FAIR ISLES WINTER Block of the Month

For the 3^rd year in a row, we are thrilled to partner with Morning Glory Designs to bring you an exclusive block of the month.  “Fair Isles Winter” is inspired by Scandinavian textiles and tile designs in a beautiful blue and white theme.  This quilt features 12 different block designs with 13 "sashing" blocks between each of the different blocks, giving the quilt a complex appearance in a simple format.  It will be available in 14 monthly installments.  We're adding a "mystery" element this year as well:  see those blank spaces in the quilt design?  Each one of those will be filled one month at a time with a unique block to add to the fun!  The blocks will be simple piecing or paper-pieced, with optional applique.

Here’s the FREE part:  Each month, beginning in January 2017, Morning Glory Designs will release the free pattern for a 12” block.  The layout shown here includes the “sashing” block and the January block.  You can download the January block here, but be sure and go to Morning Glory Designs and sign up for the newsletter – that way, each new block will show up in your inbox each month, with a link for you to download the free pattern.  NOTE:  Each free pattern is free for ONE month; after that, you can purchase the block patterns individually from MGD’s website.

Our fabric kits will feature one "sashing" block and one current month’s block fabrics for 12 months.  The 13^th month will have fabrics for the corner border blocks, and the 14^th month will have fabrics for the outside border and binding.  The quilt finishes at 88” x  88” so it’s a generous queen size.  It will be a combination of white-on-white fabrics and a variety of blue batik fabrics.

And don’t worry!  If you don’t get signed up in January, or even February, we’ll start you off with Block #1 when you do sign up, and send you your monthly kits in the order the patterns are released.  Just remember the patterns are not included in the monthly kits – if you start late, you may have to pay for the first couple of blocks patterns at Morning Glory Designs.

The cost of the fabrics for the entire quilt are broken out over the 14-month period.  For $29/month you’ll receive all the fabrics needed for the top and binding with no additional costs for shipping.  We’re sure you’ll love this beautiful, challenging quilt – go HERE to sign up for the fabric kits - remember the patterns are not included in the kits but you can download them monthly at Morning Glory Designs.  As always, there’s no registration fee or additional shipping costs for our blocks of the month program.

Sweet Summertime Block of the Month

Dreaming of the lazy, hazy days of summer when Mother Nature insists is still winter?  We have something that will put you in a Sweet Summertime frame of mind!

Our version of Sweet Summertime, designed by Swirly Girls Design, features the new Kohuna line of fabric from 3 Wishes fabric company.  There’s a little bit of hand embroidery and the soft, pleasing colors of coral, aqua and gray featured in a darling teepee print, leaves, arrows, pyramids and other graphics that put us in mind of those fun days at summer scout camp, learning new skills, learning a bit of Native American history along with local lore, building teepees (and sleeping in them!), gathering leaves, looking for arrowheads ….

This large lap (60” x 72”) can easily be completed in six months.  For five months you’ll receive the pattern and fabrics for one embroidery block and three matching coordinating blocks (4 blocks total), along with pre-printed Fabri-Solvy® with that month’s embroidery design  - no tracing, no permanent marks on your fabric to worry about … simply stick the printed design onto your background fabric and start stitching!  We’ll also include a spool of coral, gray and deep aqua your first month to complete the stitching.  The six month kit will be the fabric for borders and binding, along with finishing instructions.

Your cost of $30/month includes all the above plus shipping – no extra charges and no registration fee!   We have a limited number of kits for this program, so go HERE to sign up today.

Deco Garden Block of the Month

Evocative of the Art Nouveau period with the look and feel of Tiffany stained glass, Deco Garden is a stunning design you will be thrilled to display.

We're delighted to be partnered with Morning Glory Designs on this project!  This is a 13-month program that will include all the fabrics you need for the blocks, sashing, borders and binding shown here for this 56"x62" quilt, along with each month's pattern. The fabrics are all Anthology batiks with solid black as the background fabric. As always with our BOMs there are NO registration fees and NO additional shipping charges. The cost you see here is what you will be billed each month.

For more information and to sign up for the Art Deco Block of the Month, go HERE.

 

Bad Girls of the Bible Stained Glass Window Block of the Month

This second block of the month quilt in our three-part series highlights “Bad Girls of the Bible”, and is a follow-up to “Slightly Bad Girls of the Bible.” This program features familiar and not so familiar women in the Bible: Eve, Potiphar’s wife, Lot’s wife, Sapphira, Delilah, Rahab and more. Each block represents the story in which the women appear, and it’s up to you to read the stories if you choose. The pattern itself includes a brief description of the story represented by each block, and the last page of the pattern booklet provides guidelines on setting up a book study in your home or church if you have an interest in doing so.

