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Serendipity Sampler Month 4

Here are the latest blocks from my block of the month Serendipity Sampler classes at Village Fabric Shop. Enjoy! This beauty belongs to Alice.

Here are all three of her blocks.

Rachel’s first two blocks. Brand new appliquer; we love her look.

Pat’s beautiful third block; she’s still pondering berry colors. We are cheering her on!

Her three blocks.

Dee’s third block. Wow!

All three blocks; wonderful!

Jennifer’s third block; berries are A+.

All of Jennifer’s blocks. Love.

Sue continues to amaze us.

Yep, it’s pretty wonderful.

Bev’s pretty #3 block. (This is her second Serendipity quilt. 🙂

All three of her blocks. Glorious.

Last but certainly not least, Cheryl’s third block. No berries yet but she has a plan. 🙂

All three blocks.

PERFECT bird legs. Not easy. Beautifully done Cheryl.

A new set of beginner applique Serendipity classes starts on May 3 at Village Fabric Shop. Contact me for more info.

I have a great job. 🙂

Serendipity Sampler update

Jane finished her Serendipity Sampler and brought it to share last Monday. WOW! It’s so pretty! All tropical and warm and we just loved it.

Char finished her center. We decided we liked Jane’s border with Char’s quilt but Jane wouldn’t give it to her. Char WAS new to freezer paper hand applique. She is no longer a beginner!

Here are four of the blocks from my weekend classes. Same block; different fabrics. Beautiful!

Jennifer’s block. She has made her berry fabric decision. (left center) We like them. This block is VERY flat; I took a bad picture.

Pat’s block. LOVE THAT GRAY. Pat is still working on berries…she decided on teal this week.

Dee’s block. Navy, gray and green. Less is more.

Bev’s bird block. Crazy good. Check out the fussy cutting. We might need an intervention.

And last but certainly not least, Alice’s block. She thinks she might use orange berries; we think she might be right! I love that sweet little yellow bird. This is such a balanced block. Love!

I forgot to take a picture of Cheryl’s second block; my bad. She’s working with the white on gray. It’s in the four block picture. Wonderful! I’ll share it next month.

I have two new Serendipity classes forming in early May. Contact me if you are interested. It’s sort of addictive…

Brand New Serendipity Sampler Blocks

I started two new Serendipity Sampler classes last month and the blocks came back this weekend. Check these out! This block belongs to Cheryl. She will add more leaves and berries. It’s a great beginning! Those white flowers are pretty wonderful.

Here’s Pat’s block. She bought teal berry fabric yesterday 🙂

This is Lynda’s block. She couldn’t be in class so she sent me this picture. She calls it her Lilly quilt!

Here’s Dee’s block. I LOVE this. She’s berry hunting. We talked about not using lots of berries. We shall see…

Sue’s glowing Tula block! She put a LOT of thought into fabric placement and it shows. Beautiful workmanship. She’s thinking maybe teal berries…

Here’s Amy’s block 🙂 After a little prodding, she produced the “parts.”

How great is this going to be?? She calls it her red, white and blue quilt. I’m proud of her! Keep an eye on this one.

We all decided we loved Alice’s block. She used those calm greens for her leaves and then had lots of fun with the stalks, stems and flowers. Maybe orange berries?

Rachel…ah, Rachel. She was meant to be an appliquer! Perfect points, beautiful stitching. Check out the fussy cutting in the blue center stalks. Yay!!

Here’s Wanda’s block. It’s so right! She will use that red for all her berries and wait until next month!

Finally, here’s Jennifer’s beautiful block. I like it for lots of reasons. She used Amy Butler’s fabrics and you all know how I feel about Amy Butler. She TAUGHT HERSELF how to machine applique and she did a really good job. Finally, she took my beginner quilt class some months back. She has a great attitude and a pretty wonderful eye for color and it has been fun to watch her do anything she wants to do!

Most of these women have not appliqued before this class. I am so proud of them! We had a circle tutorial in the classes so they will be making Karen Kay Buckley’s perfect circles this month. Stay tuned.

Serendipity Sampler Bird Blocks

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Here are the blocks from our second Serendipity Sampler class. This is SO MUCH FUN!!