Have you seen the new Bella Skill Builder Quilt over at Fat Quarter Shop? When I was offered the opportunity to join in, I jumped on it! I’ve been doing a lot of quilting lately, but not much piecing. So this is perfect for me.
Did I mention the patterns are Free?!
If you like this color scheme there is a wonderful kit available.
I’ve really been itching to make a quilt in some beachy/sunset colors. So I opted for these Bella Solids:
My colors, from top to bottom – the kit colors they are replacing in parenthesis:
Latte (Teak)
Brushed Sand (Zen Gray)
Buttercup (Tea Rose)
Clementine (Raspberry)
Tranquil Aqua (Ruby Ice)
Peacock (Caribbean)
Turquoise (Lagoon)
Prussian Blue (White)
Here are the first blocks for the Quilt Along:
Don’t look too closely at that second block! I need to work on my quarter inch seam allowance. Since I need to make two blocks like this, I have a chance to work on that.
Here is a copy of the free pattern.
Since this is a skill builder there are a number of rulers available to help. For this block they recommend Creative Grids Spider Web Ruler, 6.5″ ruler and 12.5″ ruler. I have the squares but needed to use the template attached with the pattern since I don’t have the Spider Web ruler. It went fine! I didn’t have problems and I think these blocks are a great way to kick off this quilt along.
Join us – it’ll be fun! You have all month to play catch up
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