Sampler Finish

I have officially finished quilt number 10!

I joined a sampler sew-along that used half-square triangles.

This one project tackled two of my quilting goals for the year.

I learned several things along the way with this quilt.
Mainly things not to do... haha.
All in all it was a fast and fun quilt to work on.

I did another printed label.

I learned that I could simply tape my fabric to a piece

of printer paper instead of ironing it to freezer paper.

This greatly simplified the process.

And I figured this out all by myself... and it worked!

Another thing I learned with this quilt is that you cannot have too many basting pins.

This photo was from the second time I pin basted.

I started over after my first attempt of quilting.

Let's just say it didn't go as planned.

Puckers are not a quilters friend.

I spent quite a bit of time with my seam ripper that afternoon.

I wanted quilting that wouldn't add to the craziness of the fabric.

I decided to quilt this with all my stitching going in the seams.

Quilters call this "stitching in the ditch".

I kept track of my quilting with this sheet so I wouldn't forget where I had been!

The best place to see the quilting is on the backside.

We've had beautiful bright sunny days.

Unfortunately, my phone white-washes the yellow fabric a little.

I will confess that the colors of this quilt were not my first choices.

It's growing on me.

 Certainly is a bold quilt.

I found this adorable fabric for the backing.

It's a fun one with lots of cute little Woodstocks frolicking around.

Quilt stats: 56.5" x 56.5"

designed by Andrea Smith

machine pieced

machine quilted