Happy November! No Tricks here~ just a TREAT! Can you believe the year is almost over!?


WELCOME TO THE 2012 HGTV FORUM BLOCK OF THE MONTH!

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The theme this year is MAKE IT YOUR OWN!!!

ivy_cottage (Camilla) and I (CBQ, Little Red Hen) are 'egg'-cited and thrilled to be working with you on the BOM this year!

You are not swapping, exchanging or anything else, just make the blocks we suggest every month, show us a photo of your work, and be entered into a drawing for a wonderful prize. ALL board members are welcome to join us!

SEW ... each month, we will be doing a block from Quilter's Cache. We will also reveal some smaller blocks that you can make and join to your 12 inch block.




Credit: Marcia Hohn has graciously said we can use blocks from The Quilter's Cache again this year. Please read her Terms and Conditions at: http://www.quilterscache.com/. And follow the below guideline. "Should photographs of items made from Original designs be posted on your group website, they should also be clearly marked with the name of the pattern As I have it named, and that it is from The Quilter's Cache/Marcia Hohn." (Since you'll post your pictures in this thread, you will be covered by that statement.)



The smaller blocks are totally optional~ you can make what we suggest, make something else, or not make any at all! Make it your own!




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This year we will challenge you to stretch your skills, ideas and creativity, while sewing and even trying new block patterns as well as methods. We are here to help! Use this thread to post your questions, problems anything related to the BOM~ and we will try to answer them for you.

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One other important note~ we are NOT presenting you the blocks in any order. January's block will not go in the upper left hand corner of your quilt! Just to mix things up we are presenting them in no particular order, but if you join us for the year, in December we will reveal the layout we have chosen.

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Step One~
Now ... without further clucking ... HERE'S the November BLOCK ~~

Double Aster

Now, now, now don't let the 3 pins on this block scare you away! It is time to learn something new~ a partial seam. It is very easy to do, but I do have a couple recommendations~

*cut a little swatch so you don't get the color numbers mixed up

*spray your fabrics well with starch or sizing so they are crisp before cutting out the pieces

*leave a half inch for your partial seam, instead of the quarter inch she tells you to leave~ it gives you a little more wiggle room

Enjoy!! It is a fun block!!


Step 2~ the mini blocks will be posted below this post~~

SO Y'ALL COME ON AND HAVE SOME FUN!!!
AND DON'T FORGET TO POST THOSE PICS WE LOVE PICS!

NOTE: If you have trouble posting pictures, or have a challenge with resizing them to post, you can SEND THEM TO ONE OF US VIA EMAIL, and we will BE HAPPY to resize them and post for you !!!



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~October Winners~

CQwannabe
alexemmarose


November Finishers~~

Anael7621
Chlynn1129
Becky from NY
Handie Ann
STinMT
SDgranny
CQwannabe
Sew Happy
DJBrown
Sister Sue
Patty J



Who is next??

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Step 2~ the mini blocks
Totally optional but lots of fun!!

Sashing~ cut 2.5 inch strips. Two are cut to 12.5 inches, and two are cut 16.5 inches.


The five 6 inch (finished) blocks
I have no idea what these are called. I was playing around in EQ again.
For each block you will need~

4~ HST's that measure 2 and 7/8th's inches unfinished Make them your favorite way. I started out with 3.5 inch squares, drew the line, stitched on either side, cut apart and then squared them up to 2 and 7/8th's.

1~ 1.75 inch square

1~ 1.75 inch by 7.25 inch strip of your light and
1~ 1.75 inch by 7.25 inch strip of your dark.

Sew the light and dark 7.25 inch strips together. Cut into 4 rectangles 1.75 inches wide.

Assemble your block.

The rectangles will be 1/8th of an inch longer than the HST's~~ this is ok!

Once your block is assembled, you can square it up to 6.5 inches and cut off those little pieces.

The extra blocks were some HST's and leftover pieces from other months. Once again you can 'make it your own' in these areas. I used 2- 4 inch (finished) blocks and 4- 2 inch (finished) leftover HST's.

CBQ- nice job on the new block. Thanks for posting early. I just printed out the directions and will have to decide what Asian fabric I will use to make the Nov. block. Sue

Beautiful block CBQ! I've done partial seams before so that should not be a problem.

Another great block to play with. Beautiful. Maybe in December I'll get caught up.

I have the instructions printed out will probley do it tomorrow. Another great block.

I'd working on my last block so I'll be caught up - and then I can do November!

YES, I did it LOL LOL
Here's my block.

Wow, Anael, that was fast! Your block is great. I love the little trees, so perfect with the Christmas fabrics.

Anael- great block. You are done so early, what will you do for the rest of the month????Sue

you are speedy- very pretty. I just printed mine so will get busy- tomorrow

Thank you all!

@Sue: catching up with some BOM's and BOW's And making some blocks for Ode to my Mom, sewing crib sheets. And if that's not enough I still have my Dear Jane and Sylvia to work on

WOW! What a challenge this one will be for me!

Beautiful job Anael! I like your little trees too.

Thanks CBQ The trees are from EQ5 and I adjusted them so they would fit.

Those are soooo pretty. Great jobs.

Ivy, can we start putting some rows together? Any hints? Pleaaaaaaaaaaaaase????

Very pretty block Anael. I had a few other things to finish before I can start this months but hopefully I can at least get started tomorrow.

Nice block Anael, I haven't even printed off the pattern yet. I need to hook the laptop up to the printer. Not that that is a big chore, but ya know I'm feeling kinda lazy these days. I'll get er done before Thanksgiving. LOL

Great blocks again this month. Thanks lady's!
I'm at quilt camp and just remembered about the new blocks being ready.

I finished mine today. It was not as difficult as I thought it would be, but I still lost some of my points! I starched, pressed, thought I used a scant 1/4 inch seam....still lost all the little red points

It's looking great Chlynn! From where I'm sitting I don't see any missing points

Thanks, Anael, but I lost a little of each little red triangle. I am making a red, white and blue quilt for a military charity so I did not rip and start over. I had to do that a couple of times earlier! LOL!

Chlynn- love the way your blocked turned out. You really can't tell that the corners on the red were cut off. great job. Sue

Anael and Chlynn...wowsers! quick out of the gate on getting your blocks done!

Beautiful blocks too, I might add! Only these last two blocks to go!

This has been a most interesting and enjoyable BOM challenge. I have learned ALOT about piecing and values in the blocks. I am totally in AWE of the beautiful blocks I have seen here and the truly great talent you ladies have shared. Fun challenge. Hope to get to my block this week.

alexemmarose, I agree with you. I have tried so many different things with this BOM.

Great job ladies - I'm itching to get mine started - maybe this weekend Yours are just so pretty, I love 'em.

Finally got mine done tonight. Can't wait for Decembers block so I can put it all together.

Becky, very nice block!

This is just not my night. This will be the 3rd time to try to post a picture.
My November block.

Well that one went on now to try for one more. I went back and picked up the Feb. block and added the small blocks to it.

Wow Handie Ann, such beautiful blocks!

Becky- love the way you used your color combinations with the red, blue and gray. Handie, your colors remind me for a perfect fall day. Nice job on the small blocks. The quilts will look great when we finish the Dec. block. I still need to look for the Asian fabric. Maybe this weekend. Sue

Ladies, those are just beautiful! The colors being used just please the eye.

Hello, Ladies!
I am home again but not adjusting to my local time zone AND after "falling back."
Hopefully, in a few days.

It is my month to pick from the "Finishers" list, so...
I copied the list and pulled out... not one, but two winners this month.
Since I am half asleep... still!

Congrats to CQwannabe AND alexemmarose.

I will pm you for a snail mail addy...

Thanks for sewing along with us each month, ladies! OH!!!
I need to sew this block, too!

ivy

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Congrats to you both

WOW and Thanks!!! Congratulations to Colleen too!!
Sending you a PM

Great November blocks everyone!! I hope to get to my Nov. block this weekend. A bit of excitement last weekend, my grand daughter was born on Fri., Nov. 2. I spent the weekend holding my grandbaby instead of sewing.

Guess this is a bonus week for me, my first grand child and won BOM!!!

Congrat's to CQwannabe and Alexemmarose for being the big winners for Oct. I need to get going on my block, but might wait til the weekend. LOL Sue

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Congrats ladies!!

Handie Ann - I love your small blocks!! Your regular one is beautiful as well

Beautiful blocks ladies!!

Congrats to CQW on your beautiful grand daughter! Holding that sweet little one makes everything bad in your life go away! Do enjoy!

Thank you so much to the hostesses for the fun of this challenge...AND...for picking my name this month! Fun! Congrats to CQW also!

Haven't made my block yet and have company coming today~daughter and 2 grand daughters (YEA!)~so maybe when they leave I can get to it!

Nice looking blocks Handi and Alex... I haven't even printed the pattern out yet(embarrassed red faced), Having overnight guests this weekend and might not get to work on it yet. Pat

congratulations to the winner this month and I must say I am very excited to see all these beautiful quilt blocks finished into quilts.

Finished my block, lost a few of the points, but there are no quilt police.

STinMt.- Love your Christmas block. Everyone is getting an early start on the block this month. Maybe we will have record number of Nov BOM completed . Hope so. LOL Sue

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STinMT, lovely! Those postcard pictures are beautiful in the block, I love it!

STinMT, pretty holiday block.

Going to go work in mine now.

ST...love your Christmas block!

Very nice blocks so far. I especially love seeing how creative some can get with tweaking in their own way. Great job folks.

Whoohoo! We have 5 finishers so far this month!

I'm working on a surprise for tomorrow.

~cbq