25% of the way through the Splendid Sampler. This has been such a reminder of just how quickly life passes by. The first block was released Sunday, February 14th. Does that seem so long ago? Do you remember anything particular about that day other than it was Valentine’s day? Just 3 short months later and even…
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Block 24 – Inspector Sidekick
I made good use of my ink pen this for this block. I’m still on the backup machine and the needle on this one doesn’t sit in the right spot – it’s about 1/16″ too far to the left and for kicks, sometimes it likes to jump even farther to the left. Just like with…
all that for nothing
One of the stores near me was having a fabric sale last weekend but the catch was the smallest cut was 1/2 yard. Most of the patchwork of the crosses block have 4 distinct parts in them – the 4 in the middle and the 4 that fit in the corners around it (blue in…
Block 23 – Hand In Hand
Well…everything was going according to plan yesterday. It was no time at all when I had the 4 corners paper pieced. The 4 brown “pointy things” took a little longer but at the time, they were okay. As is usually the case when something goes awry, I got distracted. I should’ve just set this aside,…
modification time
This is just a snapshot, but if anyone is interested in paper piecing today’s block for the Splendid Sampler, drop me a note and I’ll happily send the templates for portions of the block shown first here, as well as the finished block to sew together. One nice thing about EQ7 is I can take…
Block 22 – Goose on the Loose
If you scroll to the bottom picture, it’s easy to see that this block really stands out amongst the 22 blocks made so far for the Splendid Sampler. This is a paper pieced block from Amy Smart – technically, it’s 4 blocks individually pieced and then sewn together. I had recently bought a new pack of charm…
Devo day
It’s a work in progress day (Whip it! Whip it good! At least that’s what I think of every time I see the acronym WIP). This doesn’t include the Leah Day blocks because at this point, I don’t have room for those large blocks with everything else I have pinned up. I’m still thinking about…
Block 21 – Sweet Candy
Where there’s a will, there’s a way! I remembered why I bought a new sewing machine a number of years back. The old one needed repairs and when I took it in, the repairs were going to be more than what I had originally paid for the machine (it was a definite starter machine so…
Block #20 Nature’s Walk
Wow! Was that ever a lot of embroidery for someone who hadn’t done any embroidery in probably 35-40 years before I started the Splendid Sampler. I found some iridescent skeins (otherwise known as fancy pants floss) yesterday when I bought more floss so I picked up the 3 colors that would be used in the…
10 bucks for Farmer’s Wife!
On Sunday, the block was another embroidery block and I realized hey….we’re doing several of these; I know that in general I have “Civil War” fabric colors so I’ll buy some skeins of floss in coordinating colors. Black, brown, rust, medium blue. I bought 4 skeins and thought I was good to go. Then came…
Block 19 – Measure Twice, Cut Once
I was so busy making the 19th block of the Splendid Sampler that I didn’t take pictures along the way. I thought to myself as I was piecing it how much easier it is to cut 1.5″ x 1″ pieces than it was just a month ago. I picked fabric that was really too much of a…
Block 18 – Lina’s Gift
Designer: Pat Sloan Techniques : Piecing Blocks by Designers (L to R, Top to Bottom): Pat Sloan, Pat Sloan, Melissa Corry, Katja Marek, Lynn Harris, Gail Pain, Joan Ford, Janet Clare, Frances Newcombe DOWNLOAD The Splendid Sampler™ – Block 18 – Lina’s Gift Click here for Previous blocks If you are new to piecing, see…