Saturday Sampler 2005

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At Piece with Time is a stunning southern sampler from the authors, Kristin Steiner and Diane Frankenberger. Read about the journey, em-brace the applique and begin your journal as the authors have invited you to do. The quilt pictured was made by Sue Gross, one of our many gifted quilters.

Participants will be celebrating the new series and picking up their blocks while enjoying refreshments, demonstrations and fellowship with other quilters. Shop opens at 9:00 a.m. on the first Saturday of each month.

January Block: Ring Around The Rosy: Childhood
February Block: Twinkling Star: Hopes and Dreams
March Block: Grandmother's Favorite: Acceptance
April Block: Friendship Star: True Friends
May Block: Churn Dash: Work
June Block: Tulip and Ivy: Love
July Block: Strawberry Basket: Motherhood
August Block: Hearth and Home: Safe Haven
September Block: Rambler: Change
October Block: Broken Star: Loss
November Block: Passionate Star: Joy
December Block: Diamond Star: Strength

(Saturday Sampler 2004,Undergound Raiload, can be found here.)

This quilt belongs to you. It is your beautiful life. It illuminates the story that only you can tell and only you will know. Rejoice in every piece of fabric you cut, cherish every moment you piece them together and reflect in every tiny stitch. In the end, you will have gathered together the many precious pieces of your life and have tenderly sewn them together. Beware, this quilt will make you smile with joy, cry in pain, close your eyes and grab your throat. Challenge yourself, let your creative arm go and see what your heart and hands dared to create. Let it be the best you have ever done. Embrace the applique, embroider a thought, a verse or an important name or date. Put it all into this quilt.

Now, please open your book and let us begin our journey together.

Susan Webster
January 2005

We all know mistakes do happen. Publishers and quilters alike from time to time make mistakes. It has come to our attention that there are a couple of errata's in the book At Piece with Time. Please stop doing what you are doing right now and get a RED marker and mark up your book to note these corrections. We don't want anyone to be sad or frustrated.

page 67: When enlarging the applique to fit the Harvest bouquet triangles, the suggested 200% is too large. Try 195% or even 190% to make sure the applique will fit in the finished triangle measurements.

page 60 -61 Diamond Star: You should pay special attention the plus signs (+). In this block they make the difference between success and flop. The plus means to add a scant 1/16 to the 3 1/2 when you are cutting. Without that little bit extra, the block will pucker and won't lie flat.

page 72 cutting recipe, setting triangles: incorrect E: 11 1/4, correct 15 3/8. The yardage requirements on page 8 do provide enough fabric for cutting the larger squares.