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Fun BOM I joined
Hi everyone
I just joined a new BOM at my LQS. Our first meeting was this morning. It cost $10 to join. It's being held the 2nd Saturday of the month and you have to be there before the doors lock at 9am or it will cost you another $10 to get in. There is a demonstration and we are given the fabric needed for the block that month. If we complete our block by the next meeting and bring it to show then we get the fabric for the next block at no cost. So bascially by the end of it we will have enough 12" blocks to make a quilt top for only the initial $10 (plus thread and stuff). We have to use the fabric provided because she doesn't want people going home and grabbing an already made block instead of doing our homework. Smart girl. We were given a choice of country, floral or bright. I chose country. All of the blocks we're making are ones that are in the Underground Railway quilt book that just came out.. and which I've already bought, so I can find instructions in there too. She can't photocopy those instructions because they are copyrighted. This month is Drunkard's Path, which I've never done before cause it looks hard, but after seeing the demonstration it doesn't look so difficult. Shirley in BC Note new URL for my Quilt Site (ad free) My Quilt Site http://quilts.inspiring-thoughts.com Inspiring Thoughts http://members.tripod.com/inspiring-thoughts/index.html |
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Have a good time! I'm on my 3rd BOM club at a local LQS. Just don't believe
that this quilt will ONLY cost the original $10- let me think.. Have I ever gotten out of the store without buying something?????? Helen in MN "Shirley Ellen" I just joined a new BOM at my LQS. |
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Shirley Ellen wrote:
We were given a choice of country, floral or bright. I chose country. All of the blocks we're making are ones that are in the Underground Railway quilt book that just came out.. Heh, I'm in a BOM that's using the same book, only it's being called a Civil War BOM. There's a "country" BOM going on along side it, has stuff like applique flowers, house blocks, stuff like that. The Civil War BOM I'm in has done Bear Paw, Drunkard's Path, Flying Geese, Crossroads, Monkey Wrench and Wagon Wheel. (We started in January.) We did the Drunkard's Path in February -- it's a really interesting technique. Just be sure to square up the patches to 3.5" before assembling the block. I forgot to, and now the block is 13" unfinished instead of 12.5". *blush* To get the circle exactly centered in the square, I folded both into quarters, finger-pressed, and matched the creases. Oh, another tip -- use a walking foot if you have one to sew the fusible onto the circles. A regular foot will push the fusible and distort it. Other things I did: -- ironed it only barely enough to make the fusible on the back of the circle stick, it just needed to not slip while stitching, not stick like iron, because then I -- cut as much fusible back out as I could -- trimmed out the excess background -- used a decorative stitch to sew the circle onto the square -- the black rose, wench with a wrench proud to be owned by a yorkie http://community.webshots.com/user/blackrosequilts |
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sounds much like the group I joined only we paid $5 and the blocks are 9
inches. -- Mary http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948 "Shirley Ellen" wrote in message ... Hi everyone I just joined a new BOM at my LQS. Our first meeting was this morning. It cost $10 to join. It's being held the 2nd Saturday of the month and you have to be there before the doors lock at 9am or it will cost you another $10 to get in. There is a demonstration and we are given the fabric needed for the block that month. If we complete our block by the next meeting and bring it to show then we get the fabric for the next block at no cost. So bascially by the end of it we will have enough 12" blocks to make a quilt top for only the initial $10 (plus thread and stuff). We have to use the fabric provided because she doesn't want people going home and grabbing an already made block instead of doing our homework. Smart girl. We were given a choice of country, floral or bright. I chose country. All of the blocks we're making are ones that are in the Underground Railway quilt book that just came out.. and which I've already bought, so I can find instructions in there too. She can't photocopy those instructions because they are copyrighted. This month is Drunkard's Path, which I've never done before cause it looks hard, but after seeing the demonstration it doesn't look so difficult. Shirley in BC Note new URL for my Quilt Site (ad free) My Quilt Site http://quilts.inspiring-thoughts.com Inspiring Thoughts http://members.tripod.com/inspiring-thoughts/index.html |
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This is the second BOM I'm doing. The other one started last January. They
will be working from this book to make a sampler in more appropriate fabrics at a class in the Fall doing 2 blocks a week. Shirley -- Note new URL for my Quilt Site (ad free) My Quilt Site http://quilts.inspiring-thoughts.com Inspiring Thoughts http://members.tripod.com/inspiring-thoughts/index.html "maryd (Oregon)" wrote in message ... sounds much like the group I joined only we paid $5 and the blocks are 9 inches. -- Mary http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948 "Shirley Ellen" wrote in message ... Hi everyone I just joined a new BOM at my LQS. Our first meeting was this morning. It cost $10 to join. It's being held the 2nd Saturday of the month and you have to be there before the doors lock at 9am or it will cost you another $10 to get in. There is a demonstration and we are given the fabric needed for the block that month. If we complete our block by the next meeting and bring it to show then we get the fabric for the next block at no cost. So bascially by the end of it we will have enough 12" blocks to make a quilt top for only the initial $10 (plus thread and stuff). We have to use the fabric provided because she doesn't want people going home and grabbing an already made block instead of doing our homework. Smart girl. We were given a choice of country, floral or bright. I chose country. All of the blocks we're making are ones that are in the Underground Railway quilt book that just came out.. and which I've already bought, so I can find instructions in there too. She can't photocopy those instructions because they are copyrighted. This month is Drunkard's Path, which I've never done before cause it looks hard, but after seeing the demonstration it doesn't look so difficult. Shirley in BC Note new URL for my Quilt Site (ad free) My Quilt Site http://quilts.inspiring-thoughts.com Inspiring Thoughts http://members.tripod.com/inspiring-thoughts/index.html |
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"Shirley Ellen" wrote in message ... Hi everyone I just joined a new BOM at my LQS. Our first meeting was this morning. It cost $10 to join. It's being held the 2nd Saturday of the month and you have to be there before the doors lock at 9am or it will cost you another $10 to get in. There is a demonstration and we are given the fabric needed for the block that month. If we complete our block by the next meeting and bring it to show then we get the fabric for the next block at no cost. So bascially by the end of it we will have enough 12" blocks to make a quilt top for only the initial $10 (plus thread and stuff). We have to use the fabric provided because she doesn't want people going home and grabbing an already made block instead of doing our homework. Smart girl. We were given a choice of country, floral or bright. I chose country. All of the blocks we're making are ones that are in the Underground Railway quilt book that just came out.. and which I've already bought, so I can find instructions in there too. She can't photocopy those instructions because they are copyrighted. This month is Drunkard's Path, which I've never done before cause it looks hard, but after seeing the demonstration it doesn't look so difficult. Shirley in BC Oh, I just bought that book and I LOVE it! I wanna play too! I would if it would be cost effective for me to go from Kansas to British Columbia every Saturday. Hmmm. Before 9 did you say? Cindy |
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*LOL* Yep, before 9 or you have to pay another $10 to get in. Oh, and you
have to do your homework or it will cost you $10. We have one get out of jail free card that we can use if we miss a week or are late but that's it. I love quilting with other people, it's so much more fun Shirley -- Note new URL for my Quilt Site (ad free) My Quilt Site http://quilts.inspiring-thoughts.com Inspiring Thoughts http://members.tripod.com/inspiring-thoughts/index.html "teleflora" wrote in message news:AZKyc.37103$%T.19057@okepread05... "Shirley Ellen" wrote in message ... Hi everyone I just joined a new BOM at my LQS. Our first meeting was this morning. It cost $10 to join. It's being held the 2nd Saturday of the month and you have to be there before the doors lock at 9am or it will cost you another $10 to get in. There is a demonstration and we are given the fabric needed for the block that month. If we complete our block by the next meeting and bring it to show then we get the fabric for the next block at no cost. So bascially by the end of it we will have enough 12" blocks to make a quilt top for only the initial $10 (plus thread and stuff). We have to use the fabric provided because she doesn't want people going home and grabbing an already made block instead of doing our homework. Smart girl. We were given a choice of country, floral or bright. I chose country. All of the blocks we're making are ones that are in the Underground Railway quilt book that just came out.. and which I've already bought, so I can find instructions in there too. She can't photocopy those instructions because they are copyrighted. This month is Drunkard's Path, which I've never done before cause it looks hard, but after seeing the demonstration it doesn't look so difficult. Shirley in BC Oh, I just bought that book and I LOVE it! I wanna play too! I would if it would be cost effective for me to go from Kansas to British Columbia every Saturday. Hmmm. Before 9 did you say? Cindy |
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