Block of the Month Directions

Click on block to view instructions or go to the website provided.  Please familiarize yourself with the guidelines below before making your block. Questions? Contact Block of the Month Chairman Carol Corwin Weiss. c_weiss@netzero.net

Note:  please turn in any bom blocks that you have made in the last several months at the next meeting

october 2020
"Sawtooth star"
or
​"square on points"
DUE AT NEXT MEETING

Patterns by Marcia Hohn, www.quilterscache.com
October BOM is called Saw Tooth Star.  There are many tutorials on YouTube for "Saw Tooth Star"--just search under that name.  Use any size you like, any color way you prefer. Make one or many and think about the great things you can make--mug rugs, place mats, crib blankets.  Maybe something for Lake Works?  Pot Holders?
 
It's also called "Square and Points" on Quilters Cache and is listed under that name with them. Please copy the link below into your internet browser to get the instructions for the block.  Please contact the BOM Coordinator if you have questions. 

https://www.quilterscache.com/S/SquareandPointsBlock.html
 
If you are not on line, just use half square triangles around a larger square.  Many of us have books of block patterns and I'm sure this one would be included.

september 2020
"square in square"
due at next meeting

Patterns by Marcia Hohn, www.quilterscache.com
This is a traditional block.  Instructions are available from Quilters Cache (see below) and a tutorial is on YouTube, search for "Square in Square" and also look for matching block (there is more than one block with this name).  Use any size you like, and color way that appeals to you and access any instruction mode you may have access to, like books and patterns in your own library.  We'll see your work when we meet again in person and see what you have made (pot holders, place mats, perhaps a baby quilt for Lan?).  Please copy the  link below into your internet browser to get the instructions for the block.  Please contact the BOM Coordinator if you have questions.

https://www.quilterscache.com/S/SquareinSquareBlock.html

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august 2020
"rail fence"
due at next meeting

Patterns by Marcia Hohn, www.quilterscache.com
​This is a traditional block known as "Rail Fence" and by Quilters Cache as "Four Part Strip Block".   Participants can use any source of instructions for piecing this.  I, Carol, used quilters cache.com (search for Four Part Strip Block).   Use any fabric you desire and any size that works for you.  While we are not meeting I'll post traditional blocks to sew and you can use your fabric stashes and imagination to complete the blocks.  Please copy the  link below into your internet browser to get the instructions for the block.  Please contact the BOM Coordinator if you have questions.

https://www.quilterscache.com/R/RailFenceBlock.html

june/july 2020
"july fourth  -  fifty-four forty or fight"
​due at next meeting
note: please use red, white/cream and blue fabric​

​​Patterns by Marcia Hohn, www.quilterscache.com
Please copy the first link below into your internet browser to get the instructions for the
"July Fourth" BOM above.  Please copy the second link below into your internet browser to get the instructions for the "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight" BOM above. Hard copies will be provided at the Next Guild meeting. Please contact the BOM Coordinator if you have questions.

https://www.quilterscache.com/J/JulyFourthBlock.html
https://www.quilterscache.com/F/FiftyFourFortyorFightBlock.html

March 2020
"ground cover"
due at next meeting
note:  please use fabric with high contrast

February 2020
"four leaf clover"
​due at next meeting
note: block to be done in green and white
(applique' is optional)

​Pattern by Marcia Hohn, www.quilterscache.com
​Please copy the link below into your internet browser to get the instructions for the "Four Leaf Clover" BOM above.  Hard copies will be provided at the February Guild meeting.
​http://www.quilterscache.com/F/FourLeafCloverBlock.html

june 2019
"buzzsaw"
due at july meeting
note:  block to be done in red, white & blue

May 2019
"Flight of Swallows"
Due at June Meeting
Note:  Block to be done in blue & white

Picture
Pattern by Marica Hohn, www.quilterscache.com
Please copy this link into your internet browser to get the instructions for the above BOM
​https://quilterscache.com/F/FlightofSwallowsBlock.html

April 2019
"Log Cabin Stars"
Due at May Meeting

March 2019
"Churn Dash"
​Due at April Meeting

February 2019
"Starburst"
Due at March Meeting

January 2019
"Spool"
​Due at February Meeting

December 2018
"Shooting Star"
Due at January  Meeting

November 2018
"Road to California"
​Due at December Meeting

October 2018
​Flame
Due at November Meeting

August & September 2018
Pinwheel

July 2018
4th of July

June 2018
​Hot Air Balloon
Instructions:  Click here
Pattern:  Click here

May 2018
​Butterfly

April 2018
Go Fly a Kite
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March 2018
Out Like a Lamb
Permission to use by Original Designer Nancy Hicks


​​February 2018
Playful Hearts
Original design from sewmamyblocks.com

December 2017
Starflakes

October/November 2017
​Pumpkin Patch

September 2017
Back to School

August 2017
Sunburn

July 2017
Uncle Sam's Bowtie

June 2017
Log Cabin Watermelon

May 2017
Wild Spring Poppies

April 2017
​Goofy Bunny

March 2017
Friendship Block

February 2017
My Sweetheart

January 2017
Lost Mittens


Guidelines

Using fabrics from your own stash create a quilt block based on the guild pattern and instructions provided. There is no limit regarding the number of blocks entered however, fabrics should vary to maintain a scrappy feel.

  • For each block completed, write your full name on a small piece of paper, and attach to the completed block with a pin.

  • Bring your completed blocks to the general meeting. Blocks will be displayed for members to see. For each block completed, enter your name in the drawing.

  • If you are unable to attend the meeting, but want to participate in Block of the Month, please arrange to have completed blocks at the general meeting either by contacting the chairman in advance or asking a quilting friend to help.

  • At a specified time at the general meeting, based on participation, one or more names will be drawn to win quilt blocks. Example: If we receive 30 blocks, we will have two winners. The first winner will pick 15 blocks; the second winner will receive the remaining. There will be no limit to the number of times you can win.

  • In fairness to all, if blocks are incorrect in size, have an obvious error, or are incomplete, will be returned to the maker and will not be eligible for the drawing.

Additional information you should know:
 
  • Please use 100% cotton fabric. Wash and preshrink fabric and test for colorfastness before constructing your block.

  • Measure fabric and cut accurate to insure proper block construction. It is very important to accurately construct your block using 1/4 inch seam allowances. 

  • Press seams. Use an up and down motion as not to distort fabric.

  • There should be no need to "square up" if pieces are cut correctly, have been sewn with proper seam allowances, and pressed properly without distortion. (Your very best work is expected.)

  • Finished size of the block is the actual size of the block when sewn into a quilt top. Unfinished size is the block with seam allowances. So, if you are making a 6" block finished in a quilt, the unfinished size should measure 6-1/2" because of the 1/4" seam allowance. I hope this makes sense!