Tuesday Tutor Stitch Along - Part One: Getting Started

Tuesday Tutor is the beginning of a series of blogs posted every Tuesday for the next few weeks. I published this quilt originally over 10 years ago and thought it would be fun to recreate it. I hope you will join me for the coming weeks as I give you instructions on how to make this unique quilt sampler. This will be a great learning journey if you have never done quilting, or simply a fun way of making a quilt together and using bits and pieces in your stash. Join me as I work along.

To start, here is a photo of the sampler quilt you will be making. I give options along the way so you can make this sampler into a scrappy quilt if you want to use up some scraps of fabric. The finished quilt is approximately 34" x 46" - you can easily make it larger if you wish.

Sampler Quilt

There are SEVEN blocks in this quilt. These are:

1. Rail Fence
2. 9-Patch
3. Corner Flip
4. Friendship Star
5. Log Cabin
6. Flying Geese
7. Double Monkey Wrench

Here are a list of fabrics you'll need. You don't have to use the same colors as I have but try to keep to dark fabrics where I use dark and light where I use light so you get a good balance in the quilt to see the finish design.

Sampler quilt requirements

Other Requirements:

You will also need the following supplies:

• Sewing Machine (unless you wish to stitch by hand, in which case a needle)
• Rotary Cutter, Ruler, and Cutting Mat (for accurate cutting)
• Neutral Thread for piecing
• Iron and Ironing Board
• Scissors, needles, pins, and other sewing supplies

These are the fabrics I have chosen to work with. It helps to clip off a small piece of fabric to pin or glue onto the page so I can easily refer to when needed.

fabric selection - glued to fabric requirements printout

Coming up: First Lesson

Rail Fence is our first block. Please gather your fabrics and supplies to be ready to start next week. For this block, you'll need fabrics #3, #5, and #6.

Rail Fence Block

See you next week!

PS: feel free to send me a photo of your fabric selection, I'd love to see it.