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WELCOME TO THE 2013 HGTV FORUM BLOCK OF THE MONTH!

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The theme this year is Secrets
SavedSinnr and I (CBQ, the crazy one) are 'egg'-cited and thrilled to be working with you on the BOM this year!




A Bit of Background......

►ALL board members are welcome to join us! There is no commitment or sign-up. Just join in the fun by posting on this thread.

►You are not swapping, exchanging or anything else, just make the block we post on the first of each month; show us a photo of your work, and be entered into a drawing for a wonderful prize.

► Each month, we will be doing a block from Quilter's Cache.

► In the intro post, found hereintro post
we explained the extra blocks needed to make a larger quilt. These blocks are totally optional and secret! We will remind you each month to make your secret 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.)



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This year we will again 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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Step One~

Now ... without further clucking ... HERE'S the January BLOCK ~~

Noon and Light

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Step 2~ don't forget to make your chain block!
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Additional Notes~
I did not press my seams as suggested in the pattern. I wanted them to lock together, so I pressed 2 of the center HST's to the light. And also half of the three triangle units to the two triangles. Just choose one group and press that one to the 2 triangles. I will show my backside below.

Also~ be sure you square up all your units to 3.5 inches before you sew the block together. It goes so much smoother.


COME ALONG AND HAVE SOME FUN!!!
AND DON'T FORGET TO POST THOSE PICS WE LOVE PICS!

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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January Finishers~

Becky from NY
headielamar
STinMT
Will Quilt for Chocolate
MountainLaurel
Malou
KBlue
alexemmarose
Elainetoo
PatriciaAnne
Anael7621
sister Sue
Patty J
Handie Ann
Quilter Jen
Jane_Kiwi
Meme Quilts
Chlynn1129
Shauna's Crafty Quilter
CQWannabe
Kentucky_Sunshine

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SavedSinnr's block~~

The backside.

Congratulations to all our December finishers! CBQ will be along to draw soon.



December Finishers~~

Sister Sue
royalboomer
Elainetoo
Becky from NY
SDgranny
Handie Ann
Patty J
Anael 7621
STinMT
SewHappy
Chlynn1129
CQwannabe
DJBrown


Quilt top finishers..

Anael7621
STinMT
Becky from NY
SewHappy
Sister Sue
Patty J


Y'all did a marvelous job!!!


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This block is so pretty. Now you have me thinking "do I go scrapy or should I stick to a more traditional color scheme?"

Thanks Chicks for this new BOM and the not so hard block to start with. At least I think it's not so hard
Off to find the right fabric, I don't have a clue what to use!

Nice way to start the new year.

Looked for this first thing this morning. Thanks Chicks for being on the ball and getting it posted for us! I like the block!
I'm surprised we haven't seen WQFC yet!
Maybe she's already sewing it!! LOL!

Thanks for posting! Cool block. I am redrafting them to 9" finished (including the chain blocks) because 1) I hand quilt and 2) I still live at home and we live in a small house with 4 adults.

Wow, pretty block!

I am heading to the printer to retrieve the printed instructions. CQB and Save Sinnr, your blocks are both different in color and give us a variation of how to do our blocks. Great job. Thanks for posting. Hey, WQFC, where are you?? Did you fall asleep waiting for the post??LOL Sue

Glad y'all like the blocks ... that Little Red Hen is the brains of the outfit, and she chooses so well

Hey JILL ~~ where are you? Now, was I tweekin your beak or what? Do you see that WAS a peek at my block

Happy New Year everyone...

Jill just got up! But this is the first place that I came! Pretty block! Not the one I thought it was going to be! So much for my deductive reasoning!!!

Making breakfast for the family, but I will most likely be sewing later!

Happy New Year! Thank you for posting so soon! Your two blocks are both beautiful in their own ways...makes it good to see the variety of look with different colors and values and ALSO makes it hard! Now what to do??!! I think I will be doing a little stash shopping today to see if my original plan for the chain blocks will work with the BOMS. I had three different plans for fabbies and colors in the chain blocks but it is definately time now to focus it down to the actual plan.

Thanks ladies, for all you do for us to play together!

My sewing room doubles as a guest room. My parents are here with us right now. Went in there to start looking at my fabrics and I don't think I'll be sewing AT ALL for a few days! There is no space at the inn! LOL!

Can't wait to get to this...will have to wait until I get my sewing room back. It didn't stop me from playing around with it in EQ6!

Here is my Jan Block. I have 4 of my chain blocks done and 4 more cut out. This was an easy block just the way I like them.

My DH is still working on the new trac light in my sewing room so until he has it done and I get the mess cleaned up no sewing for me. I did lay out my blocks from 2012 and will get them sewed together when he is done.

Alright Becky! WOO HOO!!! GLAD you like this easy block ... hold on to that, ok?

Wow! Becky! Way to stitch!!! Block is lovely.

