November BOM: Circle of Friends Block Lotto!

The BOM this month will be a Lottery Block - one of us will win all of these blocks! One entry per block, no limit on blocks per person. We will be making 12 inch finished blocks. The tutorial for this block is here.

You can use your Modern-style scraps for the prints, along with white or white-on-white fabric for the background (no creams, please). This looks like it could be a fun block for some fussy-cutting, too!

For inspiration, here's a photo from Pinterest of a finished quilt made from these blocks:

October's meeting

October's meeting was full of great Sew and Tell, summer projects, community quilts, re-purposed materials made anew and our great Black and White + One challenge. If you missed us check out the minutes.

#tbt with Katie Pedersen

It's throwback Thursday! Let's revisit some awesome quilts the always lovely Katie Pedersen shared at our May meeting. Check our her site for more inspiration and workshop opportunities.

October BOM: Vintage Airplanes

This month we will be doing a pattern specifically for boys, the "Vintage Airplane" block. The PDF pattern can be found here in PDF format.  We will use a white print of any sort with letters, words, numbers or any type of text for the background. For the plane, please use red or turquoise prints. It would be super if everyone could make both a red plane and a turquoise plane - so we'd have a whole squadron of planes!

The plane itself has some interesting directions, as it isn't pieced in the traditional sense.  Sharon followed the pattern and had no problems, and if you take your time you shouldn't have any problems either. But if you'd rather piece the plane traditionally, that is fine also. Karen has included some cutting directions for us in her photos at the bottom of the post, as the pattern has the cutting requirements for the whole quilt.

Taking your time, reading the pattern carefully and cutting accurately will help ensure you are successful in "building" your planes! The block will finish at 9 inches (9 1/2 inches raw edges).   Good luck and happy sewing!

September's meeting

Many thanks to Blair Stocker for her entertaining and inspirational trunk show at September's meeting. Such a variety of creative projects! Be sure to check out her new book and awesome tutorials on her website.

If you missed us, you can catch up by reading the minutes.