It's week 2 of Sampler Spree! I hope I can keep up!
This week's color is yellow.
Who's ready for Sampler Spree?
Since I'm trying to visibly reduce my scraps, I've decided to only use 4 or 5 fabrics per color.
Week 1's color is blue. It's not my favorite color, but these are really cute!
And there goes another month! Is it just me or is time flying faster than usual?
This month's block is really simple. You'll make the same block in 3 different sizes.
Disclaimer: Sometimes I will change the pattern instructions a little bit because a different way works better for me. This does not mean that the pattern won't work exactly as written. If you follow the pattern, your blocks will still turn out fine.
Tips/Instructions:
1. Pin the larger half square triangles before sewing. It really helps keep the layers together.
2. You can do a lot of chain piecing here, which will speed up the process significantly.
3. Press all seams away from the HSTs and the center square.
4. When sewing the rows together, press toward the center or the block.
and last, but not least,
5. Remember to make THREE of block 9.
In all honesty, I do not need another quilt-along in my life. This one is too good to pass up though.
Moda is hosting a this quilt-along using the new book by Susan Ache (@yardgrl60 on Instagram):
"Sampler Spree: 100+ Fresh & Fun Quilt Blocks".
This is a scrappy quilt. Every week, we will make 10-12 blocks. Every week will be assigned a different color, for instance the color for week 1 is blue, so we'll make all 10 blocks using blue scraps.
You can, of course, use any fabrics and colors you choose. A couple of layer cakes would make for a lovely coordinated quilt.
There are instructions for 106 blocks in the book. The cover quilt uses 100 of them. The blocks are 6" x 6".
As some may know from following me on Instagram and Facebook, my current long term project is the Euphoria quilt. I am REALLY close to the end. The quilt will have a scalloped border. I marked it with my trusty washable marker but found it really hard to see the lines.
Then I remembered that I had a Frixion pen somewhere which would definitely draw clearer lines. I also remembered that it gets a really bad rap because the lines reappear if the quilt gets exposed to cold temperatures.
I decided to do a little experimentation.
Experiment 1
I used a scrap of pre-washed Moda Bella Solids and created this work of art on it with a Frixion Pen.
I then ironed it to make the ink disappear and put it in the freezer at 0 degrees Fahrenheit overnight.
Oh my goodness! I thought I was making a block but instead I made a small 16-block quilt. It'll take up a lot of space in the completed quilt though.
Disclaimer: Sometimes I will change the pattern instructions a little bit because a different way works better for me. This does not mean that the pattern won't work exactly as written. If you follow the pattern, your blocks will still turn out fine.
Tips/Instructions:
If you're not making the quilt in the Primrose Garden colorway, you will have to have your wits about you. This is where my trusty little cheat sheet came in very handy again.
1. Something that confused me a little is that you have to trim the HSTs (half square triangles) made using 5 1/2" squares to 5" and the HSTs made from 3 1/4" squares to 2 3/4" before making the blocks.
2. The first thing I did was to organize the squares by color as mentioned in the pattern. Remember that each pair of squares will make 2 HSTs, so you will only need half as many squares as HSTs. At first I thought I didn't have enough (and panicked just a teenie bit) because I forgot this little detail.
4. This is how I assembled each small block (the arrows show seam directions):
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