Have you chosen what fabrics to use for the advent sewalong? You can find the cutting instructions here. If you need more inspiration here are some more fbric pulls from the team:

Lisa of Modern Quilt Club (@lisasew)

Lisa has chosen fabric from the range of Blossoms by The Tattooed Quilter in similar colours to mine but it will look very different.

Carol (@therunninghare)

Carol has chosen a stunning background fabric and the patterned fabrics she has chosen from her stash are going to really pop against the dark background.

Hannah (@quirkyhannah)

Hannah has chosen a background by Elizabeth Hartman paired with Libs Elliott's Phosphor collection. Gorgeous.

Gill (@surfseasew)

Gill is making a cushion for her sewing room and is pairing a Carolyn Friedlander low volume print with her own ice dyed fabrics for the background and punchy Alison Glass fabrics to contrast with a little grey linen thrown into the mix. 

Jane (@picosailors)

I have chosen a beautiful array of  scrappy Liberty prints for my project which will contrast beautifully with my white background I have chosen..

These fabric pulls are so inspiring and I am looking forward to the projects develop over December. Follow along on Instagram on the #scrapbagsampler hashtag. Not long to go now.

Visit our designers on Instagram to see their fabric choices : @getahashtagkim @JustSewSue @lisasew @metroquilter @picosailors @pippaspatch @quirkyhannah  @surfseasew @therunninghare

 

Its back, a FREE sewalong with #scrapbagsampler.

This time its an advent sewalong through December.

Here are the cutting instructions for the advent sewalong which starts on 1 December on Instagram. Each day a clue will be released on Instagram with a photograph of that day's finished unit(s) and the aim is to sew for about ten minutes every day in the lead up to 25 December. The theme is Valentines so that there is no pressure to quilt and finish the panel by 25 December. You can make a cushion, mini quilt or tote from the finished 15” panel. I have added borders to make an 18” cushion panel.

If you add a border to your piece, you will need half a metre of background fabric and scraps of other colours. You can go full on scrappy or not. I have used one fabric for the aqua, red and grey and scrappy for pieces N and S. The cutting took me less than 90 minutes and the sewing will take no more than ten minutes per day apart from day 10.

Fabric	Quantity	Size	Number	Label
Background	40	1 ¼  ” squares		A
	16	1 ½  ” squares		B
	4	1 ¾” by 3”		C
	12	1 ¾” squares		D
	1	1½” by 7” rectangle		E
	8	2 ¼” squares		F
	4	1 ½” by 5.5” rectangles		G
	4	1 ½” by 6.5” rectangles		H
Red	2	1 ¾” by 3” rectangle		K
	1	1 ¾” by 3” rectangle		L
	2	1 1/8” by 1 ¾” rectangle		M
Pink	4	2” squares	20 in total from 1 or 5 fabrics	N
	4	1 1/8” squares		P
	4	1 1/8” squares		Q
	4	1 ¾” squares		R same fabric as P&Q
Mix of pink and red	20	2 ¼” squares		S
	2	13/16” by 3” rectangles		T
Aqua	2	1½” by 7” rectangle		U
	8	1 ½”by 3 ½” rectangle		V
Grey	4	1 ¾” by 5 ½”rectangle		W

 

Amanda (@metroquilter) loves Carolyn Friedlander fabrics and who can blame her. She stash dived for scraps and charm squares for the sewalong.

Here are her pieces all cut and ready to go with a linen background. 

Pippa (@pippaspatch) has channeled her inner sparkle for her choice of background. I have that red stars and spots fabric. I wonder if I used any of it in my project? Both Amanda and Pippa have sensibly chosen a dark grey, my original choice (not in my photograph) was too light and not enough contrast with the background.

Kim (@getahashtagkim) has chosen these gorgeous purples - not a turquoise in sight! She is making this as a gift for a friend, so has chosen a palette that her friend will like. Dots and fossil fern, you can't go wrong.

Do post your fabric choices on Instagram using #scrapbagsampler . Other people's scraps are always more interesting than one's own scraps.

Visit our designers on Instagram to see their versions of this block : @getahashtagkim @JustSewSue @lisasew @metroquilter @picosailors @pippaspatch @quirkyhannah  @surfseasew @therunninghare