The Farmer's Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt

Featuring real-life letters from The Farmer’s Wife magazine, Laurie Aaron Hird’s new book commemorates the strength and hope of the farm women of the Great Depression. The 99-block queen-size sampler quilt inspired by these letters uses reproduction 1930s fabrics. For each block, instructions are provided for template piecing, and—where applicable—rotary cutting, so readers can piece the blocks based on their preferred technique.

Featuring real-life letters from The Farmer’s Wife magazine, Laurie Aaron Hird’s new book commemorates the strength and hope of the farm women of the Great Depression. The 99-block queen-size sampler quilt inspired by these letters uses reproduction 1930s fabrics. For each block, instructions are provided for template piecing, and—where applicable—rotary cutting, so readers can piece the blocks based on their preferred technique.

Now updated with links to ready-to-print pdfs of the patterns featured in the book

Author Biography

Laurie Aaron Hird is a wife, homemaker and mother to eleven children. She enjoys quilting, embroidery and homeschooling. Laurie, her husband and younger children live on a small acreage in the Wisconsin countryside. She is the author of two books- The Farmer’s Wife Sampler Quilt (KP Craft, 2009), and The Farmer’s Wife
Pony Club Sampler Quilt (self-published, 2011). Laurie has a blog where she posts letters and photographs from her extensive collection of Farmer’s Wife magazines. She has been on guest on the PBS television series “Sewing With Nancy” for both books.