Farmer’s Wife 1930s Block 32 Fanny

Hello and welcome to Daydreams of Quilts for Block #32 Fanny in the Farmer’s Wife 1930s quilt along hosted by Gnome Angel and sponsored by Fat Quarter Shop and Marti Mitchell.

Block #32 Fanny pieced by Daydreams of Quilts

Cut all your pieces and lay them out on a work surface according to the block diagram on the printed sheet from the book’s CD. Here the rows have been numbered from 1 to 5 for the purposes of this tutorial.

• Sew A rectangles to B squares and press towards A
• Sew E triangles to D triangles. You can also sew these pieces for row 3 at this time if you wish. Press towards E.
• Sew A/B pieces to D/E pieces and press towards A.

This is what you will have after Step 1 is completed. Rows 1 and 5 are pieced and the ends of row 3 are pieced.

 Step 2: Piece rows 2 and 4.

• Sew E triangles to B squares. Press towards B
• Sew C triangles to B/E units and press towards C. 
• Sew A rectangles to C/B/E units. Press towards A.

Here is what you have after sewing C triangles to B/E units.

• Sew A/C/B/E units to F square. Press seams to F square. 
• The pressing directions for Step two create locking (also called nesting) seams with rows 1 and 5.

This is what you will have when Step 2 is completed. Rows 2 and 4 are pieced.

Step 3: Sew row 3

• Sew row three together which is quite simple. Sew the left and right F squares to the centre F square and sew the D/E units to the ends. Press seams towards left and right F squares to create locking (or nesting) seams with rows 2 and 4.
• Then sew your five rows together to finish the block. I pressed my top two row seams towards row 3 and my bottom two row seams towards row 3. You could also press your seams open to reduce bulk.

Block 32: Fanny All pieced! 🙂

I liked this block! I hope you like making it too. Thank you for visiting my blog today to learn how I pieced block #32.

Information about the book:

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.

This Quilt Along is hosted by Angie Wilson of Gnome Angel

This Quilt Along is sponsored by Fat Quarter Shop and Marti Mitchell

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01/03/2016: Angie @ GnomeAngel.com & Marti @ Marti Michell

02/03/2016: Anita @ Daydreams of Quilts

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05/04/2016: Angie @ GnomeAngel.com & Marti @ Marti Michell

06/04/2016: Anita @ Daydreams of Quilts

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