2024 Quilt Along or Block of the Month
Billie’s Sampler is a 24 Block Sampler from Great American Quilts of 1989 by Sandra L. O’Brien from Oxmoor House.
The blocks are 12×12 inch Finished with a 3 inch wide pieced sashing. The finished side borders are 10 1/2 inch finsihed and the top borders are 7 inches finished. Total finished size is 84×114 inches.
Each block is vintage blocks which carry no copyright. I personally have redrafted the blocks in Electric Quilt 8. Billie Samper Electric Quilt Project File (zip file)
Blogging my journey in recreating this quilt project, I will post 2 blocks per month along with video explaining how and why I choose the process.
Fabric Estimate
Background (white) 3 yards/meters, Color 1 (Yellow) 4 yards/meters, Color 2 (Red) 2 1/2 yards/meters, Color 3 (Green) 2 yards/meters, Color 4 (Grey/Blue) 1 1/2 yard/meter
History of Billie’s Sampler
You can almost smell the aroma of budding springtime with looking at Billie’s Sampler quilt./ The floral stripped sashing and small-flowerd prints in warm shades of lilac and green evode a garden rady to burst into bloom. The quilt is a reminder, too, that tradtional blocks lend themselves very well to non traditonal colors.
Hi, Rob. I was reviewing the blocks and see the Bridal Wreath is something of an outlier. It wasn’t singing for me in the low-color variations until I found this one.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1245488422/
So, i may be making my sampler more scrappy! Stay tuned.
Hi Rob, I am a Member of The Quilters Way and had planned on participating but I am a little confused on where to find the content. I listened to your video above where you said you would do 2 blocks a week and post your blocks and suggestions, etc. I thought you said they would be on the blog each Friday but I do not see them. My apologies for being a little lost on this! Thanks in advance for any guidance. Happy Sewing, Karyn
Karyn it was 2 blocks a month but been moving faster but have been having personal delays