Lady of the Lake Blocks from Sister Sampler Quilts

Happy Monday! I hope all of you out east have managed to dig out a bit, but I hope in the meantime you got some good stay-in-and-sew time. 😊 We didn't get any snow at all (much to my kids' disappointment), but I got in some quality time with my machine yesterday anyway. And the results of my afternoon's work: These Lady of the Lake blocks, with which I am now totally obsessed.

Lady of the Lake is a classic block from the new book, Sister Sampler Quilts: 3 Modern Sampler Quilts with Paired Sister Blocks, by AnneMarie Chaney of Gen X Quilters. I love the flexibility of a good sampler book—make one block, make them all, or mix-and-match to your heart's content. Sampler books are always a good resource to add to your library, and give you a lot of bang for your buck. (If I do say so myself, having co-written one of my own!)

And AnneMarie's book is even more flexible than most, offering up instructions for 24 blocks, each in two different sizes (9" and 12" finished). I made my Lady of the Lake blocks in the 9" size. Check those cute little half-square triangles. 😊 AnneMarie's method of making the blocks in "sister pairs" makes things go quickly and efficiently.

Another feature that makes this book a great resource are the fun and creative layout ideas for each of the three samplers. This one, the Bonfire Sampler, is my favorite!

I found the instructions for the Lady of the Lake block to be straightforward and easy to follow. As usually happens when I try to make just one or two blocks, I'm now dying to make a bunch more of these. All out of this fabulous Blueberry Park fabric by Karen Lewis, just like the first two!

Click here to purchase the Sister Sampler Quilts book from Amazon. And go visit the other stops on the Sister Sampler Quilts Blog Tour, listed below!

Monday, January 18

AnneMarie Chany / Gen X Quilters - Introduction

Sara Lawson / Sew Sweetness

Tuesday, January 19

Leah Day / Free Motion Project

Brenda Ratliff / Just A Bit Frayed

Wednesday, January 20

Faith Jones / Fresh Lemons Quilts

Angela Pingel / Cut To Pieces

Thursday, January 21

Lynne Goldsworthy / Lily's Quilts