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Thursday, March 24, 2011
You Dropped a BOM on Me...
A Block Of the Month, or BOM can be a great way to try new techniques, work with different fabric palettes, or simply stretch a little from your comfort zone. Right now I am doing 2 BOMs.
One, a Buck a Block, is a pieced block sampler sponsored by Thangles. The whole thing starts out with a yard of background fabric, a package of Thangles, and a single strip of contrasting fabric. Each month you sew 2 blocks that are positive and negative of each other. Think white with black background and black with white background. In jan we got the 1st block pattern and contrast strip. We sew the blocks that month and take them in to the LQS and pick up our next strip of contrast (different from the last fabric) and block pattern for the next month and pay a buck (lol, Plus Tax of course).
The second BOM, is the applique flowers I posted about last week. There are a total of 13 flowers, but I'm not sure if I will stick with through the whole series. Some of the flowers I just don't care for, and the layout plans I have for these would work much better with only 6 or 9, so we'll have to see.
Which brings me to my newest BOM. I just signed up for it even though it started in Feb. I am 2 blocks behind on it, expect that really I am 5 blocks behind because March's block is the 4 cornerstones. This is where the stepping out of my comfort-zone comes in... It is a Baltimore Album quilt! Granted, it's not one of the fancier ones you would see at a quilt show probably, but still...
I am planning to use all batiks on an off-white Kona cotton background.
Needless to say I will be playing catch-up for a while on these as they are at the bottom of the queue.
Speaking of queues, I need to figure out how to add one on here, so I could list my WIPs, along with how far along I am... Might push me to get them finished, instead of allowing some to become UFOs.
Guess I better get busy... See Y'all Later!
One, a Buck a Block, is a pieced block sampler sponsored by Thangles. The whole thing starts out with a yard of background fabric, a package of Thangles, and a single strip of contrasting fabric. Each month you sew 2 blocks that are positive and negative of each other. Think white with black background and black with white background. In jan we got the 1st block pattern and contrast strip. We sew the blocks that month and take them in to the LQS and pick up our next strip of contrast (different from the last fabric) and block pattern for the next month and pay a buck (lol, Plus Tax of course).
The second BOM, is the applique flowers I posted about last week. There are a total of 13 flowers, but I'm not sure if I will stick with through the whole series. Some of the flowers I just don't care for, and the layout plans I have for these would work much better with only 6 or 9, so we'll have to see.
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| Center Block |
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| Cornerstone (4) |
I am planning to use all batiks on an off-white Kona cotton background.Needless to say I will be playing catch-up for a while on these as they are at the bottom of the queue.
Speaking of queues, I need to figure out how to add one on here, so I could list my WIPs, along with how far along I am... Might push me to get them finished, instead of allowing some to become UFOs.
Guess I better get busy... See Y'all Later!
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What is a Baltimore Album quilt?
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