More BOM patterns

Just when I though I said all there is to say about Block of the Month sites, I found another list compiled by Judie Bellingham from BellaOnline.

To see which BOM’s she recommended, click HERE.

2013 Block of the Month projects

Oops!  I slipped and only when fellow quilter, Ruby van Straaten, asked about this I remember I featured a couple of BOM projects at the beginning of 2012.  So guess what I did on Friday before and after my Freeze Frame Facial?

This is what I could find on the World Wide Web.

On the site of Shabby Fabrics I found this adorable little house BOM.  To download your blocks, click HERE.

The first block of Val Laird’s BOM will be published this week, so start following her blog by clicking HERE.

Claudia’s Quilt Shoppe offers a free Quilter’s Alphabet BOM and it can be found over HERE.

Animal Babies (rather cute – she says with having her first grandchild) over at Angie’s Bits ‘n Pieces over HERE.

Debbie Mumm’s Favorite Themes Sampler over HERE.

Sewing basket paper pieced blocks by Heleen Pinkster, January block already up, over HERE.

Wonky Sampler by Brandywine Valley quilters over HERE.

Stellar BOM by Animas Quilts over HERE.

Stars quilt by The Quilt Ladies over HERE.

Quilt Sampler by Country Threads Chicken Scratch over HERE.

Pieced blocks by the Glendale Quilt Guild over HERE.

Skill Builder BOM starting on 17 January by Pile O Fabric over HERE.

I didn’t check back to see whether these are less or more than last year but I think this should do to get Ruby and other BOM followers going and as much as I enjoy sitting here typing, I have some quilting of my own to do!

Kaleidoscope challenge - final post

Yesterday’s post originally would have been my final post on this Kaleidoscope challenge but then blogging friend, Chris, sent me yet another interesting link to a paper pieced Kaleidoscope block.

This time the tutorial is from the site of Pitter Putter Stitch and to see how to draft your own Kaleidoscope block, get Brooke’s tutorial by clicking HERE.

Now this concludes my hints and references to our first challenge.  Come on...... you can do it!!

Kaleidoscope challenge - almost final post

Pressed for time but still wish to enter a quilt for the first quarterly meeting's challenge?  Then take a look at this quilt on the site of Robert Kaufman.

Pretty and really not that hard to make.  To get the full instructions, click HERE.

Kaleidoscope challenge - Part 3

How about giving the 8-wedge Kaleidoscope block a try?

With the free pattern and extremely clear instructions on the site of Connecting Threads, you simply cannot go wrong.

To take a look (and obviously start with this immediately!!) at how it is done, click HERE.

Kaleidoscope challenge - Part 2

So if from yesterday's post you still couldn't decide what to make.  How about using the standard Kaleidoscope block pattern?

Take a look on how this block can be changed to get rather interesting effects on the site of TLC Home by clicking HERE.

I just love the little curved pieces added to this.

First quarterly meeting challenge

Okay members of the Oranje Quilters' Guild I trust you rested well and that you already took a look at the page showing all the DATES TO REMEMBER and also took note of the challenges for every term.

Don't forget that any UFO can also be entered for the quarterly challenges but I'd like to focus on the theme challenge for the first term which is Kaleidoscope - in anticipation of our festival later this year.

So to get your creative juices flowing and your mind set on an interesting idea, take a look at all these Kaleidoscope images by clicking HERE.