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I have completed three more Farmer’s Wife Blocks. This block is called “Country Path” and is block #24. I love this little block. This one is “Hill and Valley,” and is Block #46. What I learned with this block is these floating triangles really need to be in a dark print so they pop in […]

I have the absolute pleasure of working as a docent at the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. I thought I’d take a break from writing about quilting today and post some photos I took last Saturday before the Conservatory opened to guests. I hope you enjoy them. ]

This is my July block for Electric Quilt’s Block of the Month challenge. It is called “July Journey.” My focus fabric, “Newspaper” by Alice Kennedy, has a little car in it and I have been wondering how I would use it in this quilt. Problem solved. The block is perfect for it. Here is the

This weekend I spent more time experimenting with some of the blocks from The Farmer’s Wife, while I await the arrival of the book. My Bernina experienced some severe bobbin trouble, so I sewed these on my little 1920’s Singer Featherweight. Since the blocks and the machine are from the same era, it seemed fitting.

I am still waiting for the delivery of The Farmer’s Wife. While browsing the book on Amazon, I did note the names of the blocks in the first chapter. The majority of the blocks in this book were published in the Kansas City Star newspaper over a period of years from the 1920’s to the 1940’s.