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NO FUSS ALL FUN - Ready to use—no assembly or batteries needed, just pure quilting joy
COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE - 256 pages packed with expert patterns and timeless inspiration
PORTABLE CREATIVITY - Lightweight softcover lets you design anywhere, anytime
INSPIRED BY TRADITION - 55 heartfelt letters that breathe life into every stitch
MASTER THE ART OF QUILTING - 111 meticulously designed six-inch blocks to elevate your craft
The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt book features 111 six-inch quilt blocks inspired by 55 letters, compiled in a 256-page softcover edition weighing 675 grams, designed for quilters seeking both tradition and creativity in a portable format.
Specifications
Product Dimensions
20.42 x 2.11 x 20.27 cm; 675 g
Is assembly required
No
Batteries required
No
Item weight
675 Grams
Reviews
4.6
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B**1
Thoroughly enjoyable
I bought this book and set myself the challenge of doing a block a night. So far so good and on line to finish the lap quilt. It is a great way to use up all those scraps of fabric that you didn't want to throw away. Easy to read and enjoyed the stories/letters that accompany the quilt squares. It is a brilliant sampler book and plenty of choice if some of the blocks look complicated or fiddly. I have thoroughly enjoyed dipping into the book and soon the number of blocks grow. Printing off the templates from the cd are simple to access.
T**E
Great stories, beautiful blocks
I like samplers! I came across this book a time ago and I didn't like the colors of the blocks. Last year I bought the book and I love it. The letters are nice to read and the blocks are great. If you want a sampler quilt you should try this one. And if you like me don't like the colors of the fabrics used just change them ;) There are no instructions so if you're a new quilter you should start with the easy blocks. There are several groups on the internet working on the FWS so you might consider joining one of them.
E**R
Read a little, stitch a little
I'm enjoying browsing through the blocks and reading some of the letters,and noting that whilst the wives all seem to want their daughters to marry farmers, their reasons are quite varied, most happy to accept the inventions of the day which made their lives easier such as the telephone, car, lighting, running water etc, but all desiring to keep their family life and values firmly rooted in the past. The letters generally point to the contentment which comes from being satisfied with their lot, however lacking this may seem to be to the "city folks" out there chasing the dime.The blocks themselves are all finished at 6" x 6" and although the author enjoyed piecing them by hand they can easily be machined. All use templates and these are on a CD. The one very annoying thing about this is that every single template is given separately, and each of them has to be printed on a separate sheet of paper - so much better if the templates for each block had been given together. (UPDATE 29th Aug 2010-- I have used Paint Shop Pro to print 6 to 8 of the templates onto one sheet - leave a comment if you'd like the details to enable you to do this, correct ratio is maintained)Reproduction fabrics were used to make the quilt in the book and it would have been interesting to see this made in modern day ones for comparison.I think you would need some experience of patchwork and quilting before starting this book, but not a great deal, just the basic general points which are usually found in almost every other book on this subject.A real disappointment for me is that the winning letter is not shown, nor the second nor the third - as the list of winners are given it would have been very interesting to compare their letters to those which are used in the book.
A**R
Love this challenge.
I have come rather late to the Farmers Wife phenomenon but I am glad I did. The letters in the book are charming and a timely reminder of how people's perception of their lot has changed in the last 100 years.I did start out with the intention of hand piecing the blocks but there being so small and some with 40 or 50 tiny pieces for one block, I decided my poor old fingers aren't up to it anymore! I will still handpiece some of the blocks with larger pieces but the rest will be done by machine or paper pieced. I have joined a Yahoo group for an online quiltalong and that group provides paper piecing templates etc which has helped a good deal. The group photos give plenty of ideas for fabric placement and to see what works no what doesn't. If you embark on the FWS it's worth joining a similar group.The book itself does not contain any instructions as such, just a representation of how the blocks should go together. For this reason, beginners may struggle with some of the blocks. I also found a couple of errors in the book. Overall though, it's a challenging project. I just hope I live long enough to finish it!
I**M
Inspirational and Practical
I bought this book to take part in an online quilt-along. I think it's fabulous. Being a quilter it's the sort of book I'd have loved as a present. The first section shows each block made up along side the letters from The Farmer's Wife. The second half show's each block and the templates that you need, plus the number of each type of your chosen fabric you will need in order to assemble the block. All the templates come on a CD which is in an envelope in the back of the book.Quilter's used to working out maths so they can rotary cut the blocks will find there are no measurements included in the book or CD. Another negative is each template prints out one per page. Not one block per page, one individual template. It prints out in the middle of the page so unless you can do some fancy cutting and pasting you will need to use one sheet of paper per template - even if the template is tiny!Having pointed out the negatives with the way this works I have found the templates are working for me and quilters that want to do the project by hand (as the original quilt was done) will find the templates ideal for English Paper type piecing.All in all a lovely quilting book with something for modern and traditional quilters of all experiences. Oh and the paper in the book has slightly faded edges and an olde worlde feel. Along with the letters this makes this book far more than just a how to book!
K**M
The Farmers Wife Sampler Quilt
The thing that I love about this book is reading all the different letters from creative women that enjoy home making and the giving of home made quilts, The pleasure of being creative with scraps of fabrics that end up being family heirlooms. The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt: 55 Letters and the 111 Blocks They Inspired
F**N
Fantastic
A really interesting story about how the blocks were inspired. It is an excellent book which is really easy to use. It comes with a Cd with all the templates on it. Clear instructions and good for using up scraps of material. I have made one block already . I would recommend it. Great value for money
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Laurie Aaron Hird has been quilting for over ten years and enjoys working with reproduction and 1930s fabrics. Laurie and her family live on six acres in the country of southwestern Wisconsin, complete with animals, gardens, woods and orchard.
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The letters generally point to the contentment which comes from being satisfied with their lot, however lacking this may seem to be to the \"city folks\" out there chasing the dime.The blocks themselves are all finished at 6\" x 6\" and although the author enjoyed piecing them by hand they can easily be machined. All use templates and these are on a CD. The one very annoying thing about this is that every single template is given separately, and each of them has to be printed on a separate sheet of paper - so much better if the templates for each block had been given together. (UPDATE 29th Aug 2010-- I have used Paint Shop Pro to print 6 to 8 of the templates onto one sheet - leave a comment if you'd like the details to enable you to do this, correct ratio is maintained)Reproduction fabrics were used to make the quilt in the book and it would have been interesting to see this made in modern day ones for comparison.I think you would need some experience of patchwork and quilting before starting this book, but not a great deal, just the basic general points which are usually found in almost every other book on this subject.A real disappointment for me is that the winning letter is not shown, nor the second nor the third - as the list of winners are given it would have been very interesting to compare their letters to those which are used in the book."},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"5.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"A***R"},"datePublished":"14 September 2017","name":"Love this challenge.","reviewBody":"I have come rather late to the Farmers Wife phenomenon but I am glad I did. The letters in the book are charming and a timely reminder of how people's perception of their lot has changed in the last 100 years.I did start out with the intention of hand piecing the blocks but there being so small and some with 40 or 50 tiny pieces for one block, I decided my poor old fingers aren't up to it anymore! I will still handpiece some of the blocks with larger pieces but the rest will be done by machine or paper pieced. I have joined a Yahoo group for an online quiltalong and that group provides paper piecing templates etc which has helped a good deal. The group photos give plenty of ideas for fabric placement and to see what works no what doesn't. If you embark on the FWS it's worth joining a similar group.The book itself does not contain any instructions as such, just a representation of how the blocks should go together. For this reason, beginners may struggle with some of the blocks. I also found a couple of errors in the book. 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