RCTQ 2006-2007 BOM - January 2007

Ok, I'm off for the holidays tomorrow, and I'm not sure when I'm coming back. Never if I can help it! :-) I know there might be a few of you out there who will have some free time between Christmas and New Years that you'd like to fill up with fabric fun, so here is the posting for January's BOM!

Enjoy the holidays!

Dannielle

How this BOM works is I will post block patterns each month near the beginning of each month. One is pieced, one appliqu=E9 and one paper pieced. It is up to you which one (or ones) you would like to do. You will work at your own pace over the course of each month. You keep your blocks. You do not mail them to me. At the end of the year you will have twelve blocks to set into a quilt. You keep the quilt. You do not mail it to me (unless you really feel the need to give me this gift!). You will then have your very own 2006-2007 RCTQ BOM quilt. When I announce a month's block patterns, I will also include the previous months' as well so if you decide to join along the way you will have all the blocks. Pieced blocks and paper pieced blocks will be 12" in size whenever possible and appliqu=E9 blocks will be whatever I can find that is available. Feel free to size up/down if you so chose.

This BOM will run from April 2006 through May 2007. This is how the schedule breaks down: =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D April 2006 - March 2007: Monthly blocks April 2007: Completing the Top (setting, sashing, borders, etc.) May 2007: Completing the Quilt (quilting, binding, labeling, etc.) - Done!

Marcia Hohn has a pin rating on her site

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that rates the level of difficulty of her block patterns. One pin blocks are fairly simple and they increase in difficulty as the number of pins increase. I will start with one pin blocks and increase our difficulty as we go so that we are challenged, but not overwhelmed! I also consider myself a fairly novice quilter, and these will all be blocks I would be willing to try (well, maybe not the appliqu=E9). Most of the blocks with only have three colors to them; however, some of them may have four.

Finished blocks can be seen at

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I must give a verylarge THANK YOU! to Teri for maintaining the gallery! Dannielle

April 2006: Pieced Block:

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*Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly ifyou are doing the appliqu=E9 blocks. Not all patterns will be the samesize.

May 2006: Pieced Block:

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*Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly ifyou are doing the appliqu=E9 blocks. Not all patterns will be the samesize.

June 2006: Pieced Block:

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Pieced Block:
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(thiscan be paper pieced or use regular templates!)Appliqu=E9:
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*Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly ifyou are doing the appliqu=E9 blocks. Not all patterns will be the samesize.

July 2006: Pieced Block:

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*Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly ifyou are doing the appliqu=E9 blocks. Not all patterns will be the samesize.

August 2006: Pieced Block:

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*Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly ifyou are doing the appliqu=E9 blocks. Not all patterns will be the samesize.

September 2006: Pieced Block:

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*Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly ifyou are doing the appliqu=E9 blocks. Not all patterns will be the samesize.

October 2006: Pieced Block:

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*Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly ifyou are doing the appliqu=E9 blocks. Not all patterns will be the samesize.

November 2006: Pieced Block:

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*Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly ifyou are doing the appliqu=E9 blocks. Not all patterns will be the samesize.

December 2006: Pieced Block:

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*Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly ifyou are doing the appliqu=E9 blocks. Not all patterns will be the samesize.

January 2007: Pieced Block:

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*Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly ifyou are doing the appliqu=E9 blocks. Not all patterns will be the samesize.

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Dannielle
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Gosh! This is dedication indeed, Danielle >g< Thank you. . In message , Dannielle writes

Reply to
Patti

Enjoy your time away. One of these days I'll catch up on the BOM.

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maryd

Thanks! The pp patterns are going beyond my ability, but I am happy with the applique and pieced patterns. Happy holidays to you and dyours Dannielle.

Reply to
Boca Jan

Thanks, Dannielle! Enjoy your holidays!!

Reply to
Donna in NE La.

Boca Jan,

They are not beyond your ability! They might be beyond your comfort level, but if you take them one step at a time...you CAN do it! At least give it a shot if PP is interesting to you!

Merry Christmas! Dannielle

Boca Jan wrote:

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sewamommy

No reason that you can't do it Hazel.

They are designed to challenge us and take us out of our 'comfort' zone. Make sure that you start with the first month listed as that is the easiest. I'm not saying that the others are hard mind you, I'm months behind so wouldn't know.

Dee in Oz

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Dee in Oz

hey girl, if you've paper pieced already, this is do-able. just go one step at a time. you CAN do this, just go slow and you'll manage it just fine. we'll wait to see your pix. :) sumpin to keep ya amused after xmas, before new yrs. :) Happy Holidays!! jeanne

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nzlstar*

Hazel, of course you can do this. heres a site with a slide show on paper piecing.

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a simple block first to see how it works.these were as someone said already, done from simple to more complex as the yr progressed. just start out at a comfortable level. its only sewing on the lines. can find the sites with tips on it just now but when i do will post them. busy busy here, just got our tree up, now we gotta get some stuff on it. then get dd's room ready downstairs, they arrive sometime later today. still not bought any presents, eeeeeek. oh well. better late than never. will go out tonight, shops open til midnight here, then if need be again tomorrow. have fun and do holler at rctq if you need help or ideas. Happy Holidays, jeanne

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nzlstar*

Of course you should try! How else will you ever learn? Start with the first month and go for it! Nothing is too hard, it's just different.

What would you like to start with? Regular piecing or paper piecing? Personally I started with regular piecing and then expanded out to paper piecing. You have the largest help center right here with RCTQ - and there are TONS of knowledgable and helpful people here!

Just grab some fabric and the instructions and jump in! If you are uncomfortable working with more expensive cottons to start with, grab some old or cheap fabric to test out your blocks first! I made my first few things with scraps that I didn't care much about, thus not feeling badly about throwing them away after I was finished!

Dannielle

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sewamommy

Looks like a good site, Hazel. We're enjoying your enthusiasm! Looking forward to photos. (I'll have to look at your photo link later -it started to load and then got hung up. Too much traffic maybe?) Roberta in D

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