This blog has been inactive for quite a while and we need to re-group here to see where we should go from here. Marnita moved to Utah this summer and I helped her move out there then spent about 6 weeks out there with her and my daughter. Lots of fun! But now I have to get back to real life which includes some homeschooling and this blog!
First of all, we need to get squares to group members. I know that Emolyn is missing squares and Vanitta is missing squares. Yes, I am guilty....I haven't finished either of these squares BUT we all need to get them finished and mailed to these two sweet ladies.
Who else is missing squares? Kristen, did you get all of yours? I have the square to work on that you sent to MariaMae (she is no longer participating).
So here is what I am proposing:
I would like for everyone to get squares completed during the month of September and October. Then I am proposing that we go in a different direction with this group. I think for this next year we will make this a sew along blog. This would mean that we would put up a project and each member is responsible for their own materials and sewing (you would NOT send out fabric to anyone nor would anyone else sew for you). Then you would post pictures of your completed square to the blog.
I would like to do the Farmer's Wife Quilt as a sew along for the group. For this, you would have to purchase the book here.
Then you would gather your own fabrics, etc. I will post squares that we would work on for the month, (i.e. November, work on square 3, 6, 8, and 10). They are small squares and you can actually make quite a few in one or two sewing days.
Here is an example that I pulled from Pinterest. You can also do a Farmer's Wife Quilt search in Pinterest and see more examples.
Sampler quilts are usually great for sew a longs, so if you have a favorite sampler quilt pull the information together and share here on the blog so that we can have several projects to work from or choose from.
So basically the first thing is we need to FINISH any blocks we have and get them to their owners. If you can't or don't want to finish the block.....PLEASE get it to someone else in the group so they can complete it for you. I am setting October 15th as the absolute deadline. PLEASE help me get these done so people can finish their quilts.
2nd, let me know if you have a missing block from someone so we can put a fire under them to get it to you!
3rd, let me know if you are interested in the quilt a long version of the blog. This will mean that you will purchase the book and have your materials ready to go by November 1st. You can't do the quilt a long without the book...it has the paper patterns and the instructions and it is copyrighted so we can't put the instructions on the blog. Also, I will post a couple of other quilt a longs where the instructions can be shared on the blog if you are interested in those.
Ok, I am hoping to hear from each of you very soon.
Thanks,
Connie
