{"id":66764,"date":"2025-06-11T07:32:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T14:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=66764"},"modified":"2025-06-08T22:06:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T05:06:38","slug":"thinking-about-sampler-quilts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/thinking-about-sampler-quilts\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinking About Sampler Quilts"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_62262\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62262\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240330_174738_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-62262\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240330_174738_wm-sm-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"Handbag Sampler blocks\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240330_174738_wm-sm-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240330_174738_wm-sm-784x1024.jpg 784w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240330_174738_wm-sm-768x1003.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240330_174738_wm-sm.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 85vw, 230px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62262\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Handbag Sampler blocks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>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&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/found-handbag-sampler\/\">find the blocks last year<\/a>. Yet it is still unpieced.<\/p>\n<p>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.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-66764 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/super-winner-winner-chicken-dinner\/20190616_115335-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190616_115335-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Aqua-Red Sampler with prize\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-46413\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-46413'>\n\t\t\t\tAqua-Red Sampler with prize\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/finished-city-sampler\/wp-1558634956663401096795813306768-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/wp-1558634956663401096795813306768-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Finished: City Sampler- front\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-46146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/wp-1558634956663401096795813306768-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/wp-1558634956663401096795813306768-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/wp-1558634956663401096795813306768-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/wp-1558634956663401096795813306768-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/wp-1558634956663401096795813306768-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-46146'>\n\t\t\t\tFinished: City Sampler- front\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/rebirth-of-solids\/samplerlg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/samplerLg-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sampler\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5745\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5745'>\n\t\t\t\tSampler\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/san-mateo-county-fair-2013\/pict3514sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/PICT3514sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A-B-C Challenge with 1st Place Ribbon\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-18724\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-18724'>\n\t\t\t\tA-B-C Challenge with 1st Place Ribbon\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/finished-star-sampler\/pict5103sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PICT5103sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Finished: Star Sampler\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-24109\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-24109'>\n\t\t\t\tFinished: Star Sampler\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>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&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>I know people think samplers are old fashioned and boring. I don&#8217;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?<\/p>\n<p>Try making a sampler quilt!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;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 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/thinking-about-sampler-quilts\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Thinking About Sampler Quilts&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[380,357],"class_list":["post-66764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-538","tag-sampler","tag-thinking"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66764"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66786,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66764\/revisions\/66786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}