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Quilt Blocks Flickr Group

I’ve been updating my Flickr groups and added one for Quilt Blocks fabric. So, if you’ve made anything with the collection, be sure to share it over there! And if you are entering the shop challenge, be sure to tag your photo (see details here). And as always, feel free to add photos of projects you’ve made from blog tutorials or just things you want to show us to The Long Thread Flickr group and your projects from my book to the 1, 2, 3 Sew group pool. I love to see all the creative and fabulous things you make!

And speaking of 1, 2, 3 Sew, it won a gold award for book design in the How-To/Crafts category of the PubWest Book Design Awards! Those folks at Chronicle make really nice books. The book’s designer, Vivien Sung and the Design Director, Aya Akazawa, did an amazing job. You can get a glimpse inside the design process in this post that I wrote a while back.

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Stacked Quilt Block

It is Monday and I am posting a tutorial. I know I haven’t done a Make it Monday post in quite some time! I made these blocks last week using my new Quilt Blocks collection and thought I’d share quick instructions. So I made a quilt block using Quilt Blocks. How meta. Tomorrow I’ll show you how to make glue using glue. Ha!

Anyway, this makes a 16″ finished block and you can easily use a pre-cut jelly roll since the strips are all 2 1/2″. You can download the .pdf instructions by clicking on the image below. I gave you the cutting measurements, plus some quick illustrations that will get you started. After you’ve made the first square, you just keep going, Log Cabin style.

Click here for a list of shops that are now shipping the Quilt Blocks fabric.

Oh, and here’s how it might look all together, if you made every block the same. The stars print that stands out so well in the image above comes in five colorways and I plan to make a quilt from four of the five colors, making each block the same. So you’ll see that next year!

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Quilt Blocks Shop Challenge

Attention handmade shop owners: I have a challenge for you! I’d love to see what you make from my new Quilt Blocks collection for Moda, so I am proposing a challenge. You are eligible for this challenge if you have an online shop, a local handmade shop, or if you sell locally at craft fairs. Here are the simple rules:

1) Make something with my Quilt Blocks fabric for your shop. It can incorporate any of the prints, alone or combined with solids.

2) Post a photo to the Quilt Blocks Flickr group here and add the tag “QuiltBlocksShopChallenge”.

I will pick my three favorites and each handmade artist will be featured on The Long Thread with a dedicated post profiling the shop owner and the shop. You will also receive three months of free advertising over there in the sidebar. PLUS five yards of Quilt Blocks fabric! So get started making stuff!

I’ll be accepting entries through the end of May. Can’t wait to see what you make! And those of you who make things for fun and don’t have a shop, I want to see your creations too. Be sure to add your photos to the Flickr photo pool as well. Thanks!

Here’s a post with the list of fabric shops carrying the fabric. I know that the Fat Quarter Shop has it in stock and ready to ship!

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