FWQAL 5
For this week in the Farmer's Wife Quilt-a-long, I just stuck to the two blocks. And, honestly, it was a bit of a struggle to get these out. Having a tough time picking fabrics and I was worried my interest was fading. But I made them, was pretty happy with 1 of them and at least did a get job piecing the other one to end up with a square, and so I put them all together and now I think I am pretty happy with this project again:
I mean, they look kind of crazy together! Maybe a little fun too? Maybe? Still deciding if I am going to do any type of sashing. With only 91 blocks left to make I guess I still have time to figure it out! I think it will be one of those quilts you can just study - so much to see, so many cool fabrics. Probably too much for the eye to take in as a whole, but interesting to examine closely.
Here is [19] Checkerboard. Funny I skipped this one last week because I wasn't loving it and now I think it's one of my favorites. Lots of Anna Maria Horner X & O's with Lizzy House Pearl Bracelets and stripes.
This is [21] Contrary Wife with Heather Ross' Far Far Away 1 fairytale frog in the middle of dots and birds. Kind of random. Not enough contrast, too many medium value fabrics, I guess! But it is practically a perfect 6.5" square with most points lining up, so I'll take it!
So, yes, that is 21 and my first picture clearly shows 20 blocks. Hmmm, did I skip a block or lose one? I'll have to investigate...
I mean, they look kind of crazy together! Maybe a little fun too? Maybe? Still deciding if I am going to do any type of sashing. With only 91 blocks left to make I guess I still have time to figure it out! I think it will be one of those quilts you can just study - so much to see, so many cool fabrics. Probably too much for the eye to take in as a whole, but interesting to examine closely.
Here is [19] Checkerboard. Funny I skipped this one last week because I wasn't loving it and now I think it's one of my favorites. Lots of Anna Maria Horner X & O's with Lizzy House Pearl Bracelets and stripes.
This is [21] Contrary Wife with Heather Ross' Far Far Away 1 fairytale frog in the middle of dots and birds. Kind of random. Not enough contrast, too many medium value fabrics, I guess! But it is practically a perfect 6.5" square with most points lining up, so I'll take it!
So, yes, that is 21 and my first picture clearly shows 20 blocks. Hmmm, did I skip a block or lose one? I'll have to investigate...
They look great Courtney! Love the little frog.
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ReplyDeleteYour blocks are looking beautiful. Your inspiring me to stick with the FW blocks, I'm just on number 6. I have been thinking about the setting, maybe something that has mostly white with a color would work for the sashings to set off these jewels...
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would look great. I thought of it since I am using the same fabric to set some busy blocks of my own. I'll be blogging about it later today.
Thanks for your comment, it was my first ever since I just started my quilt blog. I finally just posted about the quilt I was working on today.
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