Those of you who have been around here a while know I'm a SAMPLER fanatic. I love a good sampler - it teaches you something with each block and I love getting to make a new block every time I sit down to work on the project.
I was thrilled when Pat Sloan and Jane Davidson invited me to design a block for the follow up to their wildly successful book, The Splendid Sampler. The second volume (The Splendid Sampler 2) will include another 100 blocks from 80 designers and will be available in mid-October. But! The fun starts in June.... there are 20 free blocks that will start releasing early. See the Splendid Sampler website for all the details. Will you sew along?
Pre-Order the SS2 below (affiliate link) or if you need something sampler-y to keep you busy until June, you can always try the original Splendid Sampler or another fabulous book, Sister Sampler Quilts. *wink wink* (Signed copies of my book are here.)
Ready to get sewing? START HERE
AnneMarie Chany is an author and pattern designer who teeters on both sides of the modern and traditional quilting line. She loves using bright colors and solid fabrics while nodding to traditional blocks. On the website, you'll find many resources to inspire and get you sewing right away like free quilt patterns, the Quilt Block Library with links to 350+ free quilt block tutorials, Block of the Month Clubs, and the Quilt Pattern Shop with clear detailed instructions to make your quilting easy and fun.
"all I need is fabric and coffee. and maybe chocolate too. yeah, definitely chocolate. let's create!"
I love to watch the sun disappear over the wooded hills of the lake we frequent. The slow decent of the sun and the arrival of the stars made me want to design a quilt with many stars twinkling on the soft and almost neutral-colored sky during the golden hour. Sewing with strip piecing methodology made light work of this larger sized quilt. Meet the Sunset Strip Quilt Pattern!