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Farmer's Wife Friday

I know it's now Saturday, but I did my Week 21 blocks yesterday! For the first time I'm linking up with Friday Night Sew In:
If it's quiet at work, I leave at 3.30 on a Friday - it's only an extra half hour, but it feels like a much longer evening when I do. So I sat down at my machine and did my Farmers Wife Blocks for Week 21! I am still loving this quilt along and seeing what everyone else is doing - check out the Flickr Group. I think it's the variety that keeps it so interesting. So this week, knowing I had a bit of extra time (the magical half an hour) I made a conscious decision to do two harder blocks, so I picked out Wild Geese and Wood Lily. In the end I did Wild Geese and then got distracted by Whirlwind, so did that instead of Wood Lily - I'll put that aside for next week, but I have already chosen the fabrics for it.


So here is #104 Wild Geese: I simplified the background colours to all black then chose a fairly sickly but lovely green and pink combo. I really like this block - it's amazing how changing the colours slightly totally changes the pattern you can see in the block.

And here is my week's distraction piece #103 Whirlwind. The huge amount of one fabric meant I could really show off one of the larger print batiks that I'm using in the quilt.Two totally different colour schemes but I'm sure they'll go together just fine.


I now have two days of stitching ahead, so check back on Sunday evening for an update.


PS. we are just being too cute at the moment:
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Jandi said…
I love your blocks!
23 October 2011 at 05:19
Anonymous said…
Your farmer's wife blocks turned out great. I like that you are using a darker background colour. It should tie the blocks together beautifully and make the colours really pop.
23 October 2011 at 18:30
Cherise said…
Your blocks are awesome! Great job! Thanks for sharing! I'm your newest follower! Have a Wonderful Day! :
25 October 2011 at 00:11
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