Our THIRD Splendid Sampler™ QUILT REVEAL..!

It's hard to remember way back to February 2016. I had interviewed Pat Sloan for Inspired To Sew Magazine...

AND I learned about Pat's new internet quilt-along-project -- the Splendid Sampler™. With 83 designers participating, there would be two new designs released EVERY WEEK FOR A SOLID YEAR...and my crew -- the TMBC -- all decided to saddle up for this fun project!!

I don't think we really knew how much work it was gonna be.

Four or five of us started...but only two survived...(Pat Sloan -- did you ever think about selling this concept as a new reality show?)

Linda P. made TWO quilts for her two twin daughters, Whitney and Kim.  You saw those quilts already...

Week #1, Sandy and Linda P., comparing notes. 

Sandy NEVER MISSED A WEEK...she completed every block, and actually stapled the finished block to the printed-out instruction sheet.  (she's an accountant by nature)...

Her confidence grew with each completed block...

Every new block represented a new challenge...

SO MUCH TO LEARN!!  Paper piecing, applique, flying geese...half square triangles...it was like learning a new language.

But Sandy NEVER MISSED A DESIGN...No matter how hard it was, or how many times she had to rip it out and start over...SHE COMPLETED EVERY SINGLE BLOCK....and EVERY POINT WAS PERFECTION...

FINALLY -- THE BIG REVEAL!!

Sandy did not choose to go the QAYG method.  She decided to shadow every block...

Which was so dramatic!!

And using the gray and white, creating the shadow box -- brought all those various fabrics together.

It is stunning!!  And these two should be SO PROUD...

Sandy purchased the Splendid Sampler™ label for the back of her quilt

The back is stunning, too.  It looks like a finished Modern Quilt, don't you think?

Remarkable!!

Every block is a work of art...

THANK YOU, PAT SLOAN and JANE DAVIDSON for creating and then shepherding this wonderful project. We learned so much...and IT'S NOT OVER.

The TMBC is getting together, we're going to have a "Featherweight Sew-in"...and put the "reject blocks" to some good use.

I am excited to see how it turns out...Because I think every work of art should have a name -- I'm gonna call it "The Fourth Quilt"...