March WOOFA ....

.... I have a finish!!!   yay!!!!

I finished my Farmers Wife Quilt - finished at approx 60" square, 61 blocks

I am very pleased with the way it turned out :)  I used a mixed selection of fabrics in tonings & colours that I like :)  Mostly Fat Quarters and most collected over a 12 month period.  The backing heart fabric was a great find at a Market  :)

Quilting was done on a vintage domestic Janome - but there was a casualty :(

Partway through adding the binding, there was a metalic sound, then a sort of a clicking that didn't sound good :(  I opened the bobbin drawer and that little curved piece of metal was lying on the bottom - I don't know where it came from :(  (thanks to the internet, I was able to determine that little sliver of metal has come off the bobbin case - not sure it can be 'fixed' but I have another bobbin case, so I can continue using the Janome :) )

I love the binding, Kansas Troubles by Moda.

Many thanks to the lovely Cheryll for hosting

WOOFA :)
I am newly motivated to get onto the next UFO!

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FNwF yay!!!!

I finally got my act together and did some Friday Night with Friends Sewing :)

I have given up on making my Farmer's Wife quilt a King size quilt - we haven't even bought the new king size bed yet, and it may be a while until that happens.  So ....... I need a new quilt to snuggle under while watching TV, so this is going to be it!

... and because it is a long weekend here in Adelaide, I spent Friday Night doing a bit of 'un-sewing' so that the quilt will now be a 6 x 6 layout, on Saturday I rearranged the setting triangles, then Sunday I added another row ....  wooo hooo !!  progress at last.

Many thanks to Cheryll for the FNwF sign-ups and for the WOOFA challenge - that's one project on my WOOFA list closer to being finished!

And because I was on a roll, I did some 'mindless' piecing and made up a scrappy block

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Time to start farming again :)

I was tidying up the sewing room, and decided to put up my Farmers Wife quilt on the 'design wall' in the hope it will motivate me to commence 'farming' again :)

This was my last 'progress shot' from 2016.

We are looking at buying a new bed in the very near future, and have decided to upgrade to a 'king size' bed, so I will have to make this quilt a little bit wider now :)

let the farming begin!

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Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt progress

Here is where I am at with my Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt




53 BLOCKS MADE, 58 LEFT TO GO :)

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OMG - Farmers Wife Quilt Revival Lesson #4 ....

.... finally completed!  Better late than never!





















53 down ............ 58 to go!

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OMG - May & June ........ not quite there

Well, I did get to do some sewing this last two months ............ not as much as I would have liked, but at least I got a few things off my sewing list done!

My goal for May was to complete Lesson 4 of FWQR - got some blocks done, but did not complete the lesson.

During May, I also completed the Bee Block for Do Good Stitches - Single Wedding Ring block in pink - a big 13" block!

Now into the June Bee Blocks for Do Good Stitches - scrappy strips - 8" x 11"

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OMG - May - Farmers Wife Sampler Quilt

just putting it out there to make me more accountable  LOL

I intend to get back into the habit of regular sewing time each week and complete Lesson 4 of Farmers Wife Quilt Revival by the end of May!

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OMG - another fail

well that, was a big fail ........................ I intended to complete Lesson 4 of Farmers Wife Quilt Revival by the end of March!

I only got one block done :(

Block 33 - Farmer's Puzzle

Time to take a breath, and make a new goal for April :)

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OMG February - Big Fail :(

well that, was a big fail ........................ I intended to complete Lesson 4 of Farmers Wife Quilt Revival by the end of February!

I didn't even get one block done :(

Time to take a breath, and make a new goal for March :)

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On a positive note, this is my 600th Post :)  yay!!!

I did however, complete one swap - a Fat Quarter for Fat Quarter Swap

Received from Judith

Sent to Judith

I also completed a card swap, and that can be seen on my other blog.

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FNwF | show and tell | Monkey Wrench/Snail Trail

Yay, another opportunity to spend time in the sewing room without any guilt LOL

Mr Fixit had his RDO on Friday, but was more than happy to do some work on his computer.  I know!!!  it was supposed to be his day off, but he gets so much work done at home because he is able to work uninterrupted  :) ......... anyway ............. that left me free to do whatever I wanted, so ofcourse I chose my sewing room .......... after a few household tasks were completed.

In previous years, I have participated in Block Lotto, and have been enormously lucky to win an embarrassing 3 times!  During last year, I only made 1 block, but as all the blocks will be 6 1/2" this year, I can see myself making more :)

During January, I concentrated on my Farmer's Wife Quilt and didn't get an opportunity to make January's block, but when I saw that February's block was a Monkey Wrench/Snail Trail, I  just knew I had to give it a go - I have always wanted to make a Monkey Wrench/Snail Trail block!

The colours for February are brown and a light background - perfect for me, as I have my Farmer's Wife Quilt fabrics handy :)

so here is my very first 6 1/2" Monkey Wrench/Snail Trail block for Block Lotto




I usually donate my blocks, since I have been lucky enough to win, but I REALLY like this block and the colour scheme, so I am putting my block in the draw :)

I think I will make another block in this same colour combination for my Farmer's Wife Quilt :)

I also got another sashing row cut, sewn and attached to my Farmer's Wife Quilt.

It is now wide enough to fit on a queen size bed - this next row will make it long enough :)

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OMG - Farmers Wife Quilt Revival - Lesson 4

just putting it out there to make me more accountable  LOL

I intend to complete Lesson 4 of Farmers Wife Quilt Revival by the end of February!

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Farmer's Wife Progress

I have completed another row on my Farmer's Wife Quilt :)  it is looking so nice!



ofcourse, after some suitable preparation


another row completed!

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Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt - FWQR Lesson 3

I have been working on my Farmer's Wife Quilt through January - it was my goal to complete Lesson 3 before the end of the month.





















I actually made the following block using the templates


It really makes a difference using the rotary cutting instructions, and the magic 8 method of making the HSTs :)

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