Okay, block of the month quilts. They sound so easy. So foolproof. Make a block or two each month, right? Easy, peasy. At the end of the year, you've made one nice size quilt. Quilting on the installment plan, right?
I've only made one, or sort of made one. It was in the early days of a LQS and I bought into a civil war block of the month. Some months I loved the fabric choices, other months, not so much. Some of the blocks never got made, and with the others I made two--one with the store's fabric choices and one with my own. I had it quilted over the summer but I haven't bound it yet, although the binding has been sitting right there on my ironing board for a couple of months. It's actually my husband's favorite and is on our bed right now in all its unbound glory. It's at the top of the list, though. Maybe this weekend. Maybe.
Then, yesterday I got the monthly newsletter from another LQS, featuring this quilt as a BOM for next year. It's designed by Sarah Maxwell and Dolores Smith for Homestead Hearth. Fabrics by Judie Rothermel. Oh my.
My inner conflict goes something like this:
PRO: It's so beautiful!
CON: Yeah, but it's also huge! It'll take forever to sew!
PRO: The fabrics are going to be gorgeous.
CON: Don't you have a rather large stash of fabric already? Hmmmm?
PRO: Well, yes, but it's so BEAUTIFUL! And look at all those intricate blocks.
CON: And do you really NEED to start another project?
PRO: Yes! And the blocks commemorate civil war battles. I'd have a great excuse to get back into all my civil war books.
CON: As if you needed an excuse...
PRO: Why, it'd be educational, I tell you! You BELIEVE in education...
CON: ****
And so it goes. And I think that Saturday morning I'm probably heading over to the LQS. Just to look, mind you. Just to take a peek at it.
Am I insane? Is anybody else out there going to try this?
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And, in the spirit of education, Fat Quarter Shop is offering the BOM here. In case your LQS isn't. This information is strictly for educational purposes, okay?
3 comments:
I also have those conflict of feelings, but after taking part in a club once, I promised myself I will never ever join again.
It’s what you say, sometimes you don’t like the fabrics and... everybody ends up with the same quilt.
You could consider to choose your own fabrics and make blocks you like, being inspired by the BOM...?
All I know is that it feels good not to be tempted in the least! Big CON for me - too many CW UFO's already... (I don't even think about buying CW abrics any more - they are that far off my radar - although I could use a nice cheddar.)
This is the kind of education I love! lol!!
I will resist, I will resist!!!
Too many UFOs here!
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