Sand and Sea Glass

This is the finished product. The 2012 BOM was called Sand and Sea Glass. I put it together, one block per month. Then added in the borders. I took it to my mom and dad's over spring break so we could place it on the big quilt frame. My mom and I decided to simply tie through the quilt rather than stitch through it.

I think it adds a certain charm and carries through with a move vintage look - just what I love!

The women at the Traditional Pastimes Quilt Shop Friday morning demos have been most encouraging. I love being able to glean from their experiences. Another community of women.

BOM continued

Finally I reached the end of my first ever BOM (Block of the Month) program. I went through a local quilt shop called Traditional Pastimes. Bernadette, the owner, designed the project and put it all together each month. I faithfully dropped in on the 15th of each month so pick up the new block. At the end of the 12 months, I have 12 completed blocks. I chose to feature the pink and blue, added beige and cream to make approximately 150+ hour glass sqaures to frame each of my blocks. Then on the advice of my mom, I continued the hour glass pattern all around the outside as well. My top is complete and I am waiting to place it on a quilt frame to layer, quilt then bind.

BOM #1, BOM #2, BOM #3, BOM #4

BOM

So I'm going to blame my friend Leanne. One day she said to me, "I'm doing the Block of the Month again. You should do it too." I asked, what is the Block of the Month?" Well.... in September I went into the quilt shop, paid my $15 and received my items for block #1. As a mennonite girl, $15 is too good a deal to pass up. Plus it gets better. Each month when I visit the quilt shop on the 15th with my completed block, I receive the next month's block for FREE! Every month! That is definitely too good of a deal to pass up. The rest is history...

As of today, I have just completed block #5. After 12 months, I will have 12 completed 12"x12" blocks.

Of course the BOM program only keeps be busy one day out of a month - two days if its a complex pattern. So that got me searching for more quilt patterns, quilt blocks, and other BOM programs.

I must say, there is something therapeutic about cutting fabric into bits and sewing them back together. I plan to post photos of each project so later I can look back and see which are favourites. Perhaps a few of you will journey together with me.