Any quilter under the tutelage of Helen Plaucshin will start with a Sampler. All of the blocks are different, fairly simple and mercifully large. My first Sampler probably took me just over a year. In the end, I gave it to someone that I loved and they still have it. In fact I don't even have a picture of it, but I'll try and dig up some of the fabric scraps to post. When fabric shopping with the always delightful Tasha, I found Anna Griffin's Blythe line at the Workroom. The owner Karyn had combined them with other fabrics to make a Sampler and it was so inspiring. So we begin again and I think it's perfect. I returned to my first set of notes from Helen and resolved to pick different blocks for my New Beginning Sampler. This is a Jacob's Ladder with a little peice of the British Isles snuck in.
