I'm very excited to announce the New York Beauty Quilt Along! This quilt along is all about paper piecing. If you've never done paper piecing before, it might sound a little bit scary, but trust me, you can do it! The quilt along will feature step-by-step photos and instructions for each block by some very talented quilters, to give you the confidence to get off and running!
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New York Beauty block from Kati of From the Blue Chair |
We will be working with 10 New York Beauty blocks, and you can get a preview of the blocks here. Each block instruction makes one 8" x 8" block (as shown in the graphics); you can either assemble 4 of the same block to make one large 15.5" x 15.5" block (as pictured above), or you can mix and match to make something beautiful!
Here are the approximate fabric requirements if you are planning on making all ten 8" x 8" blocks:
- 10 fat eighths for main fabrics (or 5 fat quarters or scrap fabric)
- 1-1/2 yards background fabric
And here is the schedule for the block tutorials:
March 5 - Kim from My Go-Go Life {Block 0}
March 12 - Sara from Sew Sweetness {Block 5}
March 19 - Megan from Canoe Ridge Creations (Block 1}
March 26 - Kati from From the Blue Chair {Block 8}
April 2 - Jeni from In Color Order {Block 7}
April 9 - Amy from Sukie Don't You Know Who I Am? {Block 6}
April 16 - Katy from The Littlest Thistle {Block 2}
April 23 - Lee from Freshly Pieced {Block 4}
April 30 - Amy from Amy Lou Who {Block 3}
May 7 - Lindsay from Lindsay Sews {Block 9}
If you are thinking about participating, please join the Flickr Group!
We'll be sharing fabric choices and help along the way!
So...are you game?! Grab a button and we'll see you on March 5th for the first block of the series!!
{stolen from Sara's page, LOVE YA Sara!!!!}
7 comments
Wow, this looks amazing Kim!
I shall see you there! Just as soon as I've stopped freaking now I've seen everyone else that's taking part lol
Oooh I know I shouldn't join another thing, but this looks too good to pass up! I'm excited to try paper piecing!
I've never joined a quilt-a-long, but I've long admired this pattern. Do we need to buy a pattern? I'm [potentially] in!
I've always wanted to learn how to make this block ! Do I dare jump in ? ..... maybe ...... probably ..... I really, really , REALLY wanna !!!!
Oooooh, how fantastic! I've been wanting to try these blocks for ages and this looks like so much fun!
I'm trying not to bite off more than I can chew with quiltalongs, but when it's for something that's already on my to do list for this year then it's a match made in heaven!
I want to participate. I joined the Flickr group. I noticed it says to "grab a button". Dumb question... what is a button???
Kay Lemieux
Ontario, Canada
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