Our generous-sized lap quilt (54” x 72”) is made of premium batiks with solid black Pimatex on a limestone-brick background and encompasses both traditionally piecing and easy paper-piecing techniques. (If you’re new to paper-piecing this is a great project with which to start – super easy foundations let you see how easy and rewarding this technique can be!)  We also include our exclusive tips and tricks for success with each block along with directions for framing each window and enlarging the quilt to the size shown (54" x 72"). Choose from the 5-month program for $28/month (USA), the 11-month program for $15/month (USA), or the full kit (available HERE). As with all our BOMs, shipping is included in the monthly price, and there is no registration fee. First kits will begin shipping in early October.

Click HERE for more information and to sign up.

Life on the Reef Block of the Month

From Barbara Bieraugel Designs, we’re thrilled to offer this follow up to Colorful Tropics: “LIFE ON THE REEF”. Life on the Reef is a 10-month program that results in a large (48” x 52”) wall hanging or small lap quilt. The easy patchwork background gives beautiful movement to this design. Swimming through the patchwork “reef” you’ll notice a sea turtle, Achilles Tang, Yellow Tang, Humuhumunukunukuapua’a (aka Humuhumu or the reef, rectangular, or wedge-tail triggerfish), Moorish Idol and a sea horse or a bottom of sea grass, kelp, elk horn coral and fan coral. The applique can be done with fusible or by hand – it’s your choice. Barbara’s excellent directions and tips make this an easy project to complete (even for those of us who shun the dreaded “A” word).

As with all our BOMs, there is no registration fee and shipping is included in the monthly cost – no hidden charges and no surprises! You pay exactly what you see here: this 10-month program is $21 per month for our USA customers, $27 per month for our Canadian friends (to cover the additional shipping). First kits will begin shipping in mid-October and quantities are limited!

Go HERE to sign up and for more information.

Appalachian Memories Block of the Month

We call this "Grandpa's Barn Quilt" because each one of these beautiful barn blocks were lovingly hand stitched by Grandpa!  Designed by Beth Dix of Primrose Lane in North Carolina, "Appalachian Memories" is one of a series called "Mama's Quilts" dedicated to Beth's mother Dolores.

We created our Block of the Month program to be as simple as possible so that beginners and experienced stitchers alike can enjoy making this  beautiful 74" x 92" quilt.  All the fabrics for the top & binding are premium quilt shop batiks and the thread is Sulky's 12-wt in a beautiful chocolate brown.  Additionally, we provide you with pre-printed embroidery designs on Fabri-Solvy so there is no tracing required on any of these blocks!

We offer this program in a 13-month program for $22/month, or if you're an over-achiever we have a 6-month program for $40/month.  As with all of our BOM programs there is no registration fee and shipping is included in your monthly cost.  You get no added charges and no surprises!

For more information and to sign up, go HERE.

STEPPIN’ OUT Block of the Month

A Pearl Louise Design

Calling all flirty girls!  Isn’t this “shoe quilt” simply irresistible?    Sew much fun to put together, this pieced and appliqued quilt just makes people smile!  We found this to be about the easiest fusible applique project we’ve ever done and the results are delightful.

Featuring shoe styles to suit just about anyone, this large (81" x 81") fashion statement quilt appeals to the flirty girl in all of us!  You can’t help but laugh when you see the name of each shoe, and we bet you’ll have the songs for which the shoes are named running through your head as you make each block.  You can even listen to our exclusive "soundtrack" HERE!

This 12-month program is $22.00 per month, which includes all the patterns, fabrics for top & binding, and postage for this 81" x 81" quilt.  As always, there are no registration fees, and no extra shipping charges!  

We also offer a six-month accelerated program, or you can purchase the entire kit at one time.  We're flexible like that!  Go HERE for more information and to sign up.

Park Bench Block of the Month

What do you think of when you hear “park bench”?  What do you see in your mind’s eye?  We’ve taken Jaybird Quilts’ latest block of the month pattern and turned it into three different versions:

             
                         Park Bench Carnivale     Park Bench Noir

Won’t you join us on a walk through one of our “parks”?  This block of the month features eight unique blocks, all created with the Hex N More and Sidekick rulers.  You wind up with fifteen (15) multi-faceted jewel-like quilt blocks, all made without any Y seams or set-in seams!  Each month you’ll create two blocks (except for the last month, which is one block) from the same design.  Creative fabric placement makes your quilt appear to have 15 different blocks.  Go HERE for more details and to sign up.

