Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Farmer's Wife in Your Life

I'll be participating in a series hosted by Sunni @ Love Affair with My Brother called Farmer's Wife in your life. I was really happy to accept Sunni's request to be apart of this fun blog hop! Here are a few details about the series....
 

Farmer's Wife in Your Life





Farmer's Wife in Your Life is a series inspired by The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt by Laurie Aaron Hird. The series will focus on using 6" quilt blocks in everyday sewing projects. 

It starts with a preview post on Jolly Jabber on March 4th! 

Here's the schedule.






Inspiration and Tutorials from Designers



Blog Hop


Week 1


March 4-Sunni is guest-posting on Jolly Jabber







Week 2


March 12-Mommy for Reals


March 13-A Colorful Life


March 14-It's Sew Kiki




Week 3











Linky Party


Linky Party will be open from March 24-31 with 2 winners announced the next week. You can link up any project that is inspired by The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt and uses between 1-9  6" finished quilt blocks. The blocks do not have to come from the book. 

Please link up a blog post or Flickr photo for your entry.





Judges

I just nearly died when both of these amazing ladies agreed to act as judges!


Laurie Aaron Hird, author of The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt
 


Michele Foster, Quilting Gallery







Prizes


Cosmos - Fat Quarter Bundle Complete Collection by Dan Bennett  Fabric Quilt Cotton

The Intrepid Thread is sponsoring a FQ bundle of the amazing Cosmos by Dan Bennett for Rowan.







Fat Quarter Shop is sponsoring a FQ Bundle of gorgeous Poetica by Pat Bravo for Art Gallery Fabrics.


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Here's a little sneak peak of a block from my little project for the series. Should be lots of fun. Check it out.

6 comments:

Sunni @ Love Affair with my Brother said...

Your block looks amazing! I love Ruby and I can't wait to see what you make with it!

Daphne said...

This looks so fun - and I LOVE the colors of your block!

Yumm yumz by patticakes said...

I love the colors you have chosen for your block - they explode with energy and happiness! I am looking forward to this Blog Hop! Thanks for sharing!

vintage grey said...

this sounds like a lot of fun. your block is amazing, and what great color choices. :) xo

Barb -- The Empty Nest Mom said...

What fun! Blog hopping through late winter to almost springtime!

Anonymous said...

Hello!! I am a huge lover of Modas Ruby collection and I found your block through google. Could you please let me know if you have made this sweet block into a finished quilt?

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