WIP Wednesday: That farmer's wife. She's back.

I'm oh so happy with my WIPs this week. I've been working on a quilt for my friend Katie's 100 Quilts for Kids charity quilt drive, and I'm using some of my long-neglected Farmer's Wife blocks to do it. Two birds. One stone. Happy me.

Do you all know about 100 Quilts for Kids? It couldn't be easier—just make a quilt, donate it to a child in need (preferably locally), and link up a picture of your quilt for a chance to win prizes. Seriously, there are like a TON of prizes up for grabs. Last year more than 200 quilts were donated to kids in need, thanks to Katie's drive! It is really a wonderful thing to see how much the quilting community cares and wants to help.

Farmer's Wife baby quilt WIP

So this week, I dug out those Farmer's Wife blocks again, to see what I could put together. I'm thinking something along the lines of the layout above, with lots of negative space on either side. I started by sewing the blocks together into groups of four.

Farmer's Wife baby quilt WIP

I don't mind admitting that some of these blocks have, um, piecing issues. LOL. I mean, not one of the blocks seems to be quite the same size, and a few of the seams are way wonky (and not in a good way). I was cutting off points left and right as I sewed the blocks together. It was a little disturbing until I suddenly realized I made these blocks more than two years ago. Wow, can it really have been that long since the Farmer's Wife craze swept the blogosphere? I guess so. I think if I made these blocks again today, they would turn out noticeably better, so pulling out this two-year-old WIP turned out to be a nice visual reminder of how much I've improved in the last few years. And, well, the child who receives this quilt probably won't notice or care. Score.

Farmer's Wife baby quilt WIP

Now I just have to figure out what to use as the background for this quilt. My beloved white probably isn't the most practical choice for a charity kids' quilt. Gray? Yellow? Green? A subtle print? Thoughts, anyone?

The 100 Quilts for Kids link-up is open through the end of September, so there's still plenty of time to participate! Finish an old WIP, help a child in need, and possibly win a prize. It's a no-brainer.

Your turn! Here are the linky rules:

1. Link up any post from the past week that features at least one unfinished work-in-progress (WIP).

2. Somewhere in your post, you must link back here to my blog. (Or grab the WIP Wednesday button for your sidebar.)

3. Comment on at least a few of the other WIP Wednesday links—commenting on the two or three links directly before yours works well to make sure everyone gets comments! 

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