Sampler Block #2 - Greek Cross

It's been a busy week for me and I am a little behind posting block #2 of the sampler series I am doing.

This block is not my favorite shape wise, but it does work in the overall sampler.  It is called Greek Cross and can be found here at FreshLemonQuilts.com.

Here is a shot of mine.  Finished size is 12 1/2 X 12 1/2....as are all of the blocks in this series.  

Block #1 & Block #2 together (Mosiac & Greek Cross left to right)

Greek Cross Block

I had some lovely charm squares from Moda that I though would blend with my color scheme, so I deviated from my solids a little on this one.

My next block I am doing from the series is one simply called "Star".  It will be my first paper piecing attempt so I have my fingers crossed!

Summer Sampler Fun!

I came across a fantastic quilt along sampler on Pintrest recently.  I took a look and it was from 2011, but hey, if I haven't seen it before it's new to me!

This sampler has 12 blocks and a hand full of bloggers doing tutorials on each.

I am not a big fan of solids, but when I saw this sampler, I fell in love.  It is also very interesting to see everyone's blocks on the various blogs that have tutorials!  But, my favorite by far was the white and solids.

I decided to take up this project for the summer and do one block each week.  I will post links to the original instructions each week also.

I am really excited about this project!  I think it will be a skill builder and I am looking forward to learning a new thing or two :)

For my first block, I chose the "Mosaic".  

Here is a shot of mine before final assembly of the 16 HST in it.  (These will be laid out a little differently before assembly)

Mosaic

Here are some shots of the assembled block:

Mosaic Assembled 

Mosaic Assembled

The tutorial for this block can be found at FreshlyPieced, just click here.

I am so excited to see how mine comes along this summer!