missgigglewings

OK here's the story on block #2. I live in Texas where we only have 2 seasons, brown and green. I was born and raised in Illinois where there are four seasons and lots of color. Autumn Tints makes me homesick for red and gold leaves, the harvest moon and the smell of burning leaves. I miss homecoming mums, harvest time on the farm and bonfires and weinie roasts! This block brings back memories of these things and makes me happy! It is dedicated to All Things Autumn.

Linda58

Thank you for the story on #2. I can totally relate to missing all the wonders of fall. I was born & raised in MN but spend fall, winter and spring in Mission, TX. I miss all the wonderful things that come with fall also.

Linda58

ljs317

I love the stories about your blocks. Please keep them coming as they have made my day so much brighter. Thank you for thinking of this idea. Life always seems to get in the way of life and this brings it all back into focus.
Thank you
Lisa

auntjo

Got my book yesterday finally. Now have all my scrap bags & bins on my cutting table. Here's my #'s 1 & 2 - now to go find something for 3 & 4...

Debo

They are very pretty. I love the acorn fabric.

Darcene

These blocks are so pretty....you have a good sense of value and color....

rwquilts

Nice blocks Aunt Jo!

skjquiltnut

Hi to all! I have been enjoying everyones blocks and your journey to date. Question? The book, the book! please tell me what book so I can get one and get started, with this Quilt Along :lol:

Debo

The book is "The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt" by Laurie Aaron Hird. You can get it from Amazon or Connecting Threads. It comes with a CD that has all the templates on it. We are having so much fun doing all these blocks together. Hope you join us.

Quilting Nonnie

The book is The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt by Laurie Aaron Hird. So far as a group we've found the best price either on Amazon or Connecting Threads has it at 40% off right now.

We started on August 4th. We are doing the blocks in numerical order: 2 blocks per week.

The book comes with a CD that has the templates, but they only put one template per each print page. After you have bought the book, you can go to the Farmer's Wife Sample Quilt site and there you can download the templates. In this version, there are multiple templates on each page.

There is a large message thread that started when AkAngel asked for people who were interested in doing the FW quilt. You can find all the threads for the quilt in the BOM/BOW Topic when you click on Home.

The basics are that you have to buy a book, or borrow from the library. We could get into trouble as a board if we were sharing/using/copying patterns when we haven't bought a book.

Laurie Hird, the author, joined our board just to be able to cheer us on and answer questions.

AkAngel (Muriel) posts the threads for the blocks on Wednesday. There will be a FW Discussion page for the blocks each week, plus a picture page. You can discuss specifics about the blocks in their appropriate discussions. For general discussion, the main thread, which is titled: I Want to Know if Anyone is Interested... (link below)

At the same time, Honchey posts the rotary cutting directions for each block.

There are also ways to do the blocks by paper piecing either using Quilt Assistant, Block Base or EQ. You definitely need to read the threads to find out more about making blocks.

At this point, the group has "worked" through blocks 1-8. Not everyone is going at the same pace. When someone gets done with a block, they post it in the appropriate space for the block number.

There is an "official" slackers club. People are vying for being Queen, etc. But we're always drawn away to rest or go putter around aimlessly! ;-) Just to give you an idea, I've down the first two blocks and have great plans of getting some done tomorrow.

There are also people who have just gotten their books and are starting.

This is just a nutshell. The main discussion is the best place to start and read while you wait for your book to arrive.

Here are the links:

General Discussion:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-52690-1.htm

Discussion Block 1&2:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-57750-1.htm

Rotary Cutting Directions 1&2:
dunno where! :oops:

Pictures Block 1&2:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-57749-1.htm

Discussion Block 3&4
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-58839-1.htm

Pictures Block 3&4:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-58840-1.htm

Rotary Cutting Directions 3&4:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-58814-1.htm

Discussion Block 5&6:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-60014-1.htm

Pictures Block 5&6:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-60015-1.htm

Rotary Cutting Directions 5&6:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-59950-1.htm

Discussion Blocks 7&8:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-61214-1.htm

Pictures Blocks 7&8:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-61215-1.htm

Rotary Cutting Directions 7&8:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-61190-1.htm

Hope this helps!

Terri