Tuesday Archives #178:Drunkard's Path

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The linky party that let's you rejuvinate OLD blogging posts.

. If you are new to our linky, click over the here to read the details about this fun, weekly linky party. (You can also check out all our past Tuesday Archives themes by clicking right here.)

This week's theme is: Drunkard's Path

I had to dig deep into my own archives, but I DID find the one and only Drunkard's Path I've ever made. In was in my Underground Railroad Sampler quilt I made back in 2014. 

There it is in the bottom left hand corner of my quilt. So as I sat to write this post today I found myself curious of this patterns history. I easily got lost for over an hour just checking out over 65 variations this pattern put together. Crazy inspiring.

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My Saturday Sampler Finish

From the design wall to a flimsy....it felt good to wrap up this ongoing  Saturday Sampler this past weekend. My yellow and orange roses provided the perfect end of summer photo spot don't ya think!

My sewing mojo is coming back, which is a good thing as my September project list is long!

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Tuesday Archives #74: Sampler Quilts

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Annnnddddd.....

....to: Cnythia who blogs at: Quilting is More Fun Than Housework!!!

You are July's linky winner of a 15.00 gift certificate to Fabric N Quilts. 

(Coincidentially, it was your scrappy link, #20, under our Scrappy Quilt theme!!)

(Watch your email for the gift code!!)

Sooo...How is the Winner Chosen?

Here's what I did: 

I counted the number of total links in July. We had 180!! Mr. Random chose number 92.

I then started at the first link on  July 7th and counted forward.

On July 7th were numbers 1-52. Then, on July 14th the first link was counted as #53 and the last link was #71. So on July 21st, the first link was actually #72 and I counted until I hit #92. 

And because NO ONE is a loser...EVERYONE who linked gets a 5% discount to Fabric N Quilts.

Please just email me at vworksofheart@gmail.com and let me know one of the dates you linked and I will reply with the promo code. 

Thank you for rejuvinating your old posts here!

I know "digging" through our archives sometimes takes more time, thus I'm grateful to Shannon for coming aboard and supporting my idea of giving you guys a little extra incentive/reward. I mean, serously, what's a party without a little "door prize" right!

So, let's have the fun continue with today's theme:

SAMPLER QUILTS:

This Saturday I will pick up the final month of my 2014-15 Saturday Sampler that my quilty friend and I have enjoyed attending this past year:

I continue to love this Bloomin' Fresh line by Deb Strain.

It's been rewarding to play with different blocks and gradually see my points, seams, piecing  and even color/fabric combining improve. (Though I admittably, reworked a couple.) I'm sure many of you have done some samplers, thus, I'm curious what you like most about them??

Underground Railroad Sampler Quilt

I took my first quilting class in the Fall of 2009. We used a simple pattern and learned about patchwork and quilting. We started with fabric selection and were guided through every step of the quilt-making process. Following this six week class, I was immediately hooked and found myself  immediately signing up for the only class available to this wee beginner, an Underground Railroad Sampler quilt class. (I know talk about jumping in with your feet first!)  Over the next ten months, seven of us met every Monday night at our LQS. We compared our progress. We discussed our challenges and of course, praised and cheered eachother along. 

I used the Kansas Trouble fabric line for this quilt.

I finished this sampler 10 months later, just in time to gift it to my parents for the 50th wedding anniversary. I made it specifically for their motorhome, as they travel 5 months out of the year, and there's nothing better than a home-made quilt by their "favorite" daughter (LOL!!)to make a place feel like home. My mom loves it so much, she uses it on their bed at home during their non-travel months! (Yes, this was one of those ultimate moments for me!)

As you can see, I was pretty proud of my accomplishment too!

September 2010

I always kinda miss the comaraderie of taking classes with quilty friends. Unfortunatly, I'm just too tired (or maybe I'm just getting older) at the end of school/work day to take a class until 9:00pm. We don't have a local guild. Saturdays are the only day off my husband and I have together. Store closed on Sundays. So thus, I'm grateful for blogging and our virtual guild of sorts we find here. Also, like many of you, I'm thankful for the opportunity of Tuesday Archives to document this sampler quilt here on my blog as I write a new post about an older quilt to share with you...

my "oohhh and aughhh" comaraderie of quilty friends.