Jennifer Sampou Fabric Designer, Author, Speaker
  • Home
  • Store
  • Learning
    • Our Sunshine QAL
    • The Hills QAL
    • Fabric Care Instructions
  • Going Green
  • Fabric Library
    • SKY
    • Chalk & Charcoal Basics
    • Chalk & Charcoal
    • Spring Shimmer
    • Winter Shimmer
    • Winter Shimmer 2
    • Shimmer On
    • black&white 2
    • Studio Stash 3 Cool Story prints and yarn dyes
    • Studio Stash 3 Warm Story prints and yarn dyes
    • Shimmer 2014
    • Shimmer II - 2015
    • black&white 2015
    • Studio Stash II - 2014
    • color:FULL 2014
    • Studio Stash Yarn Dyes 2014
    • Daisy Love Flannel Collection 2014
    • Studio Stash Fabric Collection 2013
    • Continuum Fabric Collection 2012
    • Fiesta Collection 2011
  • About
  • My Blog
  • Newsletter Sign Up

The Hills QAL Starts next Monday, Jan 22nd!

1/16/2024

0 Comments

 

The Hills Quilt Along: Have you signed up? It's FREE!

If you are on Facebook or Instagram you may have seen my posts about The Hills Quilt Along. I am so excited to be presenting my very first QAL and honored to be doing it in tandem with quilty friend, Latifah Saafir! My Hills quilt is based on Latifah's pattern, Molehills. 
Picture
I love the big arching fans and the ability to show off my SKY ombrés accompanied by my Chalk and Charcoal prints. I had started this quilt during an online class Latifah offered during the pandemic and when the quilt was finished, I was so smitten with the results that I had to share it with you as a quilt kit. And what better to expand upon the enthusiasm than to offer a QAL (Quilt Along) to all our followers, with tutorials, encouragement and group support in making this awesome quilt. ​

Schedule:

The Quilt Along begins next Monday, January 22nd and lasts six weeks ending on February 26th. There will be videos, pdfs and written instructions for you to get all the extra helpful tips and tricks. To join in on the fun, sign up for the QAL and receive a weekly email from me and Latifah. Latifah teaches us how to make these fans with ease and accuracy, so don't be deterred by the curve!  
Picture
Picture
Working on fan placement ideas. This was during my smashed finger horse episode and not able to use my left hand effectively.
Picture
My friend Jollyne helped tremendously: Her foot pedal to the metal, making fan after fan, and saving us from the near disastrous melting of the fan labels to the fabric!

Just getting started?

For week one, you need just three things:
1. Purchase the Molehills Pattern from Latifah
2. If you like using acrylic templates over paper ones, purchase from Latifah. 
3. Gather your fabric from your stash or order a The Hills quilt kit from my shop. This is the personal part of a QAL and what makes it so exciting. I believe all fabrics will look smashing in this quilt once the concept of color and variation is considered. We are on round two of kit shipments which are expected in March, so videos will be available for months to come. We've got over 500 signups so far,  Woohooo!
Picture
Latifah's quilt using Kona solids in various values and related tints and shades.

Follow Along:

Whether you have the desire to join in or watch from the sidelines, be sure to follow along on our social media posts to get updates on work in progress, participant's fabric decisions, Q&A, interesting tips, etc... We know many of you are going to blow us away with your talented making, creativity and color selections. Below are the follow along links:
#TheHillsQAL
#MolehillsQuilt
Jennifer's Facebook Group, The Pou-Crew
Latifah's Facebook Group, Sewing with Latifah
Picture
Thanks for stopping by my blog today! And we'll share photos on the HILLS QAL here as well. Cheers! 
​xx Jennifer 
0 Comments
    Picture

    Jennifer Sampou

    Stories from the Studio


    My Patterns​

    Picture
    Free Pattern and Interview The Quilt Show #2706 with Alex Anderson.
    Picture

    Subscribe to my YouTube Channel


    Categories

    All
    Blog Tour
    Free Pattern
    Giveaways & Contests
    New Collections

    Past Entries

    August 2024
    April 2024
    March 2024
    January 2024
    October 2022
    May 2022
    September 2021
    August 2021
    May 2021
    January 2021
    November 2020
    September 2020
    July 2020
    May 2020
    March 2020
    January 2020
    October 2019
    August 2019
    May 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    March 2018
    September 2017
    August 2017
    May 2017
    November 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    August 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    January 2014
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013



    RSS Feed

Have a Question? Email us at [email protected]

Links I Love

Robert Kaufman Company
C&T Publishing
​
Creative Spark Online Learning
©1990-2024 Jennifer Sampou. All Rights Reserved.

    Sign up for my email newsletter!

Sign Me Up!
  • Home
  • Store
  • Learning
    • Our Sunshine QAL
    • The Hills QAL
    • Fabric Care Instructions
  • Going Green
  • Fabric Library
    • SKY
    • Chalk & Charcoal Basics
    • Chalk & Charcoal
    • Spring Shimmer
    • Winter Shimmer
    • Winter Shimmer 2
    • Shimmer On
    • black&white 2
    • Studio Stash 3 Cool Story prints and yarn dyes
    • Studio Stash 3 Warm Story prints and yarn dyes
    • Shimmer 2014
    • Shimmer II - 2015
    • black&white 2015
    • Studio Stash II - 2014
    • color:FULL 2014
    • Studio Stash Yarn Dyes 2014
    • Daisy Love Flannel Collection 2014
    • Studio Stash Fabric Collection 2013
    • Continuum Fabric Collection 2012
    • Fiesta Collection 2011
  • About
  • My Blog
  • Newsletter Sign Up