Blast from the past!

 Anybody else like sampler quilts?

When I first started quilting, I bought a lot of sampler patterns. 

They seemed like good value since they included 

multiple block patterns.  

This is one that was completed back in 2014!

I sent it to a recent empty nester. The blocks are 

a combination of hand and machine quilted. 

All are machine pieced.  It was a UFO , partially complete

that was anonymously gifted to me. 

Sampler quilts always seem to hold a surprise or two.

Notice this block?

Quite different than all the current " disappearing " 

patterns in use now!

Like many of my UFOs , this one had a few

challenges but they were all size related. 

I solved them with careful trimming and 

a narrow variable width sashing!

The next time I get stateside, I will have to 

check its condition!

Samplers appeal to me since they are 

basically a technique and pattern tester. 

If you discover you really like one block , 

you can make a whole quilt of it and 

already have the pattern! 

I am not sure if I ever did that!

A few more sampler quilts showed up 

in my dig thru photos. Thank you big brother 

google for making me explore

 ( you are out of space, archive ~~archive!) 

They may get even their own posts one day! 

Way back in the last century!

1999!

This one is a group wedding quilt

for a co-worker.  I did demos for 

a few of the blocks and other contributors 

found their own patterns.

Gifted in 2012.  

 

One more co-worker quilt.

 I must have really liked them to 

keep making them quilts!

Circa 1996!

Stay safe and sew on !