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Web Sampler Alternate Blocks

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I have been plugging away at my Web Sampler Challenge.  In the photo above you see some of the blocks with the alternate blocks called for in the setting I chose.  The construction of the alternate blocks was totally easy, and would have been considerably more so if the instructions had suggested speedier piecing methods, such as making all ten of the red and tan four patches at once, all ten of the black and tan four patches at once etc.  It would have been such an easy thing to include, but no.  There were instructions to make six blocks as shown.  Period.  I have felt all along with this project that I am kind of on my own when it comes to figuring out the best construction methods.  I know, grumble grumble.

On a very much happier note, Sunday my daughter Sara hosted all the special women in her life with a Mother’s Day Tea and Tea Cup Exchange. The party was held in the garden of their new cottage, and we were surrounded by the most lovely assortment of flowers you have ever seen.  There was a bit of a mishap in that I forgot my camera.  How incredibly dumb of me.  I had it right there on the counter and in the flurry of packing up cucumber sandwiches and cake plates I left it behind.  Sara took some wonderful shots of the food and the garden, so if I can download them from her, I will share them.  Or, take a look at her blog where she has some you can see!

Hope everyone had a lovely Mother’s Day!

26 responses to “Web Sampler Alternate Blocks”

  1. Your blocks look great! I am starting my 8th one tonight. I’m plugging along. A teacup exchange sounds totally fun! I’m heading over to the “cottage” right now! Nancy in WI

  2. Your blocks look great! I am starting my 8th one tonight. I’m plugging along. A teacup exchange sounds totally fun! I’m heading over to the “cottage” right now! Nancy in WI

  3. I loved checking out the garden pictures at your daughter’s blog. Those flowers are incredible. No flowers like that in any garden here yet. Mother’s Day was wonderful despite the lack of a garden to have a tea party in.

  4. I loved checking out the garden pictures at your daughter’s blog. Those flowers are incredible. No flowers like that in any garden here yet. Mother’s Day was wonderful despite the lack of a garden to have a tea party in.

  9. Your web sampler blocks are beautiful. Did the fabric come with the patterns or did you choose it? Either way, I love it.

  10. Your web sampler blocks are beautiful. Did the fabric come with the patterns or did you choose it? Either way, I love it.

  13. I am really interesting to see this finished. I like the look of the blocks. I am interested in the blocks because I’ve bought a Moda layer cake and I want to do a smapler block quilt with it.

  14. I am really interesting to see this finished. I like the look of the blocks. I am interested in the blocks because I’ve bought a Moda layer cake and I want to do a smapler block quilt with it.

  15. I love your blocks, and I peeked at your daughter’s blog, and the pictures are beautiful. I’m anxious to look a little more when I have more time. Yesterday, I saw your blog for the first time, and the pictures with the iron and then your dog not looking sorry, made me laugh out loud. I couldn’t find it after that, and now I found it again, and I’m glad because I wanted to show my husband. Your dog is adorable.

  16. I love your blocks, and I peeked at your daughter’s blog, and the pictures are beautiful. I’m anxious to look a little more when I have more time. Yesterday, I saw your blog for the first time, and the pictures with the iron and then your dog not looking sorry, made me laugh out loud. I couldn’t find it after that, and now I found it again, and I’m glad because I wanted to show my husband. Your dog is adorable.

  17. I love your web sampler. It is so poohy that the instructions weren’t better. I find it incredibly irritating if the instrustions aren’t good. I buy a pattern so someone can tell me how to do something. That is the whole point.

  18. I love your web sampler. It is so poohy that the instructions weren’t better. I find it incredibly irritating if the instrustions aren’t good. I buy a pattern so someone can tell me how to do something. That is the whole point.

  19. Your Sampler looks good.Just had a look in on Saras Blog Left her a comment Glad you had a Happy Mothers Day.
    Hugs Mary.

  20. Your Sampler looks good.Just had a look in on Saras Blog Left her a comment Glad you had a Happy Mothers Day.
    Hugs Mary.

  23. I too am doing the Web Sampler quilt (Ms. Perry talked me into it, so I’m part of your group) and I am not liking working on this quilt much either. I screwed up one block because I misread the directions and had to reorder it. I am only up to block 5 because I dread working on this thing. I detested working on Block 4! So I feel your pain!

  24. I too am doing the Web Sampler quilt (Ms. Perry talked me into it, so I’m part of your group) and I am not liking working on this quilt much either. I screwed up one block because I misread the directions and had to reorder it. I am only up to block 5 because I dread working on this thing. I detested working on Block 4! So I feel your pain!

  25. Love the tribute to you by Sara. You two have a wonderful relationship now, and that is wonderful. I agree on the web sampler blocks. I haven’t gotten to my filler blocks yet, so not sure how the instructions are written on them. I think the instructions for the Web Sampler blocks themselves were written for “beginners”, lol. In their most simple form, which anyone can follow. What is so hilarious about that, is no one has problems with the instructions unless they know what they are doing!

  26. Love the tribute to you by Sara. You two have a wonderful relationship now, and that is wonderful. I agree on the web sampler blocks. I haven’t gotten to my filler blocks yet, so not sure how the instructions are written on them. I think the instructions for the Web Sampler blocks themselves were written for “beginners”, lol. In their most simple form, which anyone can follow. What is so hilarious about that, is no one has problems with the instructions unless they know what they are doing!