Sew Happy Life: The Beginnings of a Farmer's Wife

I stumbled upon the scrappy, sampler beauty known as the Farmer's Wife quilt sometime last summer. And once I discovered one, it seemed like all my favorite quilt blogs had done one at some point. (Did any quilter not succumb to the enticing quilt-along of 2011? I wasn't quilting then, but I don't think I could have!) But although I picked up a copy of the book almost immediately, I decided to wait until 2015 to actually begin my blocks.

Well, 2015 is here! I talked my youngest sister, Kelsie, and my good friend, Beth, into doing this with me, so I think we'll be encouraging (and perhaps racing!) one another to the finish and keeping momentum going strong. It's fun to work on projects with friends. :)

My plan is to do 6 blocks a week until… Well, I haven't decided how many blocks I'm going to make. I want to make all 111 blocks! But I don't particularly want or need a queen sized quilt… I have twins beds in my room, but making two twin sized quilts would require more like 160 blocks… I've got plenty of time to decide, right?

Week One Blocks:

[4] Basket Weave