Needlework Monday: Farmer's Wife Blocks... a tutorial (Autumn Tints)

Autumn has passed and the homestead has been buttoned up, chimney cleaned, and we are settling in for the long winter ahead. I'm not really sure I experienced Autumn this year, otherwise known as Fall, because we had a really rainy summer continuing into Fall and the first snow arrived in October. The only consolation I have is that with winter weather comes the opportunity to work on my much loved arts, of which I have a diverse interest. The beautiful colours of Fall have left us to be covered in a blanket of white, but I present to you Autumn Tints, a lovely little block from the Farmer's Wife Quilt Blocks book I mentioned here. If you missed the first block tutorial, you can find it over here. I do have one request, in the best interests of myself, my followers, and @needleworkmonday. If you would please leave me a comment below and let me know if there is an interest in my continuing on with these tutorials for as long as I have blocks to show you, or if you would prefer to see other works. I would prefer not to lose any followers due to lack of interest and because Steemit is built on original never before posted content. While these tutorials have been completely rewritten and updated, I did previously show them on my old defunct blog. I do not want to take away from anyone interested, so a show of hands would be much appreciated and no offence will be taken (unless you swear at me, lol) 😊 For my contribution to #needleworkmonday, I present my second tutorial in the Farmer's Wife Blocks. As per usual, in no particular order.

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Block #2 Autumn Tints. Level of difficulty: Easy This block requires only two pattern pieces, along with four colour ways of fabric. The layout of this block is as shown in Image 1.

Starting at the top left corner, we will sew the top left square to the adjacent right square; do the same for the two squares directly below. You now have two small rectangles or rows. Make sure to press your seams. Result as shown in Image 2

Repeat with the four squares on the bottom right.

Moving back up to the top left, join the two rectangles together (top row to bottom row), making sure the seams meet as perfectly as possible in the centre and sew together to form your square.

Press your seams.

See Image 3 showing front and back after pressed.

Repeat for the two rows on the bottom right to form another square. See last picture Image 3

Moving back up to the top left, sew the two top squares together (left to right) to form one rectangle or row. Repeat for the two bottom squares, as shown in Image 4.

Don't forget to press your seams.

Lastly, take your top rectangle and sew it to the bottom rectangle and your block is now complete. See Image 5

Press your seams and square up your block. Now wasn't that just easy peasy! As always, thanks for visiting, a thumbs up would be great and much appreciated, and don't forget to answer my question.

Happy quilting

_{Full Disclosure: I originally offered up these tutorials on my now defunct blog which was located at acherishedlife.blogspot.com. I present them here for you fully updated and with much more detail than before.}

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