April BOM - Village houses

First, we hope you are all home safe and healthy during this COVID-19 outbreak. And if you are one of the essential workers on the front line, thank you, thank you, thank you!!! Please be safe.

Thanks also to those who have so graciously provided masks for family, friends and all essential workers. The generosity and talents of the quilting and sewing community is amazing!

ONE VILLAGE - TOGETHER

For the month of April, let’s put together our own version of a TMQG Village. The pattern, “VILLAGE” is offered compliments of Moda Fabrics and Miss Rosie’s Quilt Co.

Each block is around 5 1/2” x 7” unfinished. (Don’t worry about trimming it, our Community Quilts Committee members will do that.) Have fun with this! Put faces and/or other things in the doorways, use wild fabrics — let your imagination go crazy!

Make one, or two, or more houses, and bring them to the next TMQG meeting, which is pending reopening of the Environmental Services Building.

So stay tuned, keep sewing and stay safe! We hope to be sewing together and showing our “Stay Home - Stay Safe” creations soon.

January BOM - Squash Blossom Block

The Block of the Month for January is called the Squash Blossom Block. Colors for us are any low volume white/cream/ivory for the background, any bright happy color for the main blossom, and the center can be any dark color, like navy, black, dark gray, etc. Your block should finish at 12.5” unfinished (but don't trim.)

Tutorial can be found here:http://hollygetsquilty.com/2015/01/squash-blossom-block-tutorial/

December BOM

The block of the month for December is the Improv Quarter Log Cabin, from A Quilter’s Table. Find the tutorial here.

Colors for this month are grey and yellow, and the size should be 12.5”, unfinished. Please bring your completed block to the next meeting!

January BOM: Across the Square

Happy New Year's Eve!

For January, we'll be making the "Across the Square" block, and using Seahawks colors of navy blues, greys and bright lime greens. The block will finish around 14 inches. Please do not trim down! There are a lot of seams in this block so please work carefully and be mindful of your 1/4 inch seam allowance.

The tutorial is from the Sew Hungry blog here: Across the Square, A Block Tutorial

December BOM: Anita's Arrowhead

Our block this month will be the Anita's Arrowhead pattern. We will be using raspberry pink, lime green and black & white prints for this one. Please use the cutting directions on page 5 for the 12 1/2" block. Use the pink or lime (or a pink & lime green fabric) for one starting square and a black & white print for the 2nd starting square. This is an easy block to do, if you follow the directions carefully. The PDF directions can be found here.

Be very careful with this block - all the edges will be on the bias in the finished block. You can use starch on the two starting squares to minimize any stretching. Also, do not trim the edges of the blocks, which will be uneven when finished.