Farmer's Wife QAL

Excuse me if you see threads everywhere in the next {many} photos. This is my first attempted to use rotatory cutter to cut the template pieces. It went FAST and saved many hours on drawing the lines on the back of the fabric pieces. Each piece was mostly cut individually; only the squares that I overlapped and cut together. I work a little messy. All the blocks' pieces were cut before assembling.S was a great helper to organized them for me.

Can you see the mistake layout? Although I had book open I still make mistakes on layouts. When work with each block, typically I have the block layout next to the book and check if they all are in place. Many time I would sew pieces together then later realized that they were either upside down or wrong sides.

As you know after each project{ the corner} of the sewing room is always clutter. However, this time they are placed in the basket instead and ready to be sort back.  I need more of these file baskets.

It is really fun to revisit {w.i.p.} projects. It gives me a review of where I started and how would I like to ended. As this project is closer to the finish { 46 blocks more}.  It is good time think about sashing ,backing, and binding fabric. Also it is getting exciting to see this quilt come together. I have 17 blocks finished and that added up to 65 blocks in total.

 #77 Seasons

 #84 Spool

 # 81 Snowball

 # 109 Windows

 #111 Wrench

 # 108 Windmill

 # 47 Homemaker

 # 66 Periwinkle

 # 73 Rainbow Flowers

 # 69 Practical Orchard

 # 92 Streak of Lighting

 # 61 Northern Lights

 #96 Tulip

 # 74 Ribbons

 # 60 Noon & Light

 # 103 Whirlwind

 # 71 Puss in the Corner

Are you still farming along? I am really slow! If I am a real farmer's wife;  crops would not survived. It takes long time to decided prints for each block and put the action together.  Glad to have these completed as one of weekending goal! 

xxC

Tutorial: Wonky Star

Wonky star is another great project for scraps and easy to make. It doesn't require to use perfect angle  and you will be able to finish one wonky star in 10 minutes or less.

Each {Wonky star} needs 9 pieces of squares. Within this tutorial the squares are cut in 2"x2". You may vary your star size by cutting your squares in larger measurements for larger stars.  {Use 1/4" seam-allowance throughout the project}
-Cut 9 , 2"x2" fabric per a wonky star.

- Lay the triangle piece right side together on the 2"x2" square. Angles can be vary. The higher angles would have sharper points.

   -Sew on the edge of the triangle.

 -Trim the excess square piece off {show above}

 -Open the back seam 

-Take the second triangle piece

 - Overlap the second piece of triangle on the first triangle and square. 

 - Sew on the edge of the second triangle 

- Trim off excess fabric { show above}

 - Your block would look like this after your first two joins.

 - Press the seams open

- The piecing piece is larger than 2"x2" now. Trim it down to 2"x2". The starting point is from edge of the square then measure 2"down.

 - Trim the three sides of the first block. 

- Repeat the other three blocks for one wonky star. Added 4 pieces of 2"x2" squares and arrange the layout {show above}.

 - Join 3 pieces of 2"x2" blocks in row. 

 - There are three rows of joined pieces. 

 - Flip the seam;  the oppose from each other. 

 - Join three rows together. 

 - Press the seams open in the back of block.

-  Press from the front. 

- Trim around the four sides to perfect the square The block is measured 5"x5".  

Please let me know if there is any part that's not clear. If you made anything base on this tutorial, please share your projects at {made with 1/4" mark} flickr group. Can't wait to see what you make with this wonky star..

xxC

Random: Weekending

 { a new coaster for me}

 {the corner of her bed}

 { wonky star zippered pouch}

 { lining}

 {S' idea about fabric}

 { a coming soon wonky star tutorial}

 { quilts under her bench}

It is quiet here! It seems like we forget how to react when snow falls on the ground. Maybe it is too early to think about winter is HERE! The dinner meals have been changed to hot soup and use heavier ingredients for each dish. S is excited about moving her clock backward tonight and I am the oppose from her. I always have hard time during the daylight saving, but will be glad to wake up in the light, not dark.

The zippered pouch was finished this morning and it is a perfect size for traveling. It is hand-quilted and lined with linen and cotton blended fabric. The size is finished at 4"x8". Never too many zippered pouches, right?  It always comes in handy for storage and give away for gifts. I plan keeping this zippered pouch for myself this time. The scrap bowl is low and I am moving in to real stashes now. Cutting for {farmer's wife quilt along} blocks and hand-quilting for { log cabin quilt}. It is a very relaxing weekending here at {1/4" mark house}. How's your weekending?

time for some tea and cookies and make sure check back with the wonky star tutorial next.

xxC 

Random: Not really Rainbow part ii

It is snowing so hard right now! The second snow started in the early afternoon. Grounds are covered with snow and it is continually falling.  Around this time of last year, I made this {flying geese mini quilt}. At the time, I printed second {pattern} for myself, but I never take the action for it. The printout papers were in the {w.i.p} basket for almost a year.  Finally these geese are here..

It is not really a rainbow color wheel.  Where is miss Purple?? I looked and looked around my stash and sadly to tell you that I have only one purple print, but it doesn't match with these prints, so I used brown instead.

Last night, I was playing with the triangle scrap pieces that from the paper piecing. I made four wonky stars. These are so cute and lovely. Each single star block is finished at 5"x5". No waste of the fabric!

They are soon will become a zippered pouch and the receiver is Stella's mama!  Would you like a little tutorial on wonky stars?  Stay turn.... 


{Random: not really rainbow part ii} link up {crazymomquilts}!
xxC

Random: Not really rainbow

No purple for the rainbow scale....

to be continued....

xxC