Farmer's Wife Quilt Along Week 40
February 27, 2012 Yellow, Gray & White
Ok. How nerdy am I? Omg, seriously nerdy. I can't help it. It's embarrassing. Lemme 'splain.
I want my FW quilt to look balanced ... you know, not too much or too little of any color. This is how I'm keeping track ...
I would TOTALLY not blame you right now for putting your finger & thumb in the shape of a "L" on your forehead ... I totally deserve it.
This week I looked for the 2 most lacking colors and they happen to be yellow & gray.
I know.
Sad.
And totally O.C.D. nerdy.
#109 - Windows
I thought of going red with the 2 inner triangles, but I've done that lots already ...
And since last week's fussy cutting turned out so well, I kept on going!
#28 - Duck & Ducklings
And the nerdiness continues ...
How on earth could I NOT make ducklings yellow? I mean seriously people! My ducklings HAD to be yellow. I couldn't live with a quilt that had pink or blue ducklings. I just couldn't.
(Note to self - DUCKLING is my new favorite word.)
And in case you're wondering how I justified the gray, the ducklings are walking across a paved road.
Don't worry. They get to the other side safely. I made sure it was a quiet country road.
FWQAL 
Reader Comments (29)
You. Just. Crack. Me. Up.
Seriously will be imagining ducklings crossing a quiet country road all day long now. Hope they are following mama.
Thank you so much for this post, I need a good laugh today. Love your blocks and I'm glad that the ducklings are safe on the other side;-)
Hildy
Your logic makes perfect sense to me! Uh oh what does that mean? Is that a good thing? Love your blocks and colors...
And this post shows exactly why I heart you so much! Long Live Nerds!!! 'Cause I am one. I think your spreadsheet makes PERFECT sense. And, yes, ducklings only come in yellow! And how is it that I don't care for yellow, yet I can't stop staring at these beauties?! The yellow and gray together make my eyes happy! :)
You're too funny -- OCD and all!!!
You can't beat a spreadsheet for keeping track of colours - it's just the sort of thing I do! Love the yellow and grey blocks, especially the ducklings walking across the road!
LOSER? I thing NOT! I wish I was that organized...really, I do. Hey!! Where are the pics of the sewing room.....YOU"RE KILLING ME! ;p
I'm with Ina - where are the pictures?!? Hee Hee! And the spreadsheet? Um...well... let's just say Angels are singing in my head right now - I'm so using that!!!!
i love the nerdy OCD organization! i dream of being that way, seriously. The blocks are beautiful.
I think that's quite clever Kristyne ~ in a nerdy sort of way! ;)
V x
Lovely blocks, again.
If you want to be a real nead :-), you name those columns by colour and then put number one to every row (that marks your block) when you use that colour. To the last line you put a function called sum. It calculates those ones so you don't have to count them yourself.
Happy "nerding" and sewing!
Those tiny little rosebuds! I could die. Just right now. I could die.
I wouldn't call that OCD, I'd call that brilliant!
Week 40 already?? Wow time does fly and I haven't even completed block one yet...I am behind. Anyways, on my last quilt I made I did the same sort of mathematical figuring just so that my quilt was balanced. So there are others like you out there!
Oh my! Not Nerdy--Not OCD!! Totally Brilliant! I need to do this! I must do this! I am going to do this!
Would you get in touch with me, please? I have a question regarding the farmer's wife...
Randyiris@gmail.com
\\\"Make Way for Ducklings\\\"...our favorite children's book! If you've never read it, you need to find it!
Oh - I am definitely going to steal this ideal! I have been putting of starting the Farmer's Wife as I can be so OCD about distributing color. What a fantastic idea!! Your blocks look so perfectly pieced. Great job!!
I totally love that you did this! The blocks are fabulous.
I'm OCD like that too! Whew, I thought it was just me. We joke at our house that we are CDO (because then it is in alphabetical order) haha. Could you tell me how you are piecing your blocks? Paper piecing or just super careful? The book gives no tips.
Too funny - I no longer feel weird for the huge chart I have for a \\\"scrappy\\\" English paper pieced quilt I'm making - it's all green w/cream centers and I have about 50 fabrics, but I don't want any of them to be in the same row - we aren't even talking about touching each other! I keep trying to let it go, but I can't! I no longer feel quite as bad about it...it's still stupid, but hey...as Meryl Streep said the other night, \\\"whatever\\\"!
totally sweet!
Hi! I've been watching your progress with your blocks. I think they are wonderful!
I think the spreadsheet with colours is a perfect idea, now I know why I am blocked with my Dear Jane blocks!
Keep going, they are all, every one, lovely!
Take care, Leslie
OK. OCD yes, sometimes we must force ourselves to go against our own obsessions, but sometimes we are not successful LOL! Can someone show me the ducklings? I only see fish!
Totally thinking you are so smart! Love the way you think! Love the yellow and gray... and ducklings.... glad they got to the other side safe! :oD
I just found your blog and am soooo happy! Love your comments I can so relate.
Great blocks.
Ummm.... I did colour math back in Jan for my FWQ and came up with a plan. Guess I'm a nerd too :)
I appear to have frightened you off with that excessively long email sorry bout that.
love yellow and grey, love spreadsheets and checklists. If you are a loser so am I.
since you aren't, I'm hoping that will extend to cove me and all my weirdo tendencies. probly not though.
ducklings crossing the road. perfectly sensible. Scuse me must go embroider some sheep.