Farmers Wife 1930s QAL - Week #2 Going Strong

 

So week two in the FWQAL has rolled around and guess what......I've done this weeks blocks as well.

 

I'll keep it short and sweet so I don't bore you

 

First up is Betty

 

I really enjoyed Betty she was right up my alley with all the HST......boy that sounded weird/rude?!!

 

This is also where I've deviated completely from the colour plan....Yellow and Mustard? 70's flashback anyone??

 

And completely concentrated on the contrast in colour value....I think pink and black makes for a saucy wench!

 

And no paper piecing for this one either.

 



 

Next up is Caroline.....anyone else singin "Sweet Caroline....good times never seemed so good...."

Neil Diamond is a legend....don't you judge me LOLOLOL

 

 

Now for Caroline I cut all the paper piecing quadrants out then realised that this method was going to make a relatively simple block more complicated than necessary

 

 

So I pieced the two QST and pinwheel blocks as per usual....my QST units are a little organic??? in the centre but it's not irritating my OCD tick.....just yet.

 

I've rotated the block in this photo as I prefer it this way.

 

My tip?....starch the beejeezus out of the pinwheels and iron your seams open to get them laying flat as a pancake...they are teeny!!

 

Linkin up with Angie of Gnome Angel



WIP Wednesday

 

Am I the only one who likes taking photos or looking at little piles of shnizzles...that's what I call the little shavings you get when squaring up half square triangles?

 

They look so pretty...even if the job is mind numbingly boring, but you are oh so happy with yourself when you sew them together and everything matches.......you know you smirk to yourself...No?...,just me?

 

 

If you haven't already, invest in a small spinning mat it makes the job sooo much easier when you can spin the block in front of you while catching up on all the TV you've missed and recorded but never sat down to watch and now the MySKY is filling up.....come on I know I'm not the only one here

 

The one I have is a Fiskars 8" mat and seems to be the best size for most of my trimming needs, anything larger I would do on my cutting mat.FYI schnizzles are from a WIP flying geese quilt, that hopefully I can show you some progress on soon.

 

Excuse the shiny weird night time photos...what's that about? This is a baby quilt WIP and it's to a colour scheme chosen by the new Mummy to be

 

Doesn't chain piecing and lining everything up in a row make you feel productive and organised?

 

She's a significantly younger mum than me ,cough cough and very arty and talented in her own right so I was surprised and delighted when she chose quite retro, vintage, granny chic colours.

Brown,Cream, Deep Salmon and a lovely green which on the colour card is called "Hippie Green"

It was fun going through my stash to see what fitted the bill, Bluebird Park lemon...perfect

Some FMF, Denyse Schmidt and a gorgeous voile that I forgot I had even stashed, with Kona Snow ( I think) as the complimenting solid.....I'm doing a kisses block with 5" squares and 2 1/2"solid squares, to get a not too skinny or chunky Kiss.

Linking up with Lee at Freshly Pieced for WIP Wednesday