The Canadian Sampler - Meet the Designers - Christine Baker

It's Month 10 of The Canadian Sampler! We can't believe we have come to the end of this amazing program!

We want to thank you all for being a part of this wonderful block of the month program and for sharing pictures of your blocks. We can't wait to see your finished quilts! 

Many thanks to all our wonderful designers for their brilliant work on the blocks. This quilt is truly a labour of love. 

The blocks for October are designed by Christine Baker from Fairfield Road Designs and Berene Campbell from Happy Sew Lucky.

From Sea to Sea

by Christine Baker

From Sea to Sea 

Christine Baker has been designing quilts, wool appliqué and punch needle patterns under her business name of Fairfield Road Designs for over 15 years. Her designs have appeared in many magazines in Canada, the US, Great Britain and Australia and she guest blogs for QUILTSocial on a regular basis. 

Christine loves to machine quilt on her Gammill longarm quilting machine and teach at her local quilt shop in Brockville, Ontario. Besides running her own quilt business, she is also co-owner of Upper Canada Quiltworks Publishing with her friend and business partner Nellie Holmes and works part time as a pharmacist at a local drug store.

She shares her country home with her husband Mike, teenage sons Aidan and Carson and their two dogs and cat.

Christine Baker

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Inspiration for From Sea to Sea

I love half-square triangles and felt that a two-colour block would showcase how great these different sized triangles looked together. The block reminds me of the different contrasts you find in Canada: French vs English, city vs country, hot weather vs cold weather, sea vs land and the list goes on and on. Canada is a diverse, beautiful, accepting, intelligent country and for all of these reasons I’m so proud to call it home. Happy birthday Canada!

From Sea to Sea in The Canadian Sampler

The Canadian Sampler - Meet the Designers - Sherri Sylvester

Wow! Can you believe we are almost at the end of The Canadian Sampler! This is month 9!!
Please share your blocks on Facebook and Instagram and tag us! We love seeing your work.

The blocks for September are by Sherri Sylvester from Thread Riding Hood and Krista Hennebury from Poppyprint Creates.

Canadian Compass

by Sherri Sylvester 

Canadian Compass

Sherri learned to love sewing at a young age. When her oldest was born, this love got a bit out of control, in a good way! She has been writing tutorials and blogging at Thread Riding Hood, since 2012 and can’t imagine doing anything else. Sherri writes from Ontario, Canada and loves to promote all things Canadian. She loves working from home alongside her husband, and being able to greet her two daughters when they get home from school. When she’s not sewing, she’s likely reading a novel and snacking on wavy chips and dip!

Sherri Sylvester

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Inspiration for Canadian Compass

Canada reminds me of forests, road-trips, and lots of land. Thoughts of exploring our amazing country inspired this stylized compass-themed block.

Canadian Compass in The Canadian Sampler

Sign up for The Canadian Sampler and make this gorgeous quilt to Celebrate Canada's 150th Anniversary! Registrations for the second round are closing in September! 

The Canadian Sampler

We are very excited to bring you The Canadian Sampler - our very special block of the month program to celebrate Canada's 150th Anniversary! 

This quilt is truly a labour of love from the designers who designed the quilt blocks, the quilter who quilted our sampler and all of us at Sew Sisters. We are so happy and proud to bring you this beautiful quilt and wonderful program.

   

Earlier this year we invited 20 amazing Canadian designers to each design a red and white quilt block to celebrate our great nation. The designers created a 12" red and white quilt block that expressed their love for our beautiful country. They made maple leaves and flying geese, star blocks and snowflakes, inuksuit and grain elevators. They drew inspiration from the seasons, the cities they live in, and the towns they visited. They showcased Canada's beauty, strength and rich heritage. They created blocks with great care and generosity and we are honoured to bring you their beautiful work.

The Canadian Sampler has 20, 12" quilt blocks that are traditionally pieced using two colors - red and white. The skill levels required to make this quilt vary from experienced beginner to intermediate quilter. A mix of modern and traditional blocks, The Canadian Sampler comes together beautifully with a simple corner stone setting. We have used Northcott's ColorWorks Premium Solids to make this quilt.

The quilt measures approximately 58" X 72".

Click here for more details and register to make The Canadian Sampler 

These are the wonderful Designers who designed these gorgeous quilt blocks for The Canadian Sampler. You will hear more about them and their quilt blocks during the course of the program.

• Berene Campbell from Happy Sew Lucky 
• Brenda Miller from Among Brenda's Quilts 
• Christine Baker from Fairfield Road Designs
• Daphne Greig from Patchworks Studio 
• Elaine Theriault from Northcott Fabrics & Crazy Quilter on a Bike
• Felicity Ronaghan from Felicity Quilts
• Irene Dewar from Brambleberry Cottage Quilts
• Jean Boyd from Patterns by Jean Boyd
• Jennifer Houlden from Quilts by Jen
• Kathy Schwartz & Lori Suss from Highway 10 Designs
• Krista Hennebury from Poppyprint 
• Leanne from She Can Quilt
• Mary Elizabeth Kinch 
• Michele Foster from Aiming for Accuracy Pattern Co.
• M-R Charbonneau from Quilt Matters
• Nellie Holmes & Christine Baker from Upper Canada Quiltworks
• Sandy Whitelaw from Upstairs Hobbyroom
• Sherri Sylvester from Thread Riding Hood
• Stacey O'Malley from SLO Studio
• Judy Baldwin from Sew Sisters Quilt Shop

This quilt was quilted by Cheryl Smith from Magpie Artworks.