April BOM blocks

Every month Jackie at Canton Village Quilt Works hosts a free block of the month designed by an impressive list of well-known quilt designers.

With only one block a month this is a very do-able project and I make two versions of each block.

Besides being a lot of fun to do it has also been a great learning for me. All the blocks are pieced. When I look at some of the firsts block I made I almost want to re-do them.

I'm not sure if I'll end up with a large quilt or two smaller ones. Time will tell.... For now I'm just enjoying the precess immensely.

This months block was designed by Amy of Mrs. Schmenkman Quilts. Stunning isn't it?

You can see many more versions of this block in the Flickr group.

Mother's little helper...

So after a major downer with the kaladescope quilt today (I'm cutting all over again... now much wiser and having learned a lot) I needed a little pick me up. Seeing Jackie's  BOM block for January certainly helped me lift my spirits. This month designer is QuiltDad (John)

Please click here for a tutorial to block no. 5 and be sure to stop by the flickr group to see some great blocks and colors.

And here are the blocks I've made so far.
This is going to be one colorful quilt!

Slow start after Christmas

After a little quilting break I'm off to a slow start with the BOM block. This time it's a block designed Pat Sloan - and how can you not love it. Dramatically different but a great addition to the other blocks.

Please click here for a tutorial to block no. 4 and be sure to stop by the flickr group to see some great blocks and colors.

BOM #3

Finally I had some me-time and could do the BOM blocks for November. And joy... The design was right down my alley with a modern and bold layout. Stephanie did a great job designing this block.

As always I’m full of criticism when I’ve made the block but rather than beat myself up about that I’m taking some valuable learning with me to the next block. First month was pinning, second month was light/dark color choices. This month was trimming the HST’s.  Around block no. 12 it should be perfect  ;)

This is my BOM blocks so far. With a slight misplacement of one block. Just pretend you didn't see it ;)

Be sure to stop by Canton Village or the Flickr group to see more fantastic colors chioces for this block:

et voila.... BOM #2

Rushing a bit as the troops are getting hungry but it was fun, fun, fun... The green background is not as harsh as it looks on the photo. It's more like a a dark lime green color.

BOM Kick-off

It started  :) When I checked my reader this morning barely out of bed (yes, that how sad a person I am) I saw the first BOM block and immediately started playing with the fabric.

Here's my fabric for the first block. I'm using Paradise Collection 'Feel the Difference' that I picked up in my local quilt shop.

Update: This is how it ended up looking. I made two blocks. As the blocks are rather small (8x8 inches) I think I might want to add a bit more to the quilt... or else I can always use it for another quilt. Go to Sherrie's A Quilting life blog to see the instructions.

Block of the month

I decided to join the first quilt a long (deep breath - I'm trying not to panick over here). Even if I am terrified to do it, so many of my favorite designers and bloggers are designing a block each so how can I not have a go at it? I'm sure I will feel like a useless amateur learn a lot in the process. I like that it's only a block a month. That should give me a chance of keeping up  ;)

Jackie from Canton Works is the host and sells the fabric, but because of taxes and shipping I found some FQ's at my local quilt shop instead. Since I have no idea what I am in for yet I will supplement with more prints as we go along. That's really just an excuse of more fabric shopping.

Pretty colors so far, right? First time I use purple ever. I never really liked purple (or yellow for that matter) but as I am making more and more quilts every single color steps out of that the 'like-don't like' category and gets a right of it's own. Okay, that came out more confusing than I intended, but hope you get the point: I never liked purple but here it looks fantastic so it wont be the last time. And sorry for making such absurd comments in the past about not liking a color. Gezz - don't know what I was thinking.

I got two FQ's of the blue fabric below. Isn't it just stunning?  I could easily use this in another quilt if I don't get to use it for this one.