I've not really thought about joining this QAL until your post but I have a bunch of Bonnie and Camille, some Farmdale and Flea Market Fancy that would make a great quilt.
I think I'd start with my Hello Darling stash. ?
I'd make a bright & scrappy quilt! I've been almost purchasing this book every time I'm on Amazon. lol
I will probably use Modern Mini fabrics!!! I so want this book!! Thanks for the giveaway!
I do love Pam Kitty!
I have plenty of 30's fabric I could choose from. This would be a great winter project.
I have been collecting 1930s repro fabric for about a year now – I would use that for sure!! Late to the game on this sew a long and I would love to do it! Thank you!
Lovely prize! I would use lots of pretty bright florals. Fog city kitty, vintage market comes to mind. Thanks!!
Great idea on picking fabric you love!
I would probably utilize my extensive fabric collection!
I would mix some solids and my Feedsack stash! Thank you so much for the giveaway!
I would probably choose a variety of texty fabric or 30s florals like Yuwa Atsuko Matsuyama's. Reality says it would need to come from my stash–but it's fun to dream about buying specific fabric. I love yours!
Thank you! Great advice about using fabrics I love!…
I love the fabrics you are using… So I think I'll go with bright and happy colors/fabrics like yours!
The book looks fantastic. I think I'd love to get my hands on some of the story book prints by Windham. And I do love the Vintage Picnic prints. Of course, there's the stash I already have…oh the decisions!
A Farmer's Wife Quilt is on my quilting bucket list! I have this vision of using all solids and no white.
There is a lovely stack of primarily red and blue fabrics on my shelf for a "someday" quilt. I keeping coming back to that stack, and this book, thinking that it would make a subtle patriotic quilt substituting white with natural. I agree wholeheartedly with using fabrics you love so that when completed it is something truly trrasured. Thanks for sharing your extra copy of the book, so generous of you!
Oh thank you for the info on the 1920's quilt. I have not started yet, so your advice will help totally. I will do mine in cheery fabrics that make me happy when I look at it. thanks for such a great giveaway!
I remember reading how you restarted your blocks. I think I would pick some Pam kitty, dots but yes all happy. Need to love the process.
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I would like to do some Feedsack fabrics with solids. 🙂
I would use tons of scraps. sarah@forrussia.org
I have a lot of scrap fabrics that I would use to make the quilt. Thank you for the printer tip.
I do like the fabric line just out by Crazy Mom Quilts.
I would use up my scraps!
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I was gifted a beautiful bundle of fat quarters from the Charleston range recently so I would use these.
Iain.ross30 at gmail dot com
I have the Farmers Wife book and am working on it. This book would be so much fun! Awesome giveaway!
I have the Farmers Wife book and am working on it. This book would be so much fun! Awesome giveaway!
I intend to hit my stash ans use only fabrics from it. I've got a big enough one with enough variety that it should be no problem. – Rina
I admit I'm intrigued by this book, after all the buzz on IG.
I'd like to use something modern, maybe "sweet autumn day" by little cube. I've been eyeing it up over at hawthorne threads!
Thank you for being so generous with your giveaway!!
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I maybe would use Tula Pink or Bonnie and Camille fabric.
I'd like to make it really scrappy using fabrics with smaller designs.
lin.web.28 at gmail dot com
Totally fascinated with this book and the quilt! wish I could win it!
Would love to win!! 🙂
The book is full of inspiration! Lovely quilts!!
I would use scrappy, colorful cottons, but I think no batiks!
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I am participating in quiltalong using this book with a group of other quilters on Facebook.
I would use colorful scraps or Bonnie and Camille'so Hello Darling line.
I would use colorful scraps or Bonnie and Camille'so Hello Darling line.
I'd use scraps – anything I can find with small designs.
I think I am going to use my Robert Kaufman Elizabeth Hartman Designer Palette, plus maybe some additional Kona colors. I'm so excited to start this, and can't wait to see how everyone's quilt blocks look!
What a perfect giveaway! Especially since so many places are sold-out, and delivery not expected till into October! Thank you! 🙂 lmhoov68@gmail.com
I have been changing my mind about my fabrics so many times, but I love Farmhouse, Prairie, Hello Darling, Canyon, and Meadowbloom. I will probably end up with a mix of many different designers.
j_dobler@msn.com
I won't be using a particular line – but will go with scrappy – from my current stash!
I am going to use my 30's fabrics that I have been collecting for years.
I will go scrappy with my current stash, perhaps supplementing a couple of new ones – who can resist new fabric?
Taking your advice to use fabrics that I love instead of the darker reproductions, I am putting together a limited palette of a several each of darks, mediums and lights in both warm and cool, and mixing with scraps at random. Thanks for sharing the book with us!
Hi there I just can't wait to get started on my first sew along – will be using cheerful fabrics – just hate dull ones
Hi there I just can't wait to get started on my first sew along – will be using cheerful fabrics – just hate dull ones
I would use fabric from my scraps. I also have some fabric my mother saved and I think that it would be perfect.
nikilsend(at)outlook(dot)com
I would like to use Daysail by Bonnie & Camille.
I think I'd work my way through scrap bins…
This seams like a great project to use up scraps!
Awesome! Would love to win as I haven't gotten a copy yet!
I am planning on using a combination of Civil War and reproduction fabrics for my quilt. I also have a tote full of 1930's fabrics so I just make two at the same time if I find I can keep up. I'm soooooo excited to get started!
I would like to win the book and the extra fabrics. I love scrappy quilts
I have a 20 year collection of Aunt Grace 30's fabric and now is the time to use it! I have waited for the perfect project and this would be it. Your fabrics are gorgeous! I find myself more and more drawn to the bright colors. I am wondering if it is like the 30's where you feel bleak due to so many things and lean to the bright colors to cheer the soul.
I would use my Civil War reproduction fabrics. Would love to win the book. Thank you.
Lori.
I would use bright, happy and scrappy. Like you, I'm not a big fan of the dark, civil war reproductions.