Description
A full sampler of traditional blocks, gathered into one large quilt. Stars, baskets, a pieced flag, a little house, flowers, and dozens of classic patchwork blocks fill the center on a soft cream background, framed by a gentle floral border in vintage pinks, teals, reds, and golds. Each block carries a piece of Lori Holt's family history, with notes on its meaning and the women who shaped her love of quilting, so the book reads as part block collection and part keepsake. The finished quilt is generously sized for a bed and meant to be lived with.
What the Book Includes
This listing is for the printed spiral-bound pattern book, not a kit or a finished quilt. Fabric, batting, backing, and notions are not included.
The book provides complete cutting and assembly instructions and diagrams for every block, the layout and finishing for the 90.5 by 108.5 inch sampler quilt, and Lori's written reflections on the individual blocks. The spiral binding lets the book lie flat at the machine.
This title is expected to be available in December 2026.
What You'll Need
This is a scrappy sampler, so it suits a wide, coordinated collection of prints or a deep stash pull set against a background fabric. A fat quarter bundle paired with background and border yardage is a natural starting point. Because the finished quilt is bed-sized, plan for a generous amount of backing. Full fabric requirements and yardages are listed inside the book.
Perfect For
- Quilters who enjoy a sampler and want variety rather than one repeated block
- Sewists building skills across many traditional blocks in a single project
- Anyone drawn to a vintage, scrappy, story-driven heirloom quilt
- A long-term make for a bed-sized quilt to keep or pass down
Why You'll Love This Book
A sampler is one of the most engaging kinds of quilt to sew because no two blocks are the same. Block Along moves through a wide range of traditional patchwork, so the work stays fresh from start to finish and piecing grows more confident block by block.
The block stories set this book apart. Reading Lori's reflections while stitching turns an afternoon of sewing into something more personal, and it is part of why the finished quilt feels like a keepsake rather than just a project.
Worked at your own pace, one block at a time, a bed-sized sampler is far more approachable than it looks. The spiral-bound format keeps the instructions open and flat while you sew, and the scrappy palette is forgiving, so the quilt rewards steady progress rather than perfection.
Product Details
- Brand: It's Sew Emma
- Item #: ISE-335
- Authors: Lori Holt
- Category: Quilt Pattern Book
- Skill Level: Confident beginner and up; a sampler of many traditional pieced blocks worked at your own pace; comfortable rotary cutting and patchwork piecing
- Technique: Standard Machine Sewing, Conventional Patchwork
- Number of Designs: 1 sampler quilt
- Finished Size: 90.5" x 108.5"
- Format: Printed Pattern Book (spiral-bound)
- Availability: Expected December 2026
- Made in the United States
Specifications
| Brand | It's Sew Emma |
| Author | Lori Holt |
| Craft | Quilting |
| Product Type | Book |
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