Description
Family Favorites gathers the blocks the mother-daughter team behind A Quilting Life, Sherri McConnell and Chelsi Stratton, reach for most. Eighteen pieced blocks come in four sizes, from twelve inches up to twenty-four, and each size sets into its own sampler quilt. Coordinating pillows and pincushions round out the collection.
What the Book Includes
This is the printed pattern book, not a kit or a finished quilt. Inside are eighteen blocks, four sampler quilts, three pillows, and three pincushions, with rotary-cutting instructions, block diagrams, assembly steps, and full-color photographs throughout. Fabric, batting, backing, and notions are not included.
The Blocks, Samplers, and Projects
The blocks are organized by size, each set building toward a sampler quilt:
- Brightly Sampler Quilt — 12" blocks by Chelsi: Album Mosaic, Fancy, Happy Dance, Kaleidoscope, Mosaic Squares
- Sunshine Sampler Quilt — 16" blocks by Sherri: Amazed, Double Star, Sparkle, Star Struck
- Saltwater Sampler Quilt — 18" blocks by Sherri: Moonlight, North Star, Picnic, Stellar
- Kind-Hearted Sampler Quilt — 24" blocks by Chelsi: Bliss, Cobblestone, Confetti, Courthouse Steps, Heart
Pillows and pincushions carry the same blocks into smaller makes: North Star, Star Struck, and Stellar pillows, plus Mosaic Squares, Picnic, and Star Struck pincushions.
What You'll Need
The blocks are conventional patchwork: rotary-cut squares, rectangles, and half-square triangles joined with straight seams. Blocks come in four finished sizes, so a favorite can be made large or small. A rotary cutter, mat, and quilting ruler handle the cutting, and the whole collection is fabric-friendly, at home in precuts, fat quarters, or scraps. Yardage and cutting charts for every block and quilt are printed in the book.
Perfect For
- Quilters who like a block sampler with room to mix and match sizes
- Fans of Sherri McConnell and Chelsi Stratton and the A Quilting Life look
- Confident beginners ready to move from single blocks to full sampler quilts
- Anyone who wants blocks, quilts, pillows, and pincushions from one book
Why You'll Love This Book
Four block sizes from one book means a favorite block can become a throw pillow, a big-block quilt, or anything in between. The four samplers give a clear path from single block to finished quilt, and the smaller pillows and pincushions make good use of leftover blocks.
Sherri and Chelsi keep the piecing straightforward and the palette open, so the blocks read as fresh in bright prints, soft repros, or a two-color plan. Made scrappy or curated, the same block set looks different in every quilter's hands.
Product Details
- Brand: It's Sew Emma
- Item #: ISE-959
- Authors: Sherri McConnell and Chelsi Stratton (A Quilting Life)
- Category: Quilt Pattern Book
- Skill Level: Intermediate (several beginner-friendly blocks; comfort with rotary cutting and quarter-inch seams expected)
- Technique: Conventional Patchwork
- Number of Blocks: 18 (in four finished sizes: 12", 16", 18", 24")
- Projects: Four sampler quilts (Brightly, Sunshine, Saltwater, Kind-Hearted), three pillows, three pincushions
- Finished Sizes: Listed in the book
- Pages: 89, full color
- Binding: Soft Cover
- Format: Printed Pattern Book
- Made in the United States
Specifications
| Brand | It's Sew Emma |
| Author | Sherri McConnell and Chelsi Stratton |
| Craft | Quilting |
| Product Type | Book |
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