MONTH FIVE OF BOM

 I got the instructions for month five of the SeaMQGBOM2026 last night.  

I cut the parts and pieces out and sewed them together to make four more 'blocks'.

SEAMQGBOM2024 IS A TOP

 I sewed together all of the blocks and extra blocks made for the Seattle Modern Quilt Guild's Block of the Month for 2024.  It is now a quilt top.  It took me most of today.

It is 64" by 80".  I made extra blocks to make it rectangular and bigger.

SEATTLE BOM BLOCKS FOR JULY

 I made the blocks for the Seattle Modern Quilt Guild's Block of the Month for 2024 today.

This month was about Half Rectangle Triangles (HRT).  There are three regular sized blocks and one double sized HRT.

NEXT BLOCKS FOR BOM

 I finally got around to making the next blocks in the Seattle Modern Quilt Guild's Block of the Month for 2024 - #SEAMQGBOM2024.  I was confused about the instructions at first.  I sent a question to the designer and she answered right away, but I've been busy with other stuff, I guess.

THIRD MONTH OF SEATTLE BOM

 I made this month's blocks for the Seattle Modern Quilt Guild's Block of the Month for 2024.

BIRD WATCHERS BOM

 Wonderfil Threads is offering a free Block of the Month, Bird Watchers.  They will have patterns for Foundation Paper Pieced (FPP) and another for wool applique.

I downloaded the FPP pattern and made the first one.  It is a 12" block.

ROOTED #2

 I put the last few embroidery stitches into the Month Two block for Rooted by Sue Spargo.  It's finally done.  It took a while.

However, I just received Month Seven.  So, I'm a bit behind.

SECOND MONTH OF SEAMQGBOM

 I got the second month's blocks made for the Seattle Modern Quilt Guild's Block of the Month 2024 - SEAMQGBOM2024.  Lots of Flying Geese.

#SEAMQGBOM2023

 I finished my version of the Seattle Modern Quilt Guild's mystery Block of the Month for 2023 called Diamond Flare by Taylor Krz of ToadandSew.com.  

The pattern as presented was to finish at 70" by 70".  I prefer rectangular quilts.  So, I added another border on the top and bottom to make it 70" by 90".

Here is the finished top:

I used mostly scraps and old stash.

CATCHING UP

 I've put off a lot of my weekly and monthly projects lately.  I got to work on some of them today during our Brave Patch Monday Sewcial get-together.

First was doing this month's Block of the Month with Seattle Modern Quilt Guild.  I made the corner squares so I could attach the borders we made last month.

Then I started on the Art East Quilting Mini Charm blocks.  I think I'm five weeks behind.  I only had time to get one of those done.  If I do one a day the rest of the week, I'll be caught up.

I did get some quilting done on the Solstice Star, too.  

TULA SEWING

 I finally got around to making this last month's blocks for the Tula Pink Nebula quilt.  The fabrics have been waiting for me for a few weeks now.

I got all of the parts together, but I didn't have time to finish before lunch.

This is the longest I've sewn since my knee surgery.

NEBULA BLOCK ONE

 The fabrics and Nebula patterns finally showed up (the first shipment, mailed on January 5th, never arrived and Pink Door Fabrics finally sent another package after I complained again).  So, I am able to start.  Month two was included in the same package, also.  I made block one and had leftovers and was able to make a smaller version of each block, too.  This should be fun.

LAST ROW ON BEGONIA

This month we added the last row on the Begonia Quilt.  

She said that maybe next month there would be options - I don't know what that will be.

SEPTEMBER BEGONIA

I finally got around to adding September's rows to the Begonia Quilt.

I love September.  Summer is coming to a close, but the weather is just perfect.  The dogs know how to relax.  Lazy Jax.

JUNE BEGONIA

It's so exciting when the next set of instructions for Seattle Modern Quilt Guild's Block of the Month, Begonia come out.  

I added the next rows today after making a bunch more Half-Square Triangles.

BEGONIA FOR MAY

This month's instructions for the Seattle Modern Quilt Guild's Block of the Month, Begonia, came out last night.

I was so excited to get out to the studio this morning to get to work on it.  I love this!

It's really difficult to get a good picture of this Kona Regal (dark purple).  

And then there were all of these extra HST squares to make.  We're front-loading for the months to come.

BEGONIA MONTH 4

We got the next set of instructions for Seattle Modern Quilt Guild's Mystery Block of the Month, Begonia.

This is such a fun project, I can hardly wait to see what comes next.

Lots of triangles - we made more than needed for this month's borders.

 

BEGONIA MONTH TWO

Here is the second installment of Seattle Modern Quilt Guild's Block of the Month for 2019.

It's basically a bunch of half-square-triangle squares and we are making them eight at a time.  Easy-peasy.  I like it.  You put two 8" squares together, then make a diagonal X on the back, sew a quarter inch on each side, then cut on the lines and also in the other two directions to make eight squares.

Then you square them down to 3-1/2" squares.