Happy Monday! This week’s Summer Sampler block is a two-fer when it comes to skills: Stripes and curves.
I didn’t expect to fall in love with this block, but I did! I feel like there are just so many design possibilities here if you switch up the colors and values, and that’s my favorite kind of quilt block. And, if you think this block is difficult, you’d be wrong. Especially after curve-intensive Block 6! This block was a piece of cake.
And hey: If you purchased the acrylic curve templates from one of our previous Summer Sampler 2019 designers, Jen Carlton Bailly of BettyCrockerAss, you can use her 6-1/2″ templates on this block! Yay!
If you love this block too, it’s not too late to join us in the Summer Sampler 2019: Piecing Bootcamp quilt-along! Subscribers get a new quilt block pattern each week, and each block tackles a new piecing skill or technique. Join us to up your quilting game, and you’ll get immediate access to all of the blocks that have already been released (seven already – wow)! Click here to join!
Summer Sampler 2019 includes:
• Fully-tested instructions for 21 gorgeous blocks—a new 12″ (finished) block delivered to your email inbox each week, beginning May 20 and running through October 7
• Complete finishing instructions to make an 80″ x 92″ sampler quilt (delivered October 14)
• Two layout options for finishing instructions (all subscribers receive both – no need to choose!)
• All fabric requirements and suggested Moda Bella Solids colors (YES! There are fabric kits! Available from Sewtopia and Canadian shop Mad About Patchwork)
• Quilt mock-up coloring sheet for planning
• Access to a subscriber-only Facebook group to interact with other quilters and the designers
• Weekly newsletter subscription with insider info
The Summer Sampler 2019 designers are:
Top to Bottom, Left to Right
Row 1: Heather Black @Quiltachusetts, Krista Hennebury @poppyprint, Lynne Goldsworthy @lilysquilts, Lee Heinrich @lee.a.heinrich, Krystina Hopkins @khquilts
Row 2: Andrea Tsang Jackson @3rdstoryworkshop, Jemima Flendt @tiedwitharibbon,Faith Jones @freshlemonsquilts, Kitty Wilkin @nightquilter, Yvonne Fuchs @quiltingjetgirl
Row 3: Lynn Carson Harris @lynncarsonharris, Stephanie Zacharer Ruyle @spontaneousthreads
Row 4: Jen Carlton Bailly @bettycrockerass, Amy Friend @duringquiettime, Justin Stafford @keatonquilts, Katie Blakesley @swimbikequilt, Jo Avery @mybearpaw