Block of the Month

Two Colour! The final prompt in the 2022 Block of the Month Sew Along is “two colour”. Your blocks this month can employ any of the many design elements already visited in this block of the month series (or something completely different!) but you will limit yourself to working in just two colours. Here are…

Riffing on Tradition! The prompt for October in the 2022 Block of the Month Sew Along is “riffing on tradition”. This is where we get to ask “what if” and take a traditional quilt block then reimagine in any number of different way. For instance we might: Present the block deconstructed Repeat the block in…

Negative Space! The creative use of negative space is an important characteristic of modern quilts and is the theme for September’s 2022 Block of the Month Sew Along. Negative space is an area of the composition that is left blank or appears to be left blank. When combined with the concept of minimalism this negative…

Minimalism! Modern quilters know that when it comes to fresh, bold quilt design sometimes less is more.  Minimalism is the theme this month for our 2022 Block of the Month Sew Along.   You will employ principles of simplicity and spareness in both shape and colour in coming up with your block’s design. We hope the following…

Wonky Piecing! Wonky can be described as crooked, off-centre, uneven, or askew.  It features heavily in improv quilts but can also be applied to traditional quilt blocks.  This month for our 2022 Block of the Month Sew Along we encourage you to give Wonky Piecing a try. Some of our previous sew along posts listed ideas…

Curves! The next shape we are going to explore in the 2022 Block of the Month Sew Along is Curves. According to this recent blog post review of QuiltCon 2022 by Cassandra Beaver (The Not so Dramatic Life) circles are trending in the modern quilt world and she provides some beautiful examples to prove her…

Triangles! Triangles is the prompt for the 2022 Block of the Month Sew Along for May.  This pointy shape in all its forms be it right, equilateral, improv or wonky feature heavily in both modern and traditional quilt making. We hope the following links will spark your creativity to design with your own unique block…

Squares! Squares are undoubtedly the most common shape in quilt making and we have chosen it as our prompt for the 2022 Block of the Month Sew Along for April. We hope the following links will spark your creativity to design with your own unique block featuring squares: Basic 4 patch Design twist on Basic…

Stripes! Stripes make a bold statement when used in quilt making so we are kicking off 2022 Block of the Month Sew Along with Stripes as our prompt. We hope you will have fun thinking of ways to create and/or use stripes in making your March blocks.  Here are a few links for visual inspiration.…

Remember our in person meetings where a specified block in a specified colour scheme was sewn and returned the next month to be entered in our “Block Lotto”? Well …this will be different! We are looking to interest members with a few months of “All for Me” sewing where the most important thing taken away…