Block of the Month

Good day everyone. Now that we are into the New Year, it's time to build our third block for our Block of the Month project. Once again, Nancy McDonald has graciously provided us amplifying instructions which I will include below. After this block, we only have one more block to complete before we do our final assembly - the corner mountain block.

And now on to the instructions for the mountain block from Krista Zaleski.

These instructions in a downloadable (and printable) format

Nancy McDonald's instructions

Here is the much anticipated 3rd edition of our very own Block of the Month project. This time, we are going to make a Pinwheel block, and because we will have already done half of the work required for the next block, we decided to do this one as well - the Half Pinwheel block! Just like last month, we are going to combine several months from the original instructions provided by Krista Zaleski, but I'm sure you will find that this just makes sense. Nancy McDonald was keen enough to make a test run of these blocks, so we also include her fabulous work to further amplify the original instructions and give you some additional insights.

Lastly, as I promised last month, I'm offering you an alternate Pinwheel block that has the ribbons actually line up. This is because some of us did not like the staggered look o…

My color selection for wallhangingblock

It's time for our 2nd edition of our Block of the Month project. Before we get into the details, I can tell you that many of the group do not like the way the 'ribbons' in the pinwheels line up. When we get to that part of our Block of the Month, I'll send out a revised suggestion for that particular block. Additionally, we are organizing our Block of the Month project so that each month shows us how to make a particular block. While this sounds obvious, the original project was designed as a surprise BOM, and many months of work did not produce actual blocks. We are therefore mildly changing the order in which instructions are provided so that we make whole blocks!

OK, and now on to this instalment. We are going to make a Star Block. To do this, we are going to use the origin…

Fabric Selection

Submitted by Lynda Hackney

1. Sometimes it helps to pick a theme for your quilt

Picking a theme can direct thoughts about what fabrics you would like to choose for your quilt. For example, the Ribbons and Star quilt could be made for a grandson who is enthusiastic about cars. A car print fabric could be fussy cut for the center of the star blocks. The rest of the colors could be picked using the colors in the car fabric. The ribbons moving around the star blocks could be the road. Another example would be having a theme of Autumn. The background could be a dark, rich tone on tone burgundy. Then using burnt orange, gold, and a blue would coordinate with that theme.

Do you want a traditional quilt, a modern quilt, a subdued quilt, a happy quilt, a quilt for a young child..... Keep your theme…