ANNOUNCING OFFICIALLY - 2005-2006 RCTQ Block-of-the-Month (February's Blocks)
 

NOTE: This post will be longer than my subsequent monthly postings because
it is the first and there is a lot to say...so please bear with me!

Melissa in NJ
quiltngryhndlady at comcast dot net

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Since the idea of having an RCTQ block-of-the-month (BOM) was so well
received, it is now official!!!! This is the
2005-2006 RCTQ Block-of-the-Month!

How this BOM works is I will post two block patterns each month near the
beginning of each month. One pieced and one applique. They will all be
available for free from Marcia Hohn's Quilter's Cache website. It is up to
you whether you would like to do the pieced block or the applique block (or
both!). You will work at your own pace over the course of each month. You
keep your blocks. You do not mail them to me. At the end of the year you
will have twelve blocks to set into a quilt. You keep the quilt. You do not
mail it to me. You will then have your very own 2005-2006 RCTQ BOM. At that
time I will collect pictures of the finished quilts (and perhaps of the
blocks along the way too) so we can all see how different each quilt looks
even though we all started with the same block patterns. When I announce a
month's block patterns, I will also include the previous months' as well so
if you decide to join along the way you will have all the blocks. Pieced
blocks will be 12" in size and applique blocks will be 8" in size. This is
driven by what Marcia has available in quantity on her site. Feel free to
size up/down if you so chose.

This BOM will run from February 2005 through March 2006. This is how the
schedule breaks down:
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February 2005-January 2006: Monthly blocks
February 2006: Completing the Top (setting,sashing, borders, etc.)
March 2006: Completing the Quilt (quilting, binding, labeling, etc.) - Done!

Marcia has a pin rating on her site that rates the level of difficulty of
her block patterns. For the pieced blocks only, for the first four they will
be a 1 pin rating. For the second set of four they will increase in
difficulty to a 2 pin rating. The final set will be a three pin rating so we
are challenged along the way. Don't worry. Marcia's instructions are great,
and I won't pick the terror block from heck either!!! Because there are less
Applique blocks to chose from, those will all be mixed and matched between 2
pin and 3 pin ratings with no particular pin rating order.

With that here are February 2005 blocks (Month 1):

Pieced (12" finished):
http://www.quilterscache.com/V_Z/Wat...tionBlock.html

Applique (8" finished):
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/FolkFeathersBlock.html

I'll post March's at the beginning of March!

Thanks for playing!!!!

Melissa in NJ
quiltngryhndlady at comcast dot net
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Thanks for doing this, Melissa. The schedule looks great--it's nice to have
the "Completing the Top" and "Completing the Quilt" scheduled in addition to
each BOM.

I'm doing the pieced BOM, but may decide to do the applique BOM also.

I plan to try to mostly use red, white, and blue fabrics from my stash.
Then, I plan to use it in the guest bedroom. My DS is in the Navy and the
guest room was his bedroom.
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Ginger (in Texas)
http://photos.yahoo.com/gingerbread1958


"Melissa in NJ" wrote in message
...
NOTE: This post will be longer than my subsequent monthly postings because
it is the first and there is a lot to say...so please bear with me!

Melissa in NJ
quiltngryhndlady at comcast dot net

==============================================
Since the idea of having an RCTQ block-of-the-month (BOM) was so well
received, it is now official!!!! This is the
2005-2006 RCTQ Block-of-the-Month!

How this BOM works is I will post two block patterns each month near the
beginning of each month. One pieced and one applique. They will all be
available for free from Marcia Hohn's Quilter's Cache website. It is up to
you whether you would like to do the pieced block or the applique block
(or
both!). You will work at your own pace over the course of each month. You
keep your blocks. You do not mail them to me. At the end of the year you
will have twelve blocks to set into a quilt. You keep the quilt. You do
not
mail it to me. You will then have your very own 2005-2006 RCTQ BOM. At
that
time I will collect pictures of the finished quilts (and perhaps of the
blocks along the way too) so we can all see how different each quilt looks
even though we all started with the same block patterns. When I announce a
month's block patterns, I will also include the previous months' as well
so
if you decide to join along the way you will have all the blocks. Pieced
blocks will be 12" in size and applique blocks will be 8" in size. This is
driven by what Marcia has available in quantity on her site. Feel free to
size up/down if you so chose.

This BOM will run from February 2005 through March 2006. This is how the
schedule breaks down:

================================================== ==========================
February 2005-January 2006: Monthly blocks
February 2006: Completing the Top (setting,sashing, borders, etc.)
March 2006: Completing the Quilt (quilting, binding, labeling, etc.) -
Done!

Marcia has a pin rating on her site that rates the level of difficulty of
her block patterns. For the pieced blocks only, for the first four they
will
be a 1 pin rating. For the second set of four they will increase in
difficulty to a 2 pin rating. The final set will be a three pin rating so
we
are challenