A High Power Set for 36 Sampler Blocks

Austen Family Album Blocks by Denniele

Denniele is setting her blocks on the square in a grid of pieced sashing .With 36 large blocks, adding piecing to the sashing can make for a l-a-r-g-e quilt so she's pieced in a tiny teal strip for added interest.

Her fabric/color scheme is a limited palette:

one large floral, one minimal white print and two solids.

UPDATE: Denniele tells me the blocks were redrafted to

6 inches--so it won't be as large as I thought.

Sounds simple but she is using the fabrics in challenging combinations.

Blue-green and red are complementary colors, so work well together.

....But

they both have the same value.

Here I've eliminated the color. They are the same

shade of gray---which adds to the challenge.

She also designed a challenging set.

Block parts float in the background.

As Adair733 commented

"High Contrast = High Power. Wow"

See Denniele's Flickr page of Austen Family Album blocks here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/58240246@N07/sets/72157644301168681

See basic instructions for the straight grid set (The Meryton Set) here:

http://austenfamilyalbumquilt.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-official-set-simple-set-yardage.html

The Merryton Set

with two-inch sashing and a six-inch border

96-1/2" square.

AnnaMaria's plan. She has carried the sashing

into the border and then added a spacer border.

Here's a blog post on sampler set ideas:

http://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2014/11/sampler-sets-in-traditional-fashion.html