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Lynne Edwards MINI SAMPLER QUILT

This slim volume is not a desperate attempt to revive my flagging career by resorting to yet another Sampler Quilt book. It began through the annual Retreat that Judi Mendelssohn and I do together, during which there is only one day when we teach as a team. I suggested that we should go smaller as a homage to the famous Dear Jane quilts, where tiny blocks are combined in a complex quilt. Truly daunting for me, as the blocks are too small for my large hands to enjoy and, originally, there were no instructions at all

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