The Farmer's Wife 1930s Sew-Along Experience

     

 Over the past few weeks the internet has been quite a buzz over the upcoming Farmer's Wife 1930s Sew-along hosted by Angie of Gnome Angel, Marti Mitchell and the fat quarter shop.

You can get the complete information from the gnome angels site but I will tell you briefly about it as it relates to me.

I decided to participate in this sew-along for many reasons.  One it looks like it would be fun to participate in a year long event. Another reason it is self paced and a great opportunity to learn and perfect my skill.   gnomeangel plays a big role my reason due to the fact she is very hands on.  She responds quickly to questions and is helpful.

The sew-along starts on Sept.28th and there are over 1500 participants so far from different parts of the world.
First part of the process was to order the book which I did and got it through Amazon.  I then needed to decide how I was going to construct the squares whether I would use templates or paper piece or hand pieced.  I made the decision to use the templates made by Marti MItchell .  There are several sets suggested and other tools that might be helpful.  The next step was decide on fabric choice.

I chose Cheddar and Indigo by Penny Rose- I love the colors and prints.

The quilt is going to have 99 different squares and the design looks like design wise.  I can not wait to see it in the colors I have chosen.