Finishing up to get ready for the QAL

In an effort to clear the decks for the QAL I finished Raindrops by Judy Niemeyer.  Ended up enlarging just a bit so it is 90x100.  LOVE the pattern.  I was very intimidated by paper piecing and Judy Niemeyer, but if you just follow step by step, it was much easier than I thought.

Also, made a fast baby quilt today.  It is the Disappearing Nine Patch using the Missouri Star Quilt Company tutorial.  One layer cake plus 3 white 10" squares makes 5 nine patches or approx 58x70"

Now that I have two more tops completed, I really need to learn how to quilt them together  LOL.

Chrystal

Farmer's Wife 1930's Sampler Quilt Sew-along

Tempe and I are planning to participate in the Farmer's Wife QAL

Chrystal's Fabric selection

Tempe's Fabric Selection

FARMER’S WIFE 1930’S SAMPLER QUILT SEW-ALONG IN A NUTSELL:

When: Starts 28th September

Monthly Overview: Fat Quarter Shop Blog, around the 28th of each month (US Time).

Facebook Group:  Join the Farmer’s Wife 1930’s Sampler Quilt Facebook Group by clicking here.

Book: The Farmer’s Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt: Inspiring Letters from Farm Women of the Great Depression and 99 Quilt Blocks That Honor Them by Laurie Aaron Hird for Fons & Porter/F+W; RRP $28.99 – Click here to purchase.

Map showing participants: Click here to add your location marker to the map. (Make sure not to add any personal information as it’s viewable by the public! Password to add your marker is “quilt” – without the ” ” marks.)

Mailing List: If you’d like to get all the Farmer’s Wife 1930’s Sampler Quilt Sew-along news straight to your inbox then click this link to join The Farmer’s Wife 1930’s Sampler Quilt Sew-along mailing list. (Your details will not be shared with any third party businesses and will only be used to share information directly related to the sew-along.)

Episode 10

Episode 9

Episode 5

Show notes Episode # 5 – 9/30/14

Tempe and Chrystalmo

WIPs

Pattern	3 by 1 rib socks
Yarn	Lornas Laces – Franklin’s Panopticon
Pattern	Drop Stitch Scarf by Christine Vogel
Yarn	Malabrigo Rastita – Zarzamora
Pattern	Bridgewater by Jared Flood
Yarn	Alpaca with a Twist Fino - Champagne
Pattern	Moab by Verybusymonkey
Yarn	Handspun – Second Site
Pattern	Oak Park by Laura Aylor
Yarn	Plucky Bello Fingering

Pattern	Snowflakes in Cedarwoods by Anne Hanson
Yarn	Knit Picks Bare

KAL

Pattern	Honey Cowl by Antonia Shanland
Dates	10/01/14 – 11/30/14
Prizes	TBD

Spinning

·        Three Waters Farm – Dark Sweet Cherries - SW Merino/Merino/Silk

·        Spotted circus - House Targaryen Corriedale

·        Rock Day Fleece – Gray CVM

·        White Fleece - Wensleydale, Columbia, Rambouillet

o   St. Blaise Combs

Spinzilla October 6-12, 2014

Spinzilla is a global event where teams and individuals compete in a friendly challenge to see who can spin the most yarn in a week!

http://www.spinzilla.org/

Spinzilla is an event designed to increase education and awareness of hand spinning. Our goals for 2014 are:

• To raise awareness about the joy of spinning yarn by hand, globaly
• To empower spinners to spin more
• To support small business
• To fund educational programs for the spinners and weavers of tomorrow

Distaff Day, also called Roc Day, is 7 January, the day after the feast of the Epiphany. It is also known as Saint Distaff's Day, one of the many unofficial holidays in Catholic nations.

Many St. Distaff's Day gatherings were held, large and small, throughout local fiber community. The distaff, or rock, used in spinning was the medieval symbol of women's work.

In many European cultural traditions, women resumed their household work after the twelve days of Christmas. Women of all classes would spend their evenings spinning on the wheel. During the day, they would carry a drop spindle with them. 

Yarn Fest April 16-19, 2015 in Loveland, CO
http://www.interweaveyarnfest.com

Episode #4

Show notes Episode # 4 – 9/21/14

Tempe and Chrystalmo

Finished Objects

Pattern	Autumn Whispers by Carol Feller
Yarn	Handspun - Lipstick Deprived Sirens
Pattern	Rhodocrosite by Norah Gaughan
Yarn	Berroco Ultra Alpaca Fine – Caribbean
Pattern	Irish Mesh Cowl by Jo Strong
Yarn	Plucky Knitter Primo Fingering – Wintery Mix

WIPs

Pattern	Cia by Abbott Bullemer
Yarn	Louet KidLin Lace – Flag Blue
Pattern	Drop Stitch Scarf by Christine Vogel
Yarn	Malabrigo Rastita – Zarzamora
Pattern	Bridgewater by Jared Flood
Yarn	Alpaca with a Twist Fino - Champagne
Pattern	Moab by Verybusymonkey
Yarn	Handspun – Second Site
Pattern	Ten Stitch Blanket by Frankie Brown
Yarn	Noro Taiyo Aran
Pattern	Vanilla socks
Yarn	Lollipop Yarn – Pillow Talk
Pattern	Twisted Vine Cardigan by Carol Sunday
Yarn	Sunday Knits Nirvana 3 ply - Charcoal

KAL

Pattern	Honey Cowl by Antonia Shanland
Dates	10/01/14 – 11/30/14
Prizes	TBD

Spinning

Three Waters Farm – Dark Sweet Cherries - SW Merino/Merino/Silk

Enabling

Fat Squirrel Speaks sweater bag

Nunoco