Sampler Quilt - Homespuns

This is the first sampler quilt class I ever took (again at the Bernina store). The 12 different pieced blocks used both homespuns and regular cotton fabrics. Probably not the best to begin piecing using homespuns as they tend to stretch. I finished the top shortly after the class, but finally had Cathy quilt it and then I bound it in 2008. Pam also took the class and made quilt.

Sampler Quilt - Bright

Here is another sampler quilt that I made from a class that Pam and I took at the Bernina store. She finished her quilt that same year; I just finished binding mine today! And again, Cathy did an excellent job in quilting it. This quilt was made with 12 different blocks and bright-colored fabrics. When we first began the class, I wasn't too thrilled with the bright colors -- but now I like working with brights and black and whites. I like the various widths on the strips I used in the border -- and the corners were especially fun to do.

Sampler Quilt

Both Julie and I took a 6-month sampler class at our local Bernina store a couple of years ago -- and I finally finished the quilt this past year (2008), with Cathy quilting it for me. We were to make three blocks from the same pattern, but I only made two -- and I used fabric from the Thimbleberries line instead of the fabric that was provided. I thought it was interesting to see how different blocks from the same pattern can look when colors or pieces are switched around. My mother liked this quilt, so I gave it to her when she visited in December.