I'm still in the design stage I can see it now

Becky- nice block. You are way ahead of the game, having 4 chain blocks already done. You will have less work to do in Dec. Sue

Great block Becky! Way to sew in the new year!

I got all my chain blocks done. Now on to the January block.

If I still make the same block, do I only have to use 3 colors? I am using up my ziploc scraps and so for example all of the "tiny yellow triangles" in the sample would not be all the same color. Is that allowed?

Any colors you choose are fine ILM4K!

Here is my January block.

Great job Headielamar and Becky! Your blocks are beautiful.

Great blocks Becky and Headielamar. And those that have chain blocks done already.. geez!

Oh, Oh... did you catch what SavedSinnr said? :rolleyes

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Originally posted by SavedSinnr:
...... GLAD you like this easy block ... hold on to that, ok?

SavedSinner does that remark mean the rest of the blocks will be hard?????????????

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Originally posted by Becky from NY:
SavedSinner does that remark mean the rest of the blocks will be hard?????????????

absolutely not! Remember now ... I'm doing it, so it can't be too hard!

WOW!!!Headielamar, nice block and you have your chain blocks done too. Way cool. I better get going and pick out some fabric for this years BOM. I don't want to be the last to get done. LOL Sue

Wow, already some blocks finished! I even didn't print the pattern! But I will before the end of the month

Is it ok to to make 16" blocks? Maybe add a border around it? I can't find a chain block that I'm motivated to make except the 16" one I saw.

PatriciaAnne~ adding a border around the block is fine too. We aren't really the quilt police.

Great block Headie!!

I like both of your blocks Becky and headielamar! You got them done fast!
I'm still moving fabric around trying to find what will go with what!

Exciting to see blocks! I have an idea of how I want to do mine, just need to get my sewing room back!

Oh my goodness, I haven't picked out a color theme, but I am pretty sure what my chain block will be. So maybe I'm going to step out of my comfort zone and make mine scrappy. That is ver scarey to me. I like how other scrappy quilts look, but when I put mine together it looks pitiful. But isn't this BOM a challenge to stretch your comfort zone a bit??? I'll see what happens. Pat
Congrats on the finished blocks. They are looking good. Pat

WINNERS! WINNERS!!

(No chicken dinners, sorry.)


The Block finisher winner for December is.....


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CQWannabe!!

Congratulations!!

And I also have a little prize for one of the top finishers............


STinMT!!

Congratulations!!

Could you both PM your snail mail addresses to me? (CBQ) I know I probably had them before, but I didn't keep them.

Thank you everyone for playing along in 2012!!

Congratulations ladies. You did good!

Congrat's to the winners. It was fun doing the BOM 2012- now on to 2013. LOL Sue

congratulations to the winners this month

congratulations to the winners

Congrats ladies

It was a lot of fun doing the 2012 BOM! And now I have a lovely Christmas quilt living at my house!

WOW, Thank you!! Congratulations to all who finished the Dec. block and the 2012 top!!!

Thank you BOM Chicks for all your hard work designing these blocks and encouraging us to try them. These blocks have made some amazing quilts and I have learned a lot about quilting from making them. Still working on July and August to finish mine but I will before Jan. is over.

Congratulations to the big winners. But aren't we all winners just because we finished our blocks and there is a possibility that it could one day be a quilt???? Laughing

Patty - I was thinking the same thing! I'm the loser cause I didn't do it! Those are such pretty quilts!

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But aren't we all winners just because we finished our blocks and there is a possibility that it could one day be a quilt???? Laughing

~ Patty J

You are absolutely right Patty! Maybe I should stop sending out gifties? Nah, you are all special and I hope through the course of the year that everyone won a little something.

Hello my stitch friends! Okay, so I know I said I wouldn't begin 2013 until I finished November and December 2012 but to tell you the truth, I have a new plan...imagine that!

I am not just real happy with my remaining florals for November and December and I refuse to buy more right now. I have also decided that one of my 2012 blocks (don't remember which month it was) just simply does not go with the rest of my blocks so I am allowing myself to NOT make November and December and to pull the block that doesn't play well with the rest and to have a 9 block floral quilt! I am so excited and happy to have given myself permission! I won't be able to show you my quilt top until March as I am going to a small quilt retreat the end of Feb and that is the main project I will be working on...piecing and quilting my floral 2012 BOM.

In the meantime, the block I have pulled from the group is R-W-B and I have decided to use it as the center medallion of my Quilt of Valor. I couldn't be happier with it! Once my QOV is finished I will join you all in the 2013 BOM! I can hardly wait and have pulled fabbies already. I am going to go scrappy Christm@s this year~like I said before I really loved those that were done last year.

Love you all, love the inspiration, and love the beautiful blocks and quilts you produce!

Here is the beginning of my QOV using the 2012 BOM as a medallion.

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Alex, sounds like you made a decision you can be happy with. That is what this is about.LOL Love your posted block and I am sure your quilt will be lovely. Sue

January block is made.