Look what I just finished! It’s a charming quartet of Compass blocks for my Seafarers quilt. These new, 16” blocks will be placed at all four corners of Seafarers. I love the large scale! Not so many pieces and makes a great impact.
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Today my design wall holds the Penny Sampler once again. It had been stashed away for most of the month, hibernating. Today is a Dutch public holiday - the king’s birthday; thus, a fitting time to share my progress!
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I’m an AMH fan, and this Hindsight collection definitely a good one. It’s fun to see some of our favorites from Anna Maria mixed up and recolored in playful ways. I’ve decided to use the fabrics for my Seafarers quilt. Fingers crossed!
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Springtime is a good time to pay homage to the bicycle. It’s one Dutch hobby that doesn’t need to be suspended in these times. This Bicycle foundation paper piecing pattern is coming to Penny Sampler Club Members in April!
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For these blocks, I rifled through my Penny Sampler fabrics to find prints that I haven’t yet had a chance to include in the quilt. Those windy clouds, bright blue fishes and orange flowers will feel right at home in my Dutch-inspired sampler .
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Do you know what’s really fun to sew? A teapot. Oh, and teacups! But we haven’t gotten to those yet. Come see my third rendition of the Penny Sampler teapot block. It’s warm and toasty!
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Guess what I started sewing today with scraps from my After the Rain quilt top? This block is going to be a bird, and it’s part of the March delivery for those in the Penny Sampler Pattern Club. I’m loving making it up in these dark and moody fabrics.
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I have to admit that I find my February Penny Sampler blocks a little humdrum. They’ll serve the overall composition of the sampler quilt, but as stand alone blocks they’re just not that exciting. Which makes it even more fun is it to see yours!
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Stitch, trim, press and repeat. Here comes a quartet of Double Diamonds, one of February’s blocks in this modern sampler quilt. Today I finished my sewing for the February edition of the Penny Sampler pattern club.
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Here’s my easy-peasy Ribbon Square block for my Penny Sampler. It almost feels like cheating to sew it this way, because it’s SOOOOO much easier than the way we did it using traditional HST blocks for the first Penny Sampler. So quick and accurate. Hooray!
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Happy Friday, friends! There are just two days left to join the Penny Sampler Pattern Club at the kick-off discount. If you’re on the fence, I thought you might be nervous about the machine paper piecing. Let’s talk more about that.
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What is choosing fabrics? For me it is the moment when a quilt transforms from concept to concrete. The idea comes alive in colors and patterns that pull me in and onward. Discover prints, solids + giveaways for the Penny Sampler.
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It’s time, friends! Welcome to the kick-off of our Penny Sampler Pattern Club! You can register today and immediately receive the Penny Sampler Prelude - a welcome pack with quilt design color sheets and a generous helping of advice for planning your color and fabric choices. Yahoo!
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What will you sew in 2020? A fresh new year is almost upon us, and with it comes choices and challenges and so many possibilities. Let 2020 be the year you make time to create with your hands, whatever form that takes for you.
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Thanks so much for your interest in the Penny Sampler Pattern Club for 2020! It’s always a little magical to discover that an idea I’ve dreamed up is also inspiring to you. Today I’m sharing a quintessential Dutch block - the windmill.
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What is the difference between foundation piecing, paper piecing (machine paper piecing?) and English paper piecing? I had to sort it out for myself this week when I shared a sketch of my 2020 Pattern Club!
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