My Block of the Month Quilt
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I’m a retired Family and Consumer Science teacher who taught quilting classes to 9th, 11th and 12th graders. Teaching these students taught me much about quilting & about HOW to teach others to quilt. After I retired, I taught a 9 month long, beginning quilting community education class. Our pattern: the 2017 Block of the Month tutorial. I’d always admired my students’ quilts that had black backgrounds so this was the perfect opportunity for me to make my own (and to use some of my batik stash). I thought this Block of the Month pattern would be challenging and attention holding, and more importantly: a great pattern for beginner quilters – and it was! We learned together with this fun-to-make pattern; everyone’s project turned out great! A common sentiment from class members: “My first block seemed so difficult, but I couldn’t believe how much I had learned by the time I was sewing my last block!” I had my quilt professionally quilted but I intend to utilize the quilting suggestions as I continue to learn ruler work quilting. Wonderful tutorial-for beginners & more “seasoned” quilters!
7 comments on “My Block of the Month Quilt”
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Thank you!
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So beautiful and what a great memory with your class! The quilt is so striking with the black background. And ruler work is a lot of fun!
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I love how the colors “pop” against the black too! I’ve done some ruler work-it’s definitely a work in progress! 🙂
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Also, I love how you added your own variation with the top and bottom pieced rows. Great way to use leftover fabric!
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Thank you! Yes, I wanted it more rectangular & had plenty of scraps to use on the front & the back, so it worked well.
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Our Quilting Group is using this pattern as a Block of the Month. So easy to direct member to this page and get the instructions. While some have struggled, we all are finding the blocks interesting and a real build your skills tool.
thanks for making this available.
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Beautiful work.