I'm participating in the Patchwork City Metro Block of the Month with The Intrepid Thread. It started in February with fabric to make two blocks each month. At the beginning of April the fabric was piling up, as I'd only pieced part of one of the first four blocks. So my April goal for A Lovely Year of Finishes was to get caught up on my blocks. This month I finished all six blocks!
I'm having a great time with this project and think it will be easier to stay on track now that I'm caught up. I'm finding the freezer paper method to be working really well for me an I've only had to rip out a couple rows of stitching (namely on those turquoise diamonds). ;-) Thanks again to ALYoF for giving me the push to get it done!
February Blocks
March Blocks
April Blocks
P.S. Tomorrow sign ups start for my Halloween Mini Swap on Instagram. You can see all the details here and find me @sarahmgoer on IG (where I'll be posting the sign up link) if you'd like to participate.
Linking up to ALYoF April FInishes Party and Needle and Thread Thursday.
Bo
Blocks look great and looks like they will go very well together...
sarah
Post authorThanks Bo. There are 25 blocks total, so it'll be the rainbow!
Kathy
Love your blocks Sarah, looks like a fun fabric line!
sarah
Post authorThanks, Kathy. All the credit goes to Julie of Intrepid Thread. I'm really loving the BOM packages!
BillieBee
Great looking blocks!
sarah
Post authorThank you, BillieBee!
Alison
These are so cute! I am very excited to sign up for the Halloween swap! It is my first time participating in a mini swap -- I've only ever done block swaps before!
sarah
Post authorThanks, Alison. I'm so glad that you'll be signing up! Please let me know if you have any questions along the way.
Vera
These are looking good. That B&W combo + color works really well.
sarah
Post authorThanks Vera! It's Elizabeth's Metro Area design from her book. I love the rainbow it will create when they are all done.
Debbie
Hi Sarah. I JUST happened across my Patchwork City book with 8(!) pieced blocks within its pages! I apparently started the BOM but didn't finish. And I have none of those fabrics left (Tula Pink, I think). Did you finish your quilt? If so, can you direct me to the post about it? I'd love to see what I was supposed to make. haha. Thanks!
sarah
Post authorThanks for visiting, Debbie! I wish I could say that it was a finished quilt now! I did a 100 day project in 2021 and finished all the blocks. But I had initially purchased Essex Linen for the sashing and decided somewhere along the way that I don't enjoy working with the linen for a quilt so I need to figure out a new sashing solution, which is a little tricky when it's a rainbow quilt. So I've stagnated and it's not at the top of the to do list at the moment. (I can't believe it has been 4 1/2 years since I've touched it.)
Debbie
Thanks for sharing more, Sarah! At least you have the blocks done. One of these days the timing will be right for a finish.