Sparkling Gems Noir

From Annie Unrein of "By Annie", this bright and happy new block of the month quilt features twelve 15" blocks made from batiks on a fun black background with white accents.  This large quilt takes approximately 20 yards of fabric and finishes at 96" x 114" - easily large enough for a queen size bed and even some king-size beds (depending on how deep your mattress is).

All pieces are easily rotary cut and traditionally pieced. No special templates or rulers are needed.  Annie's exceptional directions include cutting "charts" to help you make the most of each fabric in your kits.  Sparkling Gems is great for beginners with lots of cutting/pressing/sewing tips.  It's also challenging enough for experienced quilters (you might be surprised at the new techniques you learn)!

As always, there is NO registration fee and shipping costs are included in your monthly kit charge.

Get more details and choose from our 13-month or 6-month program HERE.  Canadian friends, we've got 13-month and 6-month options (shipping included!) for you as well.  Kits will ship around the 20th of the month, beginning April 2014.  Join us on this sparkling journey!

Sparkling Gems

From Annie Unrein of "By Annie", this bright and happy new block of the month quilt features twelve 15" blocks made from batiks, white on white background and a cute multicolored dot on black print.  This large quilt finishes at 96" x 114" - easily large enough for a queen size bed!

All pieces are easily rotary cut and traditionally pieced. No special templates or rulers are needed.  Annie's exception directions include cutting "charts" to help you make the most of each fabric in your kits.  Sparkling Gems is great for beginners with lots of cutting/pressing/sewing tips.  It's also challenging enough for experienced quilters!

As always, there is NO registration fee and shipping costs are included in your monthly kit charge.

Go HERE for details and sign-up!  Space is limited, so don't delay,

Colorful Tropics

Tired of dreary winter days?  Take yourself on an 11-month trip through the tropics!  Colorful Tropics is a sampler of blocks in a glorious array of colors, inspired by designer Barbara Bieraugel's home state of Hawaii.  This is an 11-month program for which you'll receive each month the pattern and all the fabrics you need for the top & binding, with shipping included.  No registration fees, no additional postage!  The quilt finishes at approximately 76.5" x 89.5". Click HERE to sign up today.

Lone Star Pizzazz

Be ready to amaze your family and friends when you make this gorgeous quilt!  Lone Star Pizzazz was designed by Jackie Robinson of Animas Quilts.  She also designed all the Benartex “He Still Loves Me” fabrics used in this quilt.  We’re excited to offer you two size options in the purple & green colorway:

• The Topper will be $24.00/month for 10 months beginning November 2013.  The price includes the pattern, all the fabrics for the top & binding, and postage.  No sign-up fees, and no additional charges for shipping! 
• The King size will be $30.00/month for 10 months beginning November 2013.  As with the topper, the price includes all the fabrics for the top & binding, the pattern and postage.  No sign-up fees, and no additional charges for shipping.
  
  

Block of the Month kits are shipping now.  Go HERE to sign up for Lone Star Pizzazz.

Prefer to have the complete kit instead of doing it month by month?  We have those options too:

• The Topper kit is $198.00 for the pattern & all the Benartex “He Still Loves Me” fabrics for the top & binding, no shipping charge.
• The King size kit is $275.00 for the pattern & all the Benartex “He Still Loves Me” fabrics for the top & binding, no shipping charge.

Go HERE to purchase the full kit for either size.

Toes in the Sand Block of the Month

Don’t we all dream of putting our toes in the sand at the beach sometimes?  It doesn’t matter where we live, the song of the surf calls to the beach bum in all of us at some point.  With “Toes in the Sand” you can visit a different beach every month. Make blocks inspired by the big boulders of Big Sur or the tiny pebbles of Pebble Beach.  Join us on a 14-month beach-hopping trip up the California coast as we visit Jaybird Quilt’s favorite beaches, making two blocks at each visit (each month). Go here for details and sign-up to make this twin-size quilt.  (As with all our kits, postage is included in the monthly charge of $18.00 and there is no registration fee.)

Mind Your Mama! Block of the Month

Calling all Redwork Lovers!  We’ve taken Eazy Peazy Quilts’ adorable new “Mind Your Mama” pattern and broken it out into a Block of the Month program we’re sure you’ll enjoy.  Who hasn’t heard these admonitions from our moms, dads, grandparents … whatever “authority” figures we grew up with:  “Eat your vegetables!”, “Make your bed!”, “Brush your teeth!” and so on.

And don’t we tell our children or grandchildren the very same things?  Commemorate those sayings with this all-inclusive adorable wall quilt (40” x 40”) done in red and white over a 10-month period.   Details and sign-up button can be found here.  (As with all our kits, U.S. postage is included in the monthly charge of $10.00 and there is no registration fee.)

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