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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 Dawn Spurling by click on the contact Chairman button below, ​
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JUNE 2025
Arkansas Cross Road Block

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June's colors are beiges, browns and reds.
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May 2025
Chevron Block

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May's colors are black, gray and white
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April 2025
Album Block

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April's colors are green and white.
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March 2025
Aunt Dinah Block

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March's colors are dark blue and white.
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February 2025
LOUISiANA BLOCK

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January 2025
The Anvil

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JULY 2024
GRAND RIGHT & LEFT BlocK

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12.5” unfinished


I did all seams at a scant ¼”, I also press all seams open, and use a water drop at points that have more than 2 pieces of fabric coming together to ensure that it lays flat!  This block is easier than it looks!
 
Cutting instructions:
From Background Fabric cut;
2 – 6 7/8” squares, subcut  diagonally once, giving you 4 large “D” triangles.
4 – 2” “A” squares.
8 – 2 3/8” squares, subcut diagonally once, giving you 16 small “B” triangles.
 
From your medium size triangle fabric  (mine is blue/green), cut 2 – 3 7/8” squares, subcut diagonally once, giving you 4 medium “C” triangles.
 
From your small colored triangle fabric (mine is purple) cut 12 – 2 3/8” squares, subcut all diagonally once, giving you 24 small “B” triangles.
                                                                                             
<-- This is your layout, notice we will make 4 sub blocks and lay them out in a pinwheel pattern.
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The first step is to take 8 of the 24 colored small “B” triangles and set them aside.  Then take the remaining 16 triangles and seam them right sides together with the 16 background small “B” triangles, lining up on the 90 degree point first, then the other two points as best you can,  to make 16 HST’s. 

​Press seams open and trim to 2 inches.  

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Then layout out the bottom right sub block using 4 of your newly made HSTs, 2 of the 8 colored small B triangles you set aside, 1 of the 2” squares, 1 of the medium triangles, and 1 large triangle, as in the picture below.
 
Notice on the right side that the two HST’s also have the small colored triangle also attached.  That is what I want you to do next. Just flip the small triangle up right sides together, onto the 2 sewn HSTs, lining up at the 90 degree angle on the bottom HST and the 90 degree angle of the colored triangle, sew your ¼” seam across the bottom, press the seam open and trim dog ears even down the left side.  Place back into layout.
 
Next we will work on the top section.  Take your 2” square, check and trim if needed, then flip it over right side down, onto the right side of the 2 HST block on the top.  Line up both on the right edge and sew your ¼” seam down that edge.  Press open, and replace block into layout.   Now take the left side small colored triangle and flip it over right side down onto the left side of the 2 HSTs block.  Line up the 90 degree points of the small triangle and the background portion of the left HST.  Sew your ¼” seam down that left side.  Press open and trim dog ears, place back into the layout.

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Lastly, you will pin two of these sub quadrants right sides together, either top to bottom by flipping down, or left to right by flipping over, your preference.  Line up the 2” square to the right angle of the background large triangle on both top and bottom pieces, your seams down the long triangle edge should meet, down the seam.  If you choose top to bottom, Pin all seam points along the top edge and sew your ¼ inch seam.  If you choose left to right  pin all seam points along the left edge.  If you went right to left pin all point down the right edge.  Sew your ¼” seam, Press open.  Do the same with the next two quadrants.  Now sew the two halves of your block together matching all points.  Press seam open, don’t forget the water drop trick on the thick seam points, so that they will lay flat.

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JUNE 2024
CELTIC LOG CABIN BlocK

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Block 11.5” unfinished
All seams ¼”
All log strips 1 ½” wide.


I used batik because batiks don’t stretch much.  If not using batiks, I suggest you cut on the straight of grain rather then the width, for less stretch.  
I suggest you do not use fabric that are directional, as the logs are used in all positions, up down, and across both ways and cutting will be much more difficult!
 
Below is the layout, sizes for the logs will refer to the letters in the layout.  This log cabin, as many, starts in the middle.  Press all seams open.
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Lay all your strips out in this pattern!  You will not layout dark to dark except with the 1 ½” squares(H) and (Dk G) strips which are surrounding the L 1 ½” square and the Dk 1 ½” squares are completing a dark line, creating the knot pattern in the upper right.                                                                                              ​
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​This is numbers 1 -7 which makes this a 4 ½” a square! And yes I had to trim this!
 

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Here you can see my strip # 26 partially sewn  to the right side of strip #’s 21-25.  I stopped sewing across from the top of strip 20, back stitching at that point.  I called that area #30, but there is no strip for it, just a line indicating where to stop sewing.  Then I sewed strip # 27 to the top of the block, then # 28 to the left side and lastly 29 to the bottom.  Now all you have to do is finish the seam of strip # 26 down thru #30 on the right side of the block, starting a little further up than you initially stopped, with backs stitching at the beginning just above your previous back stitching and again at the end of the seam.
 
 
Yay!  -Your block is now done! 

MAY 2024
MOTHER'S CHOICE BlocK

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April 2024
FOOL's PUZZLE BlocK

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March 2024
CUPS & SauceRS BlocK

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FEbruary 2024
True lover's Knot BlocK

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JANUARY 2024
sew & sew BLOCK

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DECEMBER 2023
TWINKLING WREATH BLOCK

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November 2023
LIGHT HOUSE BLock

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OCTOBER 2023
Bright hope BLock

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SEPTEMBER 2023
LITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSE BLock

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AUGUST 2023
​HILL & VALLEY BLock

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JULY 2023
ROLLING PINWHEEL BLock

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JUNE 2023
WHEEL OF FORTUNE BLock

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MAY 2023
TULIP TIME BLock

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APRIL  2023
MILKY WAY BLock

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​MARCH 2023
BIRDs NEST BLock

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February 2023
Cherry tree BLock

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DECEMBER 2022
cardinal BLock

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november 2022
CHRISTMAS TREE BLock

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september 2022
snails trail BLock

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August 2022
Lady of the Lake BLock

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​july 2022
TALL SHIP block

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june 2022
state house block

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​may 2022
Devil's claw block

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​April 2022
Bird of paradise

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​March 2022
Double Irish chain

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​February 2022

"Heart"

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​January 2022

"Album Patch"

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december 2020
"disapearing Block"

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november 2020
"maple leaf"

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Patterns by Marcia Hohn, www.quilterscache.com

october 2020
"Sawtooth star" or ​"square on points"

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Patterns by Marcia Hohn, www.quilterscache.com

september 2020
"square in square"

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Patterns by Marcia Hohn, www.quilterscache.com

august 2020
"rail fence"

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Patterns by Marcia Hohn, www.quilterscache.com

june/july 2020
"july fourth  -  fifty-four forty or fight"

note: please use red, white/cream and blue fabric​

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​​Patterns by Marcia Hohn, www.quilterscache.com

March 2020
"ground cover"

note:  please use fabric with high contrast

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February 2020
"four leaf clover"

note: block to be done in green and white
(applique' is optional)

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​Pattern by Marcia Hohn, www.quilterscache.com

june 2019
"buzzsaw"

note:  block to be done in red, white & blue

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

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Pattern by Marica Hohn, www.quilterscache.com

April 2019
"Log Cabin Stars"

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March 2019
"Churn Dash"

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February 2019
"Starburst"

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January 2019
"Spool"

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December 2018
"Shooting Star"

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November 2018
"Road to California"

October 2018
​Flame

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August & September 2018
Pinwheel

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July 2018
4th of July

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

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May 2018
​Butterfly

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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

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​April 2017
​Goofy Bunny​


​March 2017​
Friendship Block

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​February 2017
My Sweetheart
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​January 2017
LOST MITTEN BLOCK


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!
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