Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks Vol. 11 Blog Hop Stop

I am very excited to have my block included in Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks Volume 11.  I was super surprised when my name appeared on the front cover.  How exciting!  This is the 3rd time I have had one of my blocks included in this wonderful anthology of quilt blocks.

There are always so many fun blocks in each volume.  Make sure to stop by the drawing at the end of the post for your chance to win a copy of 100 Blocks Vol. 11 (on sale May 4th).  

Inside you will find my block, Dutch Chain.  I love the soft sorbet colors in this block and the mix of texty prints.  This block was inspired by my family's favorite quilt where I had my bee mates make Dutch Pinwheel blocks for me.  I wanted to trade out the pinwheel center with the always-elegant Irish chain.

Here are a few color options using the Dutch Chain block to get you thinking. 

If you enjoy playing with color and quilt blocks, check out the Patchwork Auditions page.  Bring your colored pencils!  I'll be posting the 3rd block soon.

Thanks for stopping by today!

If you would like a chance to win your own copy of Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks Volume 11 or your choice of one of my Block of the Month Club patterns, enter the giveaway below. (Giveaway ends Wednesday, May 13, 2015)  This giveaway is now closed.

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More, More, More BOM Blocks

It's starting to become pretty apparent that I'm a block girl.  If I can see it, you all must clearly see it, right?  Sometimes it's so much easier to see things in others rather than yourself.  In other families, I can always easily pick out which kids look like the mom, and which kids look like the dad.  But in my own family, goodness..... it's hard to see if any of my boys look like me?

Same can be said for my quilting style I guess.  My mom would make comments about certain things being my style.  Really, I thought?  I don't even know what my quilting style is.  Do I have a style?  I just try to do what I like.

Well, somewhere in there, my quilting "style" has come and bashed me over the head.  I'm a block girl. Tried and true.

These blocks I have made over the past few months for the Block of the Month class I am teaching.  I finished up the sample blocks and assembled them in the Sisters' Ten BOM layout.  Looooove the blue background.  The solids are a mix and match of solids, peppered cottons and yarn dyes they had at the shop.  To be honest, it was a tough mix.  When piecing small 9" blocks, I much prefer to work with all the same fabrics.  The variance in weight and texture of the fabric mix made accurate piecing more difficult.

Of course, I needed to get a shot before I took the quilt into the shop and it was an extremely windy day.  That seems to be the whole month of April in Ohio this year.  Props to my boys who gave the shoot a valiant effort.  Darn wind!

Other uses for BOM Block Patterns

This project started out as a March Mini, but alas..... I didn't finish it in March.  And it also didn't end up a mini.  Que sera, sera.

Instead it's a giant floor pillow.  I picked up 3 of these 26" down pillow forms at Ikea thinking my kids need reading/tv pillows.  Here's the first.  I hope it encourages more of the reading..... than the tv....  

so far it's only encouraged fighting.  Better get moving on the companions.

I went to the ever-growing collection of BOM block patterns I have written over the past few years.  I thought a mini or pillow is a great place to give them new life.  This block is the first block pattern from Moccasin - called Lady of the White House and a version of Lady of the Lake.  These colors give it a fresh boy look.