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Are you having a good weekend? I am – our deck is almost done!  Thank goodness.

Now onto the good stuff… here is the Garfunkel block.

There is a variation to this block. You can make the center hexagon solid or like this:

The template has the optional area marked.  If you choose to make the first variation be sure your fabric covers the entire center piece (both 8 and 8b).

I looove Paul Simon!  As soon as I made this block the name Garfunkel just fit.   My musical tastes are all over the board.  Maybe it’s because I grew up listening to their music that makes me love them so much?

Couple of my favorites.

This one is just Paul Simon… close enough

Due to changes within Craftsy, I am moving the patterns to Etsy. 
Buy the entire series of 12 blocks for $5 or each block for $1.  

Download HERE

Feel free to share within sewing groups if you use this pattern as your Bee block!
It does NOT need to be purchased multiple times. Same with the series purchase.

Hope you enjoy this one.   I’ll be posting a picture of the block I made shortly!

If you make this block I’d love to see it:

• Post in the Flickr group
• Instagram hashtag #blockrockn or
• Twitter hashtag #blockrockn

Have a blog? Grab a button and share the fun – this is a free series! Code is here.

Edited 6/25/13 to add a photo of the block I made

I can’t believe it’s already week 7 of Block Rock’n!   This one is the “Morrison”.

You can decide if it’s named after Jim or Van. I’m fans of both, so it’s good either way!

This is my probably my favorite Doors song because it has some great memories associated with it.  When I was 16 my brother used to ride to school with me and we loved listening to People are Strange.

Van Morrison has SO many great tunes – but I’m feeling this one today. I could listen to him all day.

Before I stitched the final seam I played around with the placement.  Here are some alternatives for the Morrison.

Kind of kaleidoscope-ish.

Due to changes within Craftsy, I am moving the patterns to Etsy. 
Buy the entire series of 12 blocks for $5 or each block for $1.  

Download HERE

Feel free to share within sewing groups if you use this pattern as your Bee block!
It does NOT need to be purchased multiple times. Same with the series purchase.

If you make this block I’d love to see it:

• Post in the Flickr group
• Instagram hashtag #blockrockn or
• Twitter hashtag #blockrockn

Have a blog? Grab a button and share the fun – this is a free series! Code is here.

Have a great weekend!

Welcome to week 6!   Here is the “Marley” block (aka Three Little Birds).

This may be my favorite block of the series, so far.  I actually had the name picked out before I made the block!  I knew I wanted to do something with Bob Marley and I love the song Three Little Birds.  Then I had to figure out a block.

The other blocks don’t really match their namesake, but this one made sense to try.  I also like how the center makes a 4 pointed star.

Rise up this morning
Smiled with the rising sun
Three little birds
Pitch by my doorstep
Singing sweet songs
Of melodies pure and true
Saying, “This is my message to you-u-u”

Due to changes within Craftsy, I am moving the patterns to Etsy. 
Buy the entire series of 12 blocks for $5 or each block for $1.  

Download HERE

Feel free to share within sewing groups if you use this pattern as your Bee block!
It does NOT need to be purchased multiple times. Same with the series purchase.

If you make this block I’d love to see it:

• Post in the Flickr group
• Instagram hashtag #blockrockn or
• Twitter hashtag #blockrockn

Have a blog? Grab a button and share the fun – this is a free series! Code is here.

Hope you enjoy this one, see you back in two weeks for week 7!

Caldonia is more of a Block Rock’n Blues name.  I’m a jazz and blues fan and thought this was an appropriate song choice for the series.

“Caldonia” is a jump blues song, first recorded in 1945 by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five. A version by Erskine Hawkins, also in 1945, was described by Billboard magazine as “rock and roll”. The first time that phrase was used in print to describe any style of music. – Wikipedia

Pretty cool, huh?  It’s also one of the 500 Songs that Shaped Rock & Roll.  There are several versions of Caldonia on YouTube (that you should check out!) – here is one of my favorites.

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I really like the blue and orange together.  (thanks GoGoKim for picking these colors)

You can see on the block above that I sewed the white pieces different (switched pieces 6 & 7) to see if I liked the seams better. It looks okay either way but I made the pattern like the other blocks.

I made so many versions because these are for my 4×5 Modern Quilt Bee.  I hope my hive members enjoy their blocks – they picked some great color combinations!  I’m kind of sad to see the blocks go, I need to make one for myself.

I wanted to see how the Caldonia blocks would look as a quilt and I’m in love.  Wouldn’t this make an adorable baby quilt?  Without borders the size would be 36″ x 48″.  There is a baby coming that I need to make a blanket for, hmm…

Due to changes within a Craftsy, I am moving the patterns to Etsy. 
Buy the entire series of 12 blocks for $5 or each block for $1.  

Download HERE

Feel free to share within sewing groups if you use this pattern as your Bee block!
It does NOT need to be purchased multiple times. Same with the series purchase.

If you make this block I’d love to see it:

• Post in the Flickr group
• Instagram hashtag #blockrockn or
• Twitter hashtag #blockrockn

Have a blog? Grab a button and share the fun – this is a free series! Code is here.

From this week forward I’ll be posting a new block every *other* Friday.   I’m hoping the weather shapes up (it’s SNOWING today, in MAY, in KANSAS) and I can start spending some time outside.   Happy Sewing!

Helloooo Friday!    Welcome to Week 4 – this block is the Icky Thump.

Every Friday for  12 weeks I’m posting a free paper pieced quilt block template named for a song or musician.  This week is the Icky Thump because I love Jack White. LOVE ♥

Jack has so many different faces; The White Stripes, Dead Weather, The Raconteurs, his solo career and has a hand in so much more.  I wanted Jack’s block to be a little different and I think it is. The Icky Thump can be arranged a number of different ways with the seams all lining up nicely.

The first arrange above is how the block is meant to look, but it’s fun to play around with placement on this one.

Due to changes within a Craftsy, I am moving the patterns to Etsy. 
Buy the entire series of 12 blocks for $5 or each block for $1.  

Download HERE

Feel free to share within sewing groups if you use this pattern as your Bee block!
It does NOT need to be purchased multiple times. Same with the series purchase.

If you make this block I’d love to see it:

• Post in the Flickr group
• Instagram hashtag #blockrockn or
• Twitter hashtag #blockrockn

Have a blog? Grab a button and share the fun – this is a free series! Code is here.

Have a great weekend!

Welcome to week three!  Every Friday for  12 weeks I’m posting a free foundation (paper pieced) quilt block template.   This weeks block is called Lithium.

The hardest part about this block was naming it. My high school years ranged from 1991-95.  Of course I’m a huge Nirvana fan.   I’m wearing my flannel and Doc Martens as I type.  Kurt Cobain was such a total stud to me back then.  Dozens of songs ran through my head and I finally settled on Lithium.

I’m going to share this with you even though I’d rather not.

HA!! Total screw up.  I didn’t even realize it until it was all sewn together.  Yeah, the first picture has a little photoshop love.  I’ll redo this block one day, until then just refer to other image.

Due to changes within a Craftsy, I am moving the patterns to Etsy. 
Buy the entire series of 12 blocks for $5 or each block for $1.  

Download HERE

Feel free to share within sewing groups if you use this pattern as your Bee block!
It does NOT need to be purchased multiple times. Same with the series purchase.

If you make this block, please share!

• Post in the Flickr group
• Instagram hashtag #blockrockn or
• Twitter hashtag #blockrockn

Have a blog? Grab a button and share the fun – this is a free series! Code is here.

I posted this on Facebook earlier this year on Kurt Cobain’s birthday and I still feel this way:

Glad my angst ridden, emotional teen years were filled with plenty of Nirvava.  My heart will be forever grunge.

Have a great weekend!

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