Happy Thanksgiving

Before I go farther, a reminder that we are closed Thanksgiving Weekend, and that the Cardinal wall hanging is coming on December 4.

As promised, here is a photo of the block from the BOM for 2011. The fabrics in this are reproductions I had in my stash. I used the stunning new threads from Wonderfil for the zig zags in the machine applique. Yes, it is turned edge too.

While I have your attention let me tell you some of the benefits of signing up for this project. When the new BOM gets chosen each year, we decide on something quite different from the previous year, in color, design, and difficulty levels. It keeps things new and novel for all of us. It is also part of our philosophy to choose something that allows for and encourages you to bring your own personality and visions to the project. Lastly we try to create a program that you cannot get anywhere else. in other words, You wont be able to download the pattern for free two years from now because the fabric company has sold out on all the matching kits. The Village Fabric Shoppe is the ONLY place you can get all of it for a whole year.

Now, this BOM specifically, uses the book Fusible Magic, by Nancy Johnson-Srebro. The photo shows it in my bright front window, and you can see bits of the commercial templates surrounding it. There is a classroom set of these for you to use during class. The block kits will be distributed during class and you may use the fabrics to experiment with the new techniques as you make each block right in our classroom, or you can take them home and work there. We have worked hard to keep the costs down ( Class, including block kit, is only $5.00 per month) so that everyone can come in and enjoy some time experimenting with all the new things that quilters have to play with in our classroom. There is so much versatility in this that there are bonus projects and new ways to apply these designs to other projects nearly every month. In addition, I have worked out several setting options, from our colorful garden that will keep things cheerful through the grey winter, to a much more traditional sampler style setting that makes up to a full size bed quilt.

Just to prove the versatility of this mix and match design, here is the center for a Round Robin that I have sent on its way, using the motifs from this project in a Flower Power sort of way. They are fused, raw edge appliqued by machine, and set on a very bright piece of fabric that I painted in a workshop many years ago. Now isn't it amazing that both the block at the top of this post and this project are from the very same set of motifs in the same book? Get signed up today, you wont want to miss a single minute of this project.