How this BOM works is: I will post block patterns each month near the beginning of each month. There will be one pieced, one appliqué and one paper pieced. They will mostly be available for free from Marcia Hohn's Quilter's Cache
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 appliqué 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: ========================= ========================= ============= 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 has a pin rating on her site 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 appliqué). Most of the blocks will only have three colors to them; however, some of them may have four.
The most important thing here is to have fun. Challenge yourself a little and do something new in the realm of quilting, but always remember "There ain't no quilt police!"
I hope you enjoy this year's worth of blocks!
Dannielle
April 2006: Pieced Block: