It's here!! Cozy Afternoon, the new Block of the Month from fabric and quilt designer Jacquelynne Steves! It's a versatile, easy and fun quilt that includes 3 ways to finish your blocks. You can piece them, applique them or embroider them. Jacquelynne provides a video tutorial for the two stitches that are used for this easy embroidery so it's a great chance to learn! This BOM goes for 5 months and includes the pattern for each block, plus border and finishing instructions. Imagine curling up in front of the fire with this quilt, a good book and a cup of tea. Perfect!
This first month, you get the free patterns for two blocks. Here's my Block One:
I put my block one on the floral fabric that I chose to use for the border and the large setting squares just so you could see where I got my color inspiration. I decided to use raw edge applique for my blocks.
How cute is this little flower-filled tea cup! Here's my Block Two that is also laid out (not stitched up) on the floral fabric that I'm using.
This block has a cute little bee!
I love the way this little quilt is going to look. You will receive 5 block patterns over the first 4 months of the event and then receive the border and finishing instructions on the 5th and final month. Just visit Jacquelynnesteves.com HERE, enter your email and click to sign up. That's it! Jacquelynne is also the editor of a gorgeous emagazine and it's FREE too! And, just when you thought you couldn't take any more FREE fun, there's more! Just leave a comment on my blog and tell me which way you would finish your blocks and you will be entered to win these beautiful free patterns!
Because these are electronic patterns, my blog friends from all over the world can enter! Jacquelynne will send the patterns to the winner. The giveaway is open until June 21st. The winner will receive the free patterns the next week directly from Jacquelynne. The ONLY way you can get these patterns is to enter the giveaway on my blog and on the blogs of the other quilters who are hosting the giveaway and showing you their versions of the first two blocks! Here's a list of participating bloggers:
A Quilt and a Prayer
Lily Pad Quilting
Red Letter Quilts
The Crafty Quilter
Get these cute quilt block patterns, enter my giveaway by commenting with how you will finish your blocks, visit Jacquelynne's website and sign up for her free emagazine and visit the other bloggers listed here to enter again and get inspiration for choosing fabrics and deciding how to make your quilt! Pretty good fun for a Monday! Hope you enter! Cheery wave from Bev
*You can just piece them
*OR you can applique them (by machine or hand)
*OR you can do simple hand embroidery (just 2 super easy stitches-
the backstitch and French knots- plus I have a video tutorial for those
stitches.)
- See more at: http://jacquelynnesteves.com/cozy-afternoon-block-of-the-month/#sthash.hLAZhgMe.zSAugorB.dpuf
*You can just piece them
*OR you can applique them (by machine or hand)
*OR you can do simple hand embroidery (just 2 super easy stitches-
the backstitch and French knots- plus I have a video tutorial for those
stitches.)
- See more at: http://jacquelynnesteves.com/cozy-afternoon-block-of-the-month/#sthash.hLAZhgMe.zSAugorB.dpuf
*You can just piece them
*OR you can applique them (by machine or hand)
*OR you can do simple hand embroidery (just 2 super easy stitches-
the backstitch and French knots- plus I have a video tutorial for those
stitches.)
- See more at: http://jacquelynnesteves.com/cozy-afternoon-block-of-the-month/#sthash.hLAZhgMe.zSAugorB.dpuf
*You can just piece them
*OR you can applique them (by machine or hand)
*OR you can do simple hand embroidery (just 2 super easy stitches-
the backstitch and French knots- plus I have a video tutorial for those
stitches.)
- See more at: http://jacquelynnesteves.com/cozy-afternoon-block-of-the-month/#sthash.hLAZhgMe.zSAugorB.dpuf
*You can just piece them
*OR you can applique them (by machine or hand)
*OR you can do simple hand embroidery (just 2 super easy stitches-
the backstitch and French knots- plus I have a video tutorial for those
stitches.)
- See more at: http://jacquelynnesteves.com/cozy-afternoon-block-of-the-month/#sthash.hLAZhgMe.zSAugorB.dpufV
*You can just piece them
*OR you can applique them (by machine or hand)
*OR you can do simple hand embroidery (just 2 super easy stitches-
the backstitch and French knots- plus I have a video tutorial for those
stitches.)
- See more at: http://jacquelynnesteves.com/cozy-afternoon-block-of-the-month/#sthash.hLAZhgMe.zSAugorB.dpuf
