The Farmer's Wife Homestead Medallion Quilt: Letters From a 1910's Pioneer Woman and the 121 Blocks That Tell Her Story

by Laurie Aaron Hird

Overview

Best-selling author Laurie Aaron Hird of The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt shares the next installment of this beloved series.

A few years before Ada Melville Shaw's death in 1937, she wrote—and The Farmer's Wife magazine published—a seven-part series of articles about her homesteading adventures. It is this series of articles that come to life in The Farmer's Wife Homestead Medallion Quilt.

Master of traditional quilting, Laurie Aaron Hird has used Ada's writings to inspire the 120 classic quilt blocks that surround a stunning center medallion. Full instructions for sewing this queen-sized sampler quilt, featuring 64 six-inch and 56 eight-inch blocks, are included.

The Farmer's Wife Homestead Medallion Quilt templates for paper-piecing and rotary cutting are provided in a ready-to-print, easy-to-download PDF, available through url provided.

Travel back with Laurie and Ada to 1910s Montana where a homesteading pioneer woman inspired a contemporary quilt for the modern age.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781440249020
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	05/12/2020
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	625,378
Product dimensions:	7.90(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

LAURIE AARON HIRD is passionate about quilting, hand embroidery and her porch view of the beautiful Wisconsin countryside. She is the author of the Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt series and The Bible Sampler Quilt.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

How to Use This Book 10

The Homestead Adventure and Quilt Blocks

Part I The Adventure Begins

Cabin O'Wildwinds #81 OLD HOMESTEAD 12

A Door of Escape #93 RISING SUN, VARIATION 13

Leaving the Safety of Home #70 MEMORY'S CHAIN 14

Unexpected Homecoming #59 KEYHOLE 15

Settling In #5 BACON PATCH 16

No Way of Escape #41 FOOL'S SQUARE 17

The Light of Love #120 WINDOW SQUARES 18

Morning Always Comes #104 SUN RAY'S QUILT 19

I Am Free #101STAR OFTHEWEST 20

Part 2 An Empty Water Barrel

Pica for Water #7 BEG AND BORROW 21

Silver Dollar Knight #18 CACTUS FLOWER 22

Borrowing Old Doll #92 RESIGNATION 23

A Fifty-Cent Bargain #28 COUNTRY ROADS 24

Chores Are Waiting #75 MOON BLOCK 25

Paying for Schooling #47 GRANDMOTHER'S PUZZLE 26

Water Don't Cost Nothin' #64 LITTLE RAVEN 27

His Sensitive Nature #110 THORNY THICKET 28

My Little Brother-Pioneer #45 GLOVE DESIGN 29

Part 3 Helpful Neighbors

A Poor Shelter #2 AMERICAN HOMES 30

The Debt We Owe #87 PIONEER BLOCK 31

The Sixty-Six Egg Gift #36 FARM FRIENDLINESS 32

The Unwelcomed Incubator #67 MARY'S FAN 34

The Three-Room Cabin #100 STAR IN THE WINDOW 35

A Neat Little Place #3 AROUNDTHE CHIMNEY 36

Gumbo Land #44 GARDEN PATHS 37

Glory Be! #91 RAINBOW BLOCK 38

My Bow in the Clouds #6 BEACON LIGHTS 39

Wee Yellow Miracles #76 MOTHER HEN 40

Vain Endeavors #117 WATCHINGTHE CALENDAR 42

Heaven to Be Alone #54 HOUSEWIFE'S DREAM 43

Part 4 Episode of the Cake

A Failed Business #90 RAILROAD CROSSING 44

Keeping the Blues Away #111 TREASURED RECIPE 45

The Aroma of Home #112 TWISTED RIBBON 46

Saint Mary Bringing Quilts #43 FRIENDSHIP QUILT 47

Treats Snatched Away #26 COMPANY CAKE 48

Offerings of Kindness #85 PATCHWORK BEDSPREAD 49

Part 5 Keeping the Water Barrel Filled

A Neighbors Idea #53 HOPES AND WISHES 50

Spiritual Cactus #68 MEETING HOUSE SQUARE 51

A Throne of Grace #42 FRIENDLY HAND 52

No Help from Him #1 A SUDDEN TEAR 53

House of Unhewn Stone #4 BACHELOR'S PUZZLE 54

The Spirited Maneuver #38 FENCE POSTS 55

Decent Little Bachelor #109 THAT WILD COUNTRY 56

City Women on the Plains #79 NEED MY HELP 57

Turkey Red Cotton #40 FLAG IN, FLAG OUT 58

More Titan My Strength #31 DEJECTED ROOSTER 59

The Outside Bathtub #57 INSPIRATION PATCH 60

Part 6 Gardening on the Homestead

My Ambition Ran Tall #8 BEGINNER'S DELIGHT 61

All Mapped Out #32 DESERT GARDENING 62

Country of My Adoption #78 MY COUNTRY 63

Not to Be Beaten #95 ROCKY MOUNTAIN 64

Just Lie Fallowing #115 VINES ATTHE WINDOW 65

The Ripe Hay #77 MOWING MACHINE QUILT 66

Part 7 Finally a Well

Seems All Right #16 BROTHERS 67

Unutterable Woe #20 CELEBRATION 68

Blaming Themselves #10 BITTERWASHPOT 69

Pure as a Royal Diamond #118 WATER RICH 70

Part 8 Overcoming Fearfulness

Two Frequent Questions #56 INDEPENDENCE SQUARE 71

My Sole Companions #89 PUSS IN THE CORNER 72

Lassie's Low Growl #121 WINTER'S NIGHT 74

What's Wanted? #71 MIDNIGHT CALLER 75

Courtesy on the Plains #105 SUNSHINY DAY 76

A Real Western Man #21 CHICAGO STAR 77

Here Is God's Country #35 FAR WEST 78

A Curtain Drew Aside #84 OUT OFTHIS WORLD 79

Whispered the Lord's Prayer #58 KEPT FROM HARM 80

Part 9 Conquering Loneliness

First Winters Snowfall #102 STAR OVERTHE MOUNTAIN 81

Keeping Warm and Alive #88 POSTAGE STAMP 82

A Vegetable Soup Parry #14 BROKEN DISHES 83

That's Perfectly All-Right! #66 LONELINESS 84

Discussing Every Topic #114 UP ALL NIGHT 85

The Big Ben Clock #55 IDLE HOURS 86

Refreshed as a Child #62 LIGHT AND SHADOWS 87

The Dark of the Moon #119 WINDING TRAIL 88

The Well Platform #12 BOX 89

The Great Book of Nature #27 CONSTELLATION 90

I Learned to Love #72 MIDSUMMER NIGHT 91

Part 10 The Best of Friends

Right Nice Folks #17 BUILDER'S BLOCK QUILT 92

Good Farmer and Friend #96 SAGE BUD 93

Light Piercing the Gloom #50 HAYES CORNER 94

A Gold-Letter Day #22 CHIMNEY 95

A Home in the Making #52 HOMESPUN BLOCK 96

You're Not Going? #73 MILKMAID'S STAR 97

Plenty of Quilts #25 COMFORT QUILT 98

While Memory Is Mine #33 DOES DOUBLE DUTY 99

Part 11 A Special Letter

A Fat Bundle of Mail #65 LOG CABIN 100

Gave Her a Feeling #60 KIND NEIGHBORS 101

Not-So-Simple Job #86 PERSEVERANCE 102

A Dangerous Business #11 BLAZED TRAIL 103

The Sack of Mail #34 ENVELOPE QUILT 104

A Good Job Offer #83 OUR EDITOR 105

World of the Printing Press #9 BELOVED SONG 106

What in the World? #107 TANGLED LINES 107

The Wee Pioneer #116 WAGON WHEEL 108

Coaly's Going Home #19 CALM AND CLEAR 109

The Money's the Thing #106 TABLE FOR FOUR 110

A Quiet Old Plug #51 HOME AGAIN 111

Absent from the Land #99 ST. PAUL 112

Difficult and Delightful #23 CITY SQUARE 113

Part 12 Between Two Worlds

Looked Good to Me #98 SPRING HAS COME 114

Thinking of You #30 DANGER SIGNAL 115

I Dreamed #63 LIGHTNING IN THE HILLS 116

A Bunch of Steers #15 BROKEN PATHS 117

Face Down in the Mud #29 COWBOY'S STAR 118

Twenty Acres of Oats #108 TENDERFOOT 119

Better for the Land #39 FIELDS AND FENCES 120

Tears of Thankfulness #37 FARMER'S FIELDS 121

Cherry Pie and News #46 GOING EAST AGAIN 122

The World at War #113 UNREST EVERYWHERE 123

Lessons and Strength #49 HARVEST HOME 124

Tempted to Stay #13 BRIGHT SIDE 125

Looking at the Sky #24 COMET STAR 126

Sitting by the Hour #80 NORTH STAR 127

Was J Seeing Things? #74 MIRAGE 128

Wonders Out-of-Doors #82 OPTICAL ILLUSION 129

Part 13 The Homestead Adventure Ends

My Homestead Patent #103 SUMMER WINDS 130

And an Armful of Quilts #61 LANTERN 131

Bread for the World #94 ROARING HAIL 132

Heaven Help the People #97 SIGNAL LIGHTS 133

The Thought of Leaving #48 HARD TIMES BLOCK 134

Good-bye Cabin O'Wildwinds! #69 MEMORY WREATH 135

The Quilt Blocks

Block Assemblies and Cutting Instructions 136-257

The Quilt Assembly

Quilt Assembly 258

Queen Size Quilt 262

Lap Size Quilt 266

Index 269

About the Author Dedication Acknowledgements 271