SEWN WE CAN DO IT! Sampler Quilt

My mom, Kat, has decided to finally given in to my urging and start quilting. Or, at least give it a try. She had a rough first quilt. Stretchy flannel and intricate piecing. Not a good mix. 

So, we are both doing the Sewn Skill Builder offered by Sewn by Leila. I can use a lot more practice on accuracy as I tend to fly by the seat of my pants and rarely do 'traditional' quilts. So, I'm going to take a contemporary/modern eye to fabric choices to bring the traditional sampler into a more modern aesthetic. I'm by no mean the first to do this...loads of folks have have posted pictures right in this vein. 

I'm also going to be adding in a few Farmer's Wife blocks or other 6" blocks that I just like. I really like the design of a central medallion/star with a round of 6" blocks and round of 12" blocks. Here is the quilt that inspired me for the layout. We will see if, in fact, I can make enough little block to get this to work. 

I'm also going to be borrowing a few blocks from the Summer Sampler Series from Fresh Lemons. I really like the challenge of some of those and don't really intend to do a few of the applique blocks from Sewn by Leila. I've done enough applique to know that it is not for me.

So, here are the primary fabrics I'll be using. I don't know the names of these, so hope I bought enough! I bought about 2 - 2.5 yards of each. I'm adding a few fabrics from my "stash" to add some deeper green and some other tones. 

I've made a few blocks. Clearly, I need more work on the precision portion of this. The meeting points of the HSTs still need more work.

Block 1: Four Patch

Block 2: Log Cabin

Thanks to blog-land, I have now tried three different HST methods. All have pluses and minuses. I won't cover that all here, since others have. But, I have to say there are good and bad parts of each of them.

Block 3 - Churn Dash

Here is what Block 5, Arizona, should not look like. I should not try to piece blocks at 11 pm after very little sleep. I made all the HSTs and then, in a moment of exhausted silliness, cut them all the the finished size. Then, I did not figure that out until it was all too late. And I put the pieces in the wrong places. So, I need to remake this one. I just could not face it yet.

But, here is one of the blocks I made from the Summer Sampler Series. I feel like I may have redeemed myself with this one.Nicely matching points with lots of the right kind of color variation.  

Lucky Pieces, July 27

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