I have a lot of lists. One of them is in my journal. I get great satisfaction drawing a line through my to do items. I haven’t drawn a line through a project that has been on my list in awhile. You know I have been sewing, but not on those list projects.
I really want to cross at least one thing off one of my lists. I prefer to cross something off that has been hanging around for awhile. For some reason the Handbag Sampler came to mind. I was really pleased to find the blocks last year. Yet it is still unpieced.
I also found some of the fabrics I used for the piecing. Still nothing happened. I have decided to sew 9 of the blocks together, put one on the back and call it done. The colors are really different from my other samplers, which shows the versatility of block quilts. Still, I am not excited about the project any more and would just like to get it off the list.
While only a couple of these have the same blocks, they are all different types of samplers. I am fond of this style of quilt, because they don’t get boring to piece and I can use a variety of fabrics. I actually like projects like the Star Sampler. It is fun to find all different ways to modify one block.
I know people think samplers are old fashioned and boring. I don’t agree. I think the colors used are the key. I used great colors in the A-B-C Challenge. Actually I like the colors in all of my samplers, except for that burgundy in my first sampler. What did I know?
Try making a sampler quilt!
