Red and White Farmer's Wife Finished Quilt + Stats/Fabric Requirements

Hello happy people!

Today I'm excited to share with you my finished Farmer's Wife Quilt!

It's been away for a while...being hand quilted by a group of ladies in Provo, UT that use their proceeds to buy supplies for patients at the State Hospital.  It was gone for about 8 months.  I got it back mid November-ish and finished binding it over the holidays!

 It really meant a lot to me to have this hand quilted.  I wanted it to have that antique feel and because I know myself and know that realistically I would never actually do it I decided to hire these ladies!  I'm so happy that the money went to a good cause and the money was well worth it (a fraction of the cost of what it would be to have it custom, machine quilted - it was $200 for those of you dying to know :).  

They quilted in the ditch around each piece and they even quilted the dashed lines on my border fabric - which initially they said they wouldn't be able to do.  I was thrilled when I picked it up and realized I wouldn't have to do any more quilting myself!  Whew!  Big sigh of relief :)

Some people have asked how much fabric they would need to make something like this and that's really hard to answer since it's so scrappy.  I just started off with a dozen or so fat quarters and then added more when I needed some variety.  Scraps are perfect for this project since you only need a little bit for each block.  Below are some rough numbers for everything besides the blocks - since I did do my sashing a little different than the Farmer's Wife book instructed. 

Finished Quilt Size: 79" x 100"

Finished Block Size: 6"

Number of Blocks: 83

Fabric Requirements 

(I've included a little extra in the yardage to allow for 

shrinkage and squaring up.  WOF = width of fabric).

Number of Sashing Strips: 192 total

(You will need 2 yards of 42" wide fabric.  

Cut 6 1/2" x WOF strips, subcut into 2" x 6 1 /2" rectangles).

Sashing Squares: 110 total

I did white with a red print for the 82 center squares and

solid white for the 28 outside edge squares (the white outside edge squares are eventually trimmed off - creating triangles - before sewing on the inner border fabric).

(You will need 1/3 yard of white with red print fabric and 

1/4 yard of solid white).

Inner Border: 8 strips

(You will need 1/2 yard.

Cut 2" x WOF strips).

Outer Border: 8 strips

(You will need 1 3/4 yards.

Cut 6 1/2" x WOF strips).

Binding: 9 strips

(You will need 3/4 yard.

Cut 2 1/2" x WOF strips).

Backing: 7 1/2 yards

(cut into 3 pieces, 42" x 90" each)

I hope that answers some questions for those of you just getting started!

Here's a few more pictures of mine...

My backing is just a vintage-y red and cream print.

 

I love it.  And although you may not see me using too much red for the next little while, this is one of my greatest finished quilts.  I hope my grandmother (Gigi) will be proud :)

Happy quilting!

~ Amber

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