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Sampler Spree Week Aug 28- Sept 3

Sept. 2 Sampler Spree Blocks
These are the Sampler Spree blocks I made the week of Aug. 28- Sept. 3. I have just under half of the 100 blocks made!

Oh my gosh, were these ever fun to make.  Some are ridiculously easy, others call for more precision. Know which ones are my favorites? Well, the pear is adorable. But the spider web looking block in the top row, far right? That was so much fun to make. And the brown basket is adorable. I think the pattern is called "Cherry Basket". 

I liked it so much I made it twice.  lol. 

Sampler Spree basket blocks
So, what do you think? I made the gold background block first and was disappointed in the lack of contrast. That little block was a bear to make and took a long time to get right. I wanted to show off my sharp points and all that. So I re-did it in brown against the cream background. I am better pleased with the second attempt. Do you agree? 

Hope you all had a lovely long weekend. It was Labor Day weekend in the US, so we all had three days to say goodbye to summer. Our weather was cool and drizzly, and I spent Friday and Saturday sewing blocks. Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday my plans call for me to go to Palo Alto and work on packing up the remaining books at my dad's house. Who would have thought a Stanford professor could accumulate so many books? Guess it goes with the job. You can see where I get my love of reading!

12 responses to “Sampler Spree Week Aug 28- Sept 3”

  1. You really put in the ‘labor’ this holiday weekend! I agree that the gold background block doesn’t have the contrast to show off the basket. Your second one has much better contrast. Are you going to donate the books or keep them to browse through at home? If you’re donating, do you have any streetside ‘little libraries’ in your area? They’re usually take a book/leave a book exchanges. The ones around our town always welcome new books to their offerings.

  2. You really put in the ‘labor’ this holiday weekend! I agree that the gold background block doesn’t have the contrast to show off the basket. Your second one has much better contrast. Are you going to donate the books or keep them to browse through at home? If you’re donating, do you have any streetside ‘little libraries’ in your area? They’re usually take a book/leave a book exchanges. The ones around our town always welcome new books to their offerings.

  3. You really put in the ‘labor’ this holiday weekend! I agree that the gold background block doesn’t have the contrast to show off the basket. Your second one has much better contrast. Are you going to donate the books or keep them to browse through at home? If you’re donating, do you have any streetside ‘little libraries’ in your area? They’re usually take a book/leave a book exchanges. The ones around our town always welcome new books to their offerings.

  4. I love that gold fabric…so beautiful. The brown one does have much better contrast. make the gold one your label? (says the woman who use to embroider labels for all of her quilts)
    I hope you didn’t get stuck in traffic. Does anyone take books anymore? I hope the house is ready soon for prepping to sell. At least the agent will take on all that work. ;p

  5. I love that gold fabric…so beautiful. The brown one does have much better contrast. make the gold one your label? (says the woman who use to embroider labels for all of her quilts)
    I hope you didn’t get stuck in traffic. Does anyone take books anymore? I hope the house is ready soon for prepping to sell. At least the agent will take on all that work. ;p

  6. I love that gold fabric…so beautiful. The brown one does have much better contrast. make the gold one your label? (says the woman who use to embroider labels for all of her quilts)
    I hope you didn’t get stuck in traffic. Does anyone take books anymore? I hope the house is ready soon for prepping to sell. At least the agent will take on all that work. ;p

  7. I like the brown basket!! Also really like the bottom right block. You were really busy “laboring” this past weekend.

  8. I like the brown basket!! Also really like the bottom right block. You were really busy “laboring” this past weekend.

  9. I like the brown basket!! Also really like the bottom right block. You were really busy “laboring” this past weekend.

  10. The good one is definitely more of a “low volume” look, but I do love it. I think the brown one is better suited to what you’re after though.

  11. The good one is definitely more of a “low volume” look, but I do love it. I think the brown one is better suited to what you’re after though.

  12. The good one is definitely more of a “low volume” look, but I do love it. I think the brown one is better suited to what you’re after though.