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INTRODUCTION

We all love the quick and easy quilts that can be made from Jelly Rolls™ with 2½in wide strips ready cut for us to just sit down and sew. It is easy to forget how magical it is to be able to hold forty different fabrics in the palm of your hand. Imagine staggering around a quilt shop with forty bolts of fabric and then seeing the face of the assistant when you ask for a 2½in wide strip or the smallest piece available from each bolt please!

So many beginners start their quilting journey with a sampler quilt. Traditionally, these quilts feature a number of different blocks in an arrangement that shows the skill of the maker in coping with different techniques. They are rewarding to make because they offer the opportunity to build skills. The blocks can be a mixture or can follow a theme. We have chosen to base our Jelly Roll™ sampler quilts around five themes:

Classic Sampler Quilt – there are twelve gorgeous blocks in this quilt, focussing on well-loved designs that have stood the test of time.

Big and Bold Sampler Quilt – five distinctive blocks in this striking quilt are linked by connector blocks, making this colourful quilt easy to sew.

Snowball Sampler Quilt – the eighteen bright and sunny blocks in this quilt are linked by snowball blocks, creating a contemporary design.

Star Sampler Quilt – there are three different sizes of star blocks in this elegant quilt, radiating out from a central star.

Basket Sampler Quilt – nine different basket blocks in fresh blues and whites were used to create this lovely quilt, set on point for extra impact.

For many quilters, especially beginners, the biggest problem is choosing the fabrics for a sampler quilt. So, how great would it be if we could harness the array of fabrics available in a Jelly Roll™ to create a gorgeous scrappy sampler quilt? Well, it can be done. The strips from a Jelly Roll™ can be utilized in this way and in this book we show you how. We give you five different sampler quilts with five variations, containing over fifty different blocks in different sizes, all showing exactly the number of strips required to make each block. Each quilt can be made from just one Jelly Roll™.

And that’s not all! Not only do we give you instructions for making over fifty blocks for sampler quilts, we also show you how to ‘pick and mix’ to create quilts using just a few chosen blocks. Understanding how versatile these blocks are will help you create your own unique quilts, choosing the blocks that you like and want to experiment with. Rotary cutting instructions are included to enable even a beginner to get started on their first sampler quilt. We hope this book will be the start of an exciting quilting journey for you.

The blocks in our sampler quilts use just one Jelly Roll™, with extra fabric required for sashings and borders. Be guided by what is in your Jelly Roll™ and be flexible. If you like a safety net, consider having a long quarter of a coordinating light and dark fabric to hand when you start your quilt. It may just give you that extra bit of confidence when sorting your strips to know you have a few extra strips to play with.