Sampler I – 1987

I feel as if this is my first real quilt – meaning I made it entirely the “right way” after I learned what I was doing as a quilter.  This is a sampler quilt I made during a beginners quilting class.

This quilt is hand and machined, mostly machine, pieced and hand quilted.  The blocks are:  Around The World, Dove At My Window, Ohio Star, Jack-In-The Box, my own design, Louisiana, Bear’s Claw, Jacob’s Ladder and Flying Dutchman.  I used a book called “The It’s OK If You Sit on My Quilt Book” by Mary Ellen Hopkins.  This is a great resource book for traditional blocks and I put a lot of wear on my copy thumbing through it.

I quilted 1/4 inch, using 1/4″ masking tape, around the block details, then did a simple X pattern in the navy sashing, and a simple design in the outer border.  I used cream thread in the blocks and border and navy thread in the sashing.

I had joined the Forsyth Piecers & Quilters Guild in Winston-Salem during this time and won a ribbon for this quilt at their 1987 quilt show for Best New Quilter.  Here I am with my quilt and the ribbon.