Paper Piecing Saves this Farmer's Wife

I had almost given up on the Farmer's Wife Quilt Along.

I had 8 blocks done, and wasn't enjoying it.

But I really wanted to finish this quilt,

because I had planned to make 90 blocks for a quilt

for my Grandma's 90th Birthday.

Then I started reading on various blogs about how some people had started paper piecing their blocks . . . . so I joined the Yahoo group (to have access to the paper piecing templates) . . . and made 3 blocks in one morning . . . and it was fun again!

And the blocks turned out perfectly . . . hooray!

My first 3 paper pieced blocks

It's definitely more fun to choose blocks randomly, so this is what I'll be doing for the remainder of the quilt along.  There is a printable list of blocks with checkboxes on Yahoo groups, too, so this is how I'm keeping track of which ones I've made. 

Block #109, Windows

Block #77, Seasons

Block #66, Periwinkle

Block #108, Windmill

I'm completely in love with this quilt along (again)!