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.
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.
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.
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!