Sampler love :)

Years ago, before my wonderful hubby

"retired" me to a full time domestic goddess,

I worked in an office.

Every year at Christmas time we would

be overrun by sugary sweets.

Of course the favorite was the Sees Candies Sampler.

Some of those chocolates were to die for.

Some.....not so much.

I always hated those people....and you know who you are,

who would take a bite and if they didn't like it

they'd put it back in the box with a bite missing!

Like someone is really going to eat that one!

THROW IT AWAY PEOPLE!!!

Anywhoo...I had a girlfriend with long acrylic nails

who would stab the chocolates from underneath with one of her nails

to see if she wanted to eat it or not..

Can you say "gross"?????

So....about the idea of a sampler,

I am totally loving this sampler quilt I'm working on!

Every block is different and that is making it

VERY exciting!

It's fun learning how to do these blocks

one at a time!

The hard part is that I'm using a jelly roll

so I'm limited by the fabrics that came in the roll.

I had one strip of fabric that had graphics

 and words that I was hoping would work

on this block

but as you can see,

it's like the one  that somebody

took a bite out of

and put back in the box.

I took the entire block apart and decided to use

some of the leftover pieces to make it work.

Even with using 2 different scraps

I still like it better.

I can't wait to make the next 8 blocks

but I need to pick up a different ruler

so they will have to wait until tomorrow.

It's raining here today and the hubby took my car to work,

(no motorcycle on rainy days)

so that means I have to stay home....and sew :)

Poor me.