July PP blocks

Very pretty, Mary. Good job!

Thanks. Wish I had used white with the black, red, and white fabric. Live and learn.

All of your blocks look great!

Carole in Northwest GA - Retired and loving it! Homepage -

Thanks, Carole

Here ya go, Dreamboat.... Happy 4th of July to those of you who celebrate it! I'm thinking that some of you in the US will be enjoying a long weekend for the holiday and might be wanting something to do!

How this BOM works is I will post block patterns each month near the beginning of each month. One is pieced, one appliqué 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 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 Hohn 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 with only have three colors to them; however, some of them may have four.

Finished blocks can be seen at

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

April 2006: Pieced Block:

Pieced Block: *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly ifyou are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the samesize.

May 2006: Pieced Block:

Pieced Block: *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly ifyou are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the samesize.

June 2006: Pieced Block:

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

July 2006: Pieced Block:

Pieced Block: *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly ifyou are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the samesize.

Glad I still had the post and could help you.

well done Mary! those are going to make a lovely quilt when you are done :-)

If ever in doubt, please feel free to email me and I'll get it sent off to you! I may not catch a post, although I do try very hard to make sure I do...as you can tell, sometimes posts just don't show up!

Dannielle

maryd wrote:

Thanks, Jessamy

Very pretty! That block is such a fascinating pattern! chipper

Thanks. I agree that it's fascinating. I think it would make a pretty scrappy quilt with sashing or lattice between the stars.

Ooooo! You're right! That would be pretty! I've ogled that block before, but never thought of a scrappy application. It would be an exercise in values, much like a scrappy log cabin. The sashing/lattice could be used to tie it together. Nice idea!

chipper