Farm & Folk Sampler Quilt | Part 1
Farm & Folk Sampler Quilt - Along
When Sara of Farm & Folk announced through her newsletter that she was planning a block a week quilt along this summer, I was immediately inspired to join in. I have done a fair bit of quilting over the years, so I feel comfortable with piecing and quilting, in fact, I've discovered that actually much prefer hand quilting to machine quilting. But...the fact that Sara is doing detailed tutorials of each of these blocks on her blog each week has been a crash course!
There is something about the way that Sara explains things that really clicks with me - and having photo tutorials is key to me really grasping things quickly. I absolutely LOVE her book, Quilt Alchemy and reference it often for both natural dyeing projects and quilting techniques.
So today, I thought that it would be fun to share the first 6 blocks that I have made for my sampler quilt. As I work through the rest, I will share how the project is shaping up as well!
A sampler quilt could be a very overwhelming project to dive into from a design perspective, which is one reason that I am so thankful to Sara for selecting the blocks for my first sampler quilt. The other way that I am giving myself creative parameters for this project is by only using scrap fabric that I already have. And not just any old scrap fabric but using fabric from old ready to wear garments as well as pieces left over from my own garment sewing.
In order to strike the right feel that I am going for, I am also using white fabric (trying to dive into scrap and old textile for this as well) and some of my naturally dyed fabric for solids. So far, I haven't purchased anything for the project. Honestly, I think this will end up making the project SO MUCH more interesting than if I had cherry picked everything for it from a shop.
With the summer's unpredictable schedule it's been hard to keep up with the weekly pace of a block a week, so I haven't. But as autumn and back to school roll in, I am really looking forward to playing catch up. There are so many fun blocks to explore!
My hope is to get this done in time to be quilting it through the winter - one of my favorite cold weather pastimes. Nothing quite beats having a quilt on your lap to work on when it's chilly outside.