Spooky Season Sampler

Spooky Season Sampler

What's the Spooky Season Sampler?

Nine pattern designers coming together to create nine free quilt blocks celebrating the spookiest season of all!

Every day between October 1 and October 9, the Spooky Season team delivers a new, free block pattern directly to your inbox.

How can you join?

The team has put away their brooms and hung their hats for the season, but we'll be back in 2024! Keep an eye out for announcements in September 2024.

In the meantime, you can follow the Instagram hashtag - #SpookySeasonSampler.

Looking for the 2023 Blocks?

The blocks and finishing instructions went out to participants October 1 - 10, 2023, and were available to download until October 31, 2023.

At this point, some of the designers have made the blocks available as downloads on their websites (some free, some paid). For information on each block, look at the list below:

You can download the finishing instructions here. 

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Have questions about the Spooky Season Sampler? We have the answers! 

Please take a look at the FAQ below, if we've missed something, please reach out through email at hello@cottonandjoy.com!

FAQ

Who are the designers?

The nine designers for the 2023 Spooky Season Sample are:

  1. Julie of Running Stitch Quilts
  2. Sarah of Sarah Jean Makes
  3. Tiffany of Village Bound Quilts
  4. Ben Millett
  5. Nicole of Modern Handcraft
  6. Lynette of Lyns Avenue
  7. Satomi of Satomi Quilts
  8. Corinne Sovey
  9. Fran of Cotton and Joy

How do I download the 2023 blocks?

The blocks and finishing instructions went out to participants October 1 - 10, 2023, and were available to download until October 31, 2023.

At this point, some of the designers have made the blocks available as downloads for free or paid on their websites. If you'd like to acquire the blocks, please visit the links below.

What fabric did you use? Was there a kit?

Riley Blake Designs was our fabric sponsor and supplied all of the fabric you see in the Sampler.

Each designer used a selection of Confetti Cotton Solids and prints from the Haunted Adventure collection.

Unfortunately, there was no kit available for this sampler.

Do you have fabric requirements?

These are the estimates for the Spooky Season Sampler 2023.

Please note due to the nature of the sampler, these are rough estimates and we've opted to include more fabric than strictly needed, so there will be some waste in the end.

  • Background: 2.75 - 3 yards (this includes 1.25 yards needed for sashing/borders)
  • White/Light: .5 to .75 yard
  • Black/Dark: 1 yard
  • Other*: 6-7 FQs

For the "Other" fabric, we recommend at least 1 Yellow FQ and 1 Orange FQ. The remaining 4 FQs can be a selection of Halloween-y fabric.

What will be the finished size?

Each block will be 15" finished (15.5" unfinished).

After adding sashing and borders, the quilt top will finish at 57" x 57".

Is it suitable for beginners?

The blocks were created with beginners in mind, however, there are some blocks that skew more towards confident beginner. Some of the skills included or required for this sampler -

  • Stitch-and-flip / snowball corners
  • 60º triangles
  • Piecing curves
  • Foundation paper piecing
  • Small piecing