My completed Summer Sampler Series quilt is my entry for Bloggers' Quilt Festival. It is my favorite quilt for the year because I made this quilt with my four year old. When a new block was posted, we would sit down and she would tell me which colors she wanted on what part. I'd pull a few fabrics from my stash and she'd choose exactly which one she wanted to use. She's a little obsessed with blue, rainbows and Mingle Dots. The quilt replaced her old fuzzy blanket that she had since she was a baby which was way too small. Since this is twin sized, I no longer have to help her cover her toes at 2am. She didn't help me sew too often, but she drew diagonals for the HST, snipped threads during chain stitching and helped to put the scary and safety pins in their "beds" during basting and binding.
The back is based on Oh Fransson's Charm Square Baby Quilt pattern with 10 and 5" blocks across the back of the flannel. Her pattern happened to be re-released right as I was planning out the back and it was perfect. Her favorite blocks are the Broken Sugar Bowl block on the top row (3rd from the left) and then the Key West Star in the fifth row (3rd from left) perhaps because they are both blue. It might be because of the name for the Broken Sugar Bowl one.
This was the first quilt that I made without using a collection (after my first one made with Joann's FQ). I also am much more comfortable with paper piecing than I was before. I quilted it with a loopy stitch instead of the normal stipple. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of the festival.
