A Time to Bloom.
Theme: Patchwork blocks set amongst floral applique blocks.
Video tutorials and PDF patterns are released on the first Wednesday of the month.
Start date: May 1, 2024.
Cost: $11 per month for 12 months. (Total: $132 Australian dollars).
Option to pay upfront or pay by the month.
Registration opens on April 17, 2024. 2 weeks before the course starts.
(Course does not include fabric).
After tossing around many ideas, we have finally decided on a colour theme for this year’s mystery quilt. Our initial plan was a scrap quilt with a soft red background. However, this could not be found, so we changed our mind and decided to go a colour run with reds to pink.
You can still make your quilt a scrap quilt if you like. It's always so much fun to see the different versions of the one quilt!
(Each block starts at 18” square and is trimmed to 16 ¾” after quilting. This makes it perfect for fat quarters to be used as backing squares and background squares for the applique blocks).
The plan is to use a solid cream background fabric with a monochromatic colour scheme of red for the patchwork and applique blocks. We thought this would be a fun idea! Choose your favourite colour, then choose 5 fabrics ranging from a pastel tint to a deep shade.
The patchwork blocks will look something like this, set amongst Alaura's dancing flower applique blocks.
We’re going shopping tomorrow to find our collection of red hues. We’re thinking batiks but small prints would also work well. We’ll let you know what we choose before the end of the week. For those who are keen to start shopping, you’ll find the requirements list here:
EDIT:
Well, we went fabric shopping and couldn't find a selection of red to pink that we liked, so we changed our minds again and are going with a combination of blues in Moda Grunge. We've updated the first page of the requirements list with the grunge colour numbers if you would like to source the same fabrics as us.
It will look something like this:
What's your favourite colour? Let us know in the comments. I can imagine quilts made in shades of green, purple or blue like my shades of indigo quilt as shown below.
To recap; the 2024 Mystery quilt will have something for everyone!
This year we have two blocks for the price of one. A patchwork block and a free floral applique block designed by Alaura, plus, one bonus patchwork block to make a total of 25 blocks. This will give you the option to make all blocks into a large quilt or make 1 block of your choice per month to make a quilt with 12 blocks. For example, you may want to make only the applique blocks or only the patchwork blocks.
The floral blocks will be fusible applique and you’ll have your choice to blanket stitch, zig zag or sketchy applique them.
The patchwork blocks are all about learning different techniques, we’ll start easy to give you the confidence to build up to foundation piecing, curved piecing and maybe a Y seam.
Each block will be quilted as you go and joined together with the cover strip method on the back of the quilt.
We'll be back soon to share our exciting day of fabric shopping.
Have a creative week!
Monica and Alaura
Ou est- ce que je peut trouver la quantité de tissus pour cette courtepointe?
Hi, can I still join in for this mystery quilt, how can I register and pay for the 2 months patterns?
I have completed the first 2 patchwork blocks but I cannot find and link or instructions on how to print out the applique blocks. In month one the video told us to print pattern but didn't tell how to link to this function. can you help me?
I signed up a little later when this mystery quilt was introduced and then forgot all about it. So, I just finished piecing my first block right before the second one is out! My 2 last strips were about a quarter inch short. I will leave it as is. Hopefully when we do the trimming, it will all work out.
I have at last completed my first block for “Time to Bloom”. The stitch in the ditch needs some practice. My only concern is: I use a sewline pencil to mark my quilting lines. I bought the aqua eraser, also sewline, to erase the lines after sewing over them. After all the concerns, I am happy, and learnt alot. I am slowly going to start looking at the applique block-a bit anxious, but taking it inch-by-inch.