A Beautiful Quilt Made by Polly North

This quilt, from the book Bella Bella Quilts by Norah McMeeking, was made by our very talented staff member Polly North. She made it as a gift for her brother. He shared a picture of the quilt hanging in its well deserved place of honor.

Quilt Expo in Madison, Wisconsin

We had a wonderful time in our booth at Quilt Expo. This quilt show is put on by Nancy Zieman

and Wisconsin Public Television. The show features many quilts and special exhibits and of course all those terrific vendors for your shopping pleasure. One of our new items for the show was Kaffe Fassett's new book, Quilts En Provence. It is a beautiful book, so be sure to stop by the shop to take a look.

Look what our beginning quilters are doing!

The Beginning Quilting class at The Samper is fantastic. Diane Entrikin leads beginners on their journey into the world of quilting. She has a great pattern and the quilters learn lots of basic tips and tricks. We hope to encourage many more beginners to challenge themselves and take the plunge into all that quilting has to offer.

Kids' Quilt Camp At The Sampler

Last week The Sampler held a week long Kids' Quilt Camp. Under the direction of Cathy Guy, four young girls cut, stitched and designed some beautiful quilt creations.

Emme Jubara, Ellie Tremain, Claire Robbins and Leah Richter were always busy during the week long class. They learned the basics of quilting. We are sure there are many quilting projects in their futures.

The girls were thrilled to complete (or almost complete) their quilts. The last day brought smiles all around.

Sno-Daze Quilt

The Quilt Minnesota Shop Hop is about a month away. We are busy preparing for all the fun. Here is the quilt Mary Deeney designed for the shop using many of the Quilt Minnesota fabrics. The quilt is called "Sno-Daze". She recalls a week long event in high school called Sno-Daze, this quilt is a way of remembering those fun events. The quilting is beautiful. You must see all the wonderful custom quilting that was done by Patti Marrin of PM Quilt Design. The Quilt Minnesota fabrics are available at The Sampler for pre-order and will be available for purchase when the shop hop starts on July 30th. A pattern for this quilt will also be available at the start of the shop hop. If you have any questions stop by the shop or call us at 952-934-5307.

Great New Fabrics

We are so excited about all the new fabrics that have come in lately. Last week the shop received over 50 bolts of new fabrics. Brandon Mably, Michael Miller, Liberty fabrics, just to name a few. We are already working on projects using some of these fabrics. We will keep you posted on the progress. Be sure to stop by The Sampler and see these fabulous fabrics. There are endless possiblities when you have fabulous fabrics to work with.

Back From the Minnesota Quilter's Annual Quilt Show

The Minnesota Quilter's Annual quilt show, held in St. Cloud this year was great. Here are a few pictures of The Sampler's booth at the show. Congratulations to The Chaska Area Quilt Guild(especially Tracy and Audrey) on the first place ribbon for the guild's raffle quilt, and to Lori Allison on her first place ribbon for her quilt. Great job everyone.