Tuesday, February 26, 2013

My Farmers Wife Quilt is Finished!!!...


My Farmers Wife is finally complete:)
YaY!
I know I've posted about my progress about a bajillion times
 because I've been working on it for quite a while.

Every time I had a break in between deadlines...

I would sew up a block or two.








And as I progressed I posted a few pictures ....


And a few more....


until I had all of them complete and laid out on the floor to arrange in order.
(by all of them...I mean 52...for the size of quilt that I made)


I showed you my sashing, borders, binding and backing fabric.


And even showed you when I almost had the top complete.


Now it feels good to be able to show it all finished!


As usual...
I hung it on my front room wall for a quick photo shoot 
along side some of my vintagey collections.


It will eventually find it's home on my kitchen wall...
a fitting place for a farmers wife quilt I think!

I've loved making this quilt because as I have told you before...
I love making sampler quilts and I have made many over the years.
Even though I'm happy it's complete...
I must admit that I'll miss working on it:)

Tomorrow I have a
 BIG announcement...
so stay tuned...
and don't forget to 
have a quilty kind of day:)
xx
Lori

100 comments:

  1. Lori It's absolutely beautiful. I love your colors and it's absolutely a work of art (and love too). Wonderful.

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  2. Absolutely gorgeous and very inspirational, Lori.

    I'd rather have it hanging in my house than a Picasso any day!

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  3. Your quilt is just gorgeous!!! I love it!!
    Michelle.

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  4. It is cheery and sweet. Love the colors. Nice work!

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  5. Is very VERY BEAUTIFUL !!
    i like it !

    Sonia
    Teddy & Co.

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  6. just lovely...certainly looks different in your colour range, very pretty!

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  7. Lori it is absolutely spectacular! What a wonderful finish! Will you share how wide you made your sashings and border? The proportions to the blocks looks perfect.

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  8. Your colors are so perfect and what an accomplishment! Love it!

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  9. Your quilt is absolutely beautiful!
    Thank you for sharing your tutorials
    along the way. I wish I could attend
    one of your quilting classes! I learn so
    much from you!! :0) Trish

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  10. Wow!! Completely amazing Lori!! I just love it :) also swooning over those cute vintage books, ahh so pretty all lined up together.
    Jessie, xo

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  11. I love your colors, it gives this traditional quilt a more modern twist.

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  12. It is so beautiful. I love all your vintage treasures too. I especially love those books.

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  13. Fabulous. It's a great feeling to finish a marathon quilt like that.

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  14. Lori your quilt is fantastic! What a treasure! Well done! E

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  15. Absolutely breathtaking! I'm such a beginner in quilting, I can only hope to be that good some day. I know how much work went into this beauty:>)

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  16. Congratulations on your finish. Very cheery and I love the quilting on it too.

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  17. I love the happy colors you use in your quilts!

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  18. It's beautiful and I love how you did the sashing!

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  19. Very pretty! Thanks for sharing.

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  20. It's beautiful! I've never made a sampler quilt before, maybe one day!

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  21. Lori -

    I just LOVE your quilt. Maybe some day I will do a Farmer's Wife...

    I also ADORE the vintage items you photographed with...particularly the dress form and the white cabinet. SOME DAY I am going to have a house full of 1930's colors and vintage items! You are my inspiration.

    Lin

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  22. Just beautiful! You give me inspiration with your quilts and ideas!

    Susie

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  23. Wow. That is stunning. Absolutely beautiful. I love it.
    Well done to you for all your hard work.

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  24. SEW pretty! I love samplers as well! Might have to do this one. Carol

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  25. Huzzah! Congratulations on such an amazing finish!

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  26. Love it! I have been following you and the progress of your farmers quilt and you have inspired me to give it a try! Gorgeous! And I love all the aqua in your decor!

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  27. Your Farmer's Wife is absolutely gorgeous out of those fabircs. I finished one last year, but out of reproduction fabrics. I think that I'm going to have to make another one. Yours makes me happy to look at it!!

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  28. So much fun to see your quilt progress. The fabrics are wonderful. I was happy to see your vintage books; Mom bought me some of this series when I was a girl!

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  29. It is nice to see the finished project. It turned out just lovely. Thanks for sharing.

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  30. Love it! I have a long way to go, but seeing yours gives me hope to finish mine. Thanks for sharing!

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  31. YAY you!!! I've pinned it and tweeted about it. And I love it.

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  32. Your quilt is "the cherry on top" of your beautiful cake! It is just so soft and pretty in your fabrics.
    Thank you so much for allowing your faithful "quilty" friends to get a glimpse into your wonderful creative (and vintage-loving) mind.
    Keep up the great work.
    Have a good week too.
    **A great fan from Spanish Fork***

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  33. Absolutely beautiful! Your work always amazes me, so perfect and your colors are so eye catching. Great job!

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  34. Absolutely beautiful! Your work always amazes me with the perfection and colors. Great job!

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  35. Oh my gosh....who else would own an aqua PIANO??!!! Gorgeous, both quilt and piano. :)

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  36. It's beautiful!! I absolutely love it =D

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  37. It's BEAUTIFUL, Lori! A feast for the eyes.
    I love to look at sample block quilts.

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  38. That just screams vintage and how adorable it looks with your vintage book collection. I just started your row-a-long (late bloomer, what can I say!) and LOVE it. Thanks for your wonderful blog.

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  39. Congrats! I love the colors. Maybe someday I will try this :) Thanks for sharing your progress on this.

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  40. I made my Farmer's Wife because of your encouragement and tutorials. Love your finish!

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  41. Fantastic! Congrats to you. A job very well done.

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  42. Amazing!! I love the border...actually I love it all!! xoxo

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  43. Hats off to you Lori, all finishes are grand but this is a one I adore! I love your colors. Noticed your blue piano and I was wanting to paint my Hoosier a nice yellow what do you think?
    Quilter000(Patty)

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  44. It's beautiful! I think it's the best I've ever seen! Congrats on your finish and I'm looking forward to your big news :) I love the color of your wall, the vintage dishes, the books, they are so colorful and interesting! I'm ready for my day now, I've been inspired!

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  45. You never cease to amaze me and others! I love your style. It's beautiful, Lori. I enjoyed your journey.

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  46. It is a stunning finish, Lori. Great job.

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  47. How beautiful! Love your style; your fabrics and quilts just make me smile every time :)

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  48. Oh my word....it's beautiful! Love the colors!

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  49. Congrats on such a fabulous finish! Love it and your collections.

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  50. gorgeousgorgeousgorgeous! every block. every pic. Thanks for sharing.

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  51. This turned out wonderful, makes me want to try a few blocks ;) thank you for the inspiration!

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  52. It's so pretty and such a happy quilt. You can't help but flash a grin when seeing it.

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  53. It is perfect. Really wonderful. I am jealous. I love how you sashed it and finished it off. It is really a sweet quilt. Need to finish mine.

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  54. so awesome.
    all of it.
    the quilt.
    the staging.
    everything.
    can't wait to hear your "big announcement".
    {around here, "big announcement" is code for "someone is having a baby"!}

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  55. Love it!

    ANOTHER ANNOUCEMENT! Holy cow can't wait!

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  56. Love the colours!
    Love the pattern!
    Love your quilting!
    Love the way you made your OWN quilt!!!!!

    vrolijke groet!
    Francisca

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  57. Love everything about your quilt!!!
    Thanks for all the tutorials and pictures along the way!

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  58. Lori, your quilt is gorgeous!! What a perfect quilt for the kitchen ;-)

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  59. Congrats are in order I think. Great job. It is beautiful! Love the colors!

    Amber

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  60. Lori, it's amazing! Congratulations

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  61. A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!!!!!!!!! Love it Lori!

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  62. Just wonderful. Mine is only about half way done, but you've inspired me.

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  63. Love your farmer's wife quilt...you must really feel a sense of accomplishment...doesn't it make you smile when you look at it! Makes me smile!

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  64. Stunning.......be you farmers wife or not!
    love the books too lol

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  65. How beautiful that turned out. Love the border and the sashing!

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  66. Gorgeous! I can't remember the last time I worked on mine. I'm terrible about making UFOs.

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  67. I love it.It looks amazing with these colors.

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  68. It is simply smashing and I love the fabrics, it. Make'sme want to do one.

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  69. Beautiful quilt and decorations.

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  70. Lori, it's beautiful. I created mine with 50 blocks and with your kind assistance I made those squares to arrange my blocks on. That worked out so well and SO helpful.

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  71. Plus, I use to have those books when I was MUCH younger.

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  72. Totally amazing! So vibrant! I love it!

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  73. It's great Lori, and looks "sew" good in your house !

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  74. Congratulations on a fabulous finish! It is so pretty and perfect and precise! Love it!

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  75. Your quilt is stunning. It's been fun to watch it's creation. Jane

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  76. I love your quilt! But my eye was really caught by your McCoy pottery. I have material in blue, yellow and bricky red/rust for this quilt but maybe I should do it to match my McCoy collection!
    Kathryn in Sacramento

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  77. I LOVE THAT QUILT. SOMEDAY.....I will make it!

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  78. Refresh my memory, does it say anywhere in the Bible that we are not supposed to covet thy neighbors quilts?!? Hope not, because I DO! I adore this quilt - it's fantabulistic! xoxo, Nan

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  79. Your quilt is beautiful! I also love the way it is staged. Do you have a photo album of your home!? It looks like it would be beautiful! Do you know the name of the paint color in this picture?

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  80. Lori, your Farmers Wife quilt is such an inspiration to me! Especially because yours is made of light and bright colors and is placed amongst vintage childrens books...all of which speaks to my heart. Thank you for sharing such a delightfully inspiring quilt!

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  81. The quilt is so pretty. I love the colors. Mostly I am making the little design boards you use they are so nice.
    Stephanie

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