Welcome Belle and Betty ~ Farmer's Wife Friday

This week I added two blocks to my Farmer's Wife Quilt ~ Belle and Betty.
This is a quilt along hosted by Kerry Green at Very Kerry Berry.  Find more details [HERE]
I'm enjoying the slow pace (2 blocks a week)  so it is easy to fit in my schedule : )

Both of these blocks were lots of fun to fussy cut.   

These are my favorites so far, but then I feel that way every week.

Belle was a bit of a challenge with four Y seams!  If you've never attempted them before, I have a tutorial on Y Seams you can find [HERE]

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Fabrics used:
Cherry print - Darlene Zimmerman for Robert Kaufmann Fabrics "Clothesline Club.  
Floral print - Boho by Urban Chicks for Moda.
Both fussy cut prints are Japanese prints I've had in my stash for some time.
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Betty is a more straight forward block with no Y seams and easy construction.

Fabrics used:
 Gingham - Mama said Sew by Sweetwater for Moda.
 Blue Print - 1974 by Urban Chicks for Moda.
Kitchen Print -  Older Japanese print by Kumiko Fujita

A good substitute for the Kitchen Prints,
is the line, "Lighthearted" by Pink Penguin for Kokka Fabrics.

Happy Sewing!
xo
Charise

Farmer's Wife Friday ~ Welcome Bea and Becky

Hello and Happy Sunday.  I hope you are enjoying your weekend. I spent a good amount of mine cleaning & organizing my sewing area and organizing my fabric.  I hope to have a de-stash this week.

I'm a bit late for Farmer's Wife Friday but just had to post it anyway : )

This week both blocks are quite easy to put together.

Welcome Bea the strawberry basket block.

The strawberry fabric is from D's selection - a Japanese import fabric.

The dot is Moda basic dots.

I love the Becky block! A cherry themed block.

I used the same color scheme as Bea with the addition of pink.

Becky definitely has some sass.

Most of the fabrics are by Lori Holt for Riley Blake.  

The small pink ground cherry is a Japanese

fabric.

My favorite pic is the group shot.  It is fun to see all the blocks together!

xo

Charise

Farmer's Wife Friday ~ Ava

Happy Friday and thanks for stopping by.  I thought this post wouldn't happen ~ I've been crazy busy this week but I managed to stitch together the block, Ava,  last night.  

This is a fun and easy block to make.  I changed up the position of the fabrics a bit.

I put the apple print on each corner instead of the floral which makes it a less busy.

The apple fabric is from a vintage circa 1930's apron.  

The multi floral is Windham Fabrics Story Book Playtime.

The Blue Floral is called Dresden Plates - I love the tiny scale floral ~ perfect for small pieces.

And last but not least is the yellow with mini strawberries ~ Minny Muu by Lecien.

I am happy with the way they look together .....

Very Happy : )

xo

Charise

Farmer's Wife Friday ~ Augusta and Aunt

Happy Friday!   I'm back to share the last two blocks I made for the Farmer's Wife Quilt Along.  If you are new to this Quilt Along you can find details over at VeryKerryBerry.

The first block is called Augusta.

  The fabrics I used are:

Flower Baskets from Junko Matsuda for Daiwabo from Sew Me A Song on Etsy.

Dot ~  Essential dots from Moda.

Blue ground print is an out of print fabric from Moda - 1974 by Urban Chicks. 

Augusta is a fairly complicated block.  I'm going to share a few tips to make it go together a bit faster and easier!

I like to color code the pattern before cutting it apart.  First, I color the small block on the paper piecing pattern page.  Then I color the sections of the blocks.

 I also drew arrows showing which way the pattern on the fabric should be facing.  This is important is you are fussy cutting or want your print to be facing in a particular direction

I also changed the pattern a bit.  Unit A includes two Y seams.  I cut apart the pattern to eliminate the Y seams as noted in the pic above.

This is a perfect pattern to do a bit of prep in cutting and preparing each section.

I cut the pieces as a group. The pattern was glued to the fabric using a fabric glue stitch.

 This makes the sewing much faster!

The second block is called Aunt.

It was a fun and easy block to make after tackling Augusta : )

Fabrics used are:

Floral ~ "Penny's Dollhouse" by Darlene Zimmerman for Robert Kaufman

Dot ~  Essential Dots from Moda

The Kerchief girl is an out of print Japanese Fabric.

Have a great weekend!

xo

Charise