Farmer's Wife

This amazing quilt was made by Kristine.  The pattern is the Farmer's Wife Sampler quilt. It contains 111 different 6" blocks! 

Kristine and I attend a retreat togethers a couple of times a year, so I saw her steady progress on this over 3 or 4 retreats. She started with a pretty fat quarter bundle and picked fabrics for each block one by one.  With patience and determination this masterpiece was born!

I asked Kristine how she felt about custom quilting on this labor of love and she said that she trusted me to make the design choices and go for it. 

I knew I wanted to add feathers to the outer border and setting triangles.  I stitched in the ditch by the sashing and cornerstones and added a simple petal motif over the blocks.

Kristine provided a taupe Fireside backing that shows off the quilting really well.

I was a pleasure to have this one in my studio.  One I won't forget anytime soon!