Welcome to a new normal.....are we all sick of hearing that term yet??...I am!
I'm excited to present to you a Modern Block of the Month we will be running for the next year.
I am Sandra Croley and will be heading-up the BOM this year. If you have any questions about the BOM, you can email me at sandra.croley@gmail.com
You will be able to make comments and ask questions in the comment section of this blog also...but I will be putting a feature on the blog so that I will have to approve comments before they are actually published. On my regular blog there has been a real problem with spam comments since this whole Covid thing started, this is the reason for moderation of the comments.
If you are viewing this post on a laptop, you can see to the right of the screen a spot for "following by email". If you put your email address in there you will be notified anytime there is a new post to this blog. I will say, it's not always immediate, you may even be notified the following day...I can't do much about that.
Let's get to it, shall we?
The quilt we are making is one that was introduced by the Knoxville Modern Guild in 2012, and they have made it available to the quilting community.
There will be 12 blocks for this quilt, measuring at 12.5" unfinished.
It's a small quilt, just 44" x 58" with the sashing, but could easily be made larger by creating a different setting of your choice...perhaps set on point, or sewing extra blocks.
We will begin with the first block in September. I'm giving you a heads-up now in case you need to do a bit of shopping.
The version in the picture calls for 2m of background fabric, 6 - 10 fat quarters, 1m of sashing, and .6m of binding fabric
This quilt would look great in almost any fabrics, and you can even shop your stash to make it scrappy. Many modern quilts are made with solids, and I was going to do mine in solids before I thought to use my Shweshwe fabrics.
Here is my first block...
I think of this block as the Charlie Brown block, lol.
I will be trying, eventually, to talk about the monthly block on the Guild's Zoom meetings....but I'm not having good luck with that so far. I'm wondering if it's my rural internet...but I have a few things to try, still, to see if I can make it work.
That's where this blog will be of help....I will create a blog post every month of the current block with my tips and tricks, and photos of the assembly process of my block. You will also get a pdf sent to you with instructions each month.
That's all for now....please be patient with me as I stumble through yet another "new normal".
