Erica Kaprow turns up the volume on traditional wool applique with her brilliant jewel-tone summer sampler. If you can sew three basic hand stitches, you'll learn just how fun it is to applique these whimsical wool designs - at home or on the go! Each of the 12 must-have summer blocks is featured on an individual pattern sheet. With the bonus border pattern, this sampler makes the perfect block-of-the-month class, club project, or personal challenge. Celebrate summer with perfectly portable wool applique!

Sample costs and benefits were developed in Coachella Valley, but can fit other growing areas.

- Contains a dozen wall--and lap-quilt patterns- Make any project with fusible, freezer-paper, or needle-turn applique- Projects incorporate easy embellishments, such as exquisite hand embroidered details

More than 28,000 quilters have sewn along with the Splendid Sampler community online. Now Pat Sloan and Jane Davidson return with 100 all-new block patterns to inspire quilters all over the world, all over again! Choose blocks designed by Pat and Jane plus superstar quilters Lissa Alexander, Carrie Nelson, Jenny Doan, Susan Ache, Betsy Chutchian, and many more. Blocks made with patchwork, applique, embroidery, and paper piecing provide plenty of opportunities to try new techniques. You'll discover fun ideas for arranging your blocks in a gallery of sampler quilts. Share your progress online and experience the joys of quilting with this "Splendid" community of quilters!