Summer Sampler 2020 quilt: Complete!

My Summer Sampler 2020 quilt is complete, and I couldn’t be more pleased! (Click here to get the pattern.)

I just loved working with this color palette – I have a feeling you’ll be seeing more variations on this palette from me in the future.

I added four extra blocks to make the quilt a bit larger (all four were pulled from previous years’ Summer Samplers). And I set them all in 3″ wide white sashing. I love a sampler with blocks that just kind of float on a simple background, and I felt the need to give this quilt plenty of white space.

Click here to get the Summer Sampler 2020 pattern

I also kept it simple with the quilting—this classic loopy pattern is perfection! This gorgeous quilting was done for me by Tia Curtis Quilts, who has done an amazing job for me on two quilts now! And she’s fast too!

Last but not least: Pieced binding for the win! I often bind quilts in the same color as the background (in this case, white), for a simple, clean, modern look, but in this case, with all the white sashing and borders to air out the blocks, I felt like it just screamed for binding with some punch! Usually by the time I get the binding stage, I’m too lazy to put in the effort of piecing a lot of smaller strips, but in this case it was well worth the extra work.

Click here to get the Summer Sampler 2020 pattern

 You can still make your own Summer Sampler 2020 quilt! While the official quilt-along is now complete, there are still PLENTY of people working through the blocks from the beginning, so you’ll have lots of company in the Summer Sampler 2020 subscribers-only Facebook group! Click here to make your own Summer Sampler 2020!