Modern Farmhouse Sampler

 

The fabric chosen for the 2022 Utah State Fair Quilt Competition was a pale green with tiny green leaves scattered everywhere. In September 2021, when I learned what the fabric would be, I ordered a fat quarter bundle of the entire line – one 12”x22” piece of each of the more than two dozen prints from the line: Modern Farmhouse by Simple Simon & Company for Riley Blake. They were mostly florals and large ginghams in green, pink and black. I expected to use them in my challenge quilt, but I didn’t. Instead, I employed them making the twelve blocks from the 2022 Riley Blake Quilt Block Challenge, and then the twelve blocks from 2023. I added a dozen of my own favorite blocks – including Raven Chase, Hope of Hartford, Chickadee, and Butterfly. Now, all 36 blocks are together, waiting for a 4” border, a back, and binding. In a few months, this will be a hand-quilted masterpiece!