Summer Sampler 2016 Block 3: Snow Cone

It's week 3 of Summer Sampler 2016! This week we're tackling curved piecing with the adorable Snow Cone block by Nicole Daksiewicz of Modern Handcraft.

First, I just want to give a shout-out to everyone doing the SS16 quilt-along, especially all the beginners! We have many people in the Summer Sampler 2016 Facebook group (open to Summer Sampler 2016 subscribers only) who have never done curved piecing before, and you guys are killing it! It does my heart good to see all of these people bravely taking on new skills and learning as they go. If that sounds like something you would like to do, there's still time to join! New subscribers get immediate access to all three of the blocks that have been released so far, and then will receive all the future blocks each Monday along with everyone else. 😊 Click here to subscribe!

At any rate, here's my Snow Cone (and the rest of the blocks we've made so far). I think it must be lime flavor. 😊 When I finished sewing this, I wanted a Slurpee, for real.

My tips this week: Don't forget to print your templates from the PDF at 100% size, no scaling! This is something I'm constantly warning people about, and wouldn't you know it, I made that very mistake on this block. (Fortunately, it's easy to compensate with this block by just cutting the border pieces a bit larger.)

And if you're new to curved piecing, check out this video by Angela Pingel. This is probably the best video I've seen showing how to sew a Drunkard's Path block (which is essentially what the top of the snow cone is in this block).

I'm really enjoying seeing everyone's progress! Don't forget to check out #summersampler2016 on Instagram to see the twists other people have put on their blocks.