Sunday Best Quilts Sampler Block 7

Gladdening Sampler Block

Welcome Sunday Samplerers…(is that a word? =) to week 7 of our Sunday Best Quilts Sampler Quilt along.  Also, read to the bottom of the post for giveaway winners from Wednesday’s giveaway. =)

Today our block is the Gladdening block from Sunday Best Quilts.  The Gladdening quilt in the book was my design for the Christmas quilt section of the book.

Gladdening Quilt from Sunday Best Quilts

I used Return to Winter’s Lane by Kate & Birdie for Moda fabrics.  I always love her lines of Christmas fabric–they tend to look more “wintery” instead of “Christmas-y” which I quite enjoy.

Gladdening Sampler Block

For my sampler block, I used Sugarcreek fabrics and these are the exact ones that I used:

Pinwheels 29075-11

From top to bottom:

Red 29071-12

Pink 29070-14

Yellow 29073-16

Green 29074-19

Aqua 29072-18

Light Gray 29071-21

Dark Gray 29070-20

I was curious how the sampler block would look in a whole quilt–and especially keeping that same rainbow order.  Here’s the outcome–isn’t it pretty!

Gladdening Sampler Block Quilt

The full pinwheels in the sampler block add a little bit of extra pizzazz. =)

Here is this week’s PDF for the Gladdening Sampler Block.

And here is the coloring page for the Gladdening Sampler block.

And a bit of helpful sewing information:

Under Constructing the Blocks

You will need to make (4) HST’s for step 2, for steps 3-5 make (2) of each of the units.

Pop over to Sherri’s blog to see her sampler block and tips for this week.  And be sure to use #sundaybestquiltssampler to show us your blocks on Instagram.  If you tag us ( @corianderquilts & @aquiltinglife ) we’d love it!

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And now, some giveaway information!  Thank you so much to all of you who entered my two giveaways on Wednesday.  If you missed my post on Wednesday, be sure to subscribe to follow via email so receive notifications of new posts.  You can do so at the top left of my blog.

My Mix It Up! giveaway goods

The winner of the Mix It Up giveaway is:

Helen L who said “my favorite cake is carrot cake with pineapple, raisins, walnuts and coconut in it, with, of course, cream cheese frosting!!

And the winner of the Jelly Filled Book giveaway is: Cindy James who said “my favorite cake is a red velvet with cream cheese icing.

Winners have been notified. =)

If you missed this week’s posts, here is what took place:

On Tuesday, I kicked off a new series called About Town Tuesdays.  I’m so thankful so many of you enjoyed this new series!

On Wednesday, we talked about cake and fabric. =)  You can read about two great books in this post.

And here’s the plan for next week:

I am hoping to sneak in a quick post for tomorrow, Saturday, about the Sew Sampler box and blocks…I am hoping it will get my behind in gear to finish my Goodness Grows blocks if I know I need to talk about them tomorrow. =)

On Tuesday, I will be sharing the next shop in my About Town Tuesdays series…you will not want to miss this one!

On Wednesday, I will be back again for Wondering Wednesdays and will be answering some of your questions.  This is quickly becoming one of my favorite series.

On Friday, I will be sharing block 8 of the Sunday Best Quilts Sampler.

See you soon!