April Sew Sampler and a new QAL!!!

 Its a new month and the Sew Sampler Box is also celebrating 9 years!!!   How fun is that!!  And I am super excited because that also means a new Quilt Along . . . and I am so excited for this years!!!!  The theme for this month is Just Desserts and it is just filled with happy and bright quilting goodness!! A wonderful box to celebrate Sew Sampler  9th Birthday!!   

I was so excited to see Raspberry Summer by Sherri and Chelsi in this box!!  It is just such a happy line with it's bright, saturated colors.  It truly just makes me smile!!   And this Dessert Roll is going to be so fun to cut up for that gorgeous Dahlia Quilt!!!   Isn't it jus so pretty, a great way to feature these fabrics!!   

And the notions for this new year of Sew Sampler are just perfect!!!   I love the idea of keeping my fabrics (especially the solids) organized with these cute Fabric Label Stickers.   Such a great idea!!  And the Charming Dresden Enamel Chain has already been put on my travel bag!  It is just so cute ;)   And of course, I can always use more Needles, and Thread!!  They are the bread and butter of our quilting game ;)  

And with a new Sew Sampler year comes a new QAL!!!  This year is Flowering.   I am so excited for these new blocks, as I just love making variations on flower blocks.  I am hoping each month has a little "green" in it for leaves as I really think that will be what ties all of my blocks together ;) 

You see . . . the original Flowering QAL is being made in Summertime Fabric by Camille Roskelley, and there are Kits Available.   But I had this plan to make a quilt for the Celebrate 50 Years of Moda ;)  I got all of my fabrics, and thought up a design, and then realized, the wedding was the same month as the quilts were due for Celebrate 50.  So ya, needless to say, that quilt never happened.   So a few days ago I figured, what better way to Celebrate 9 years of Sew Sampler than with 50 Years of Moda!!!  So my blocks will all have 2 tones of colors (there are 4 prints on each of those 1/4 yard strips), a green or teal leaf,  and a low volume background from the line.  I am super excited to see how it comes together!!  

And that is April Sew Sampler Box.  I can't wait for May to make another Flowering block, I started in the purples with my favorites, who knows what color I will pick next month ;)  

Happy Quilting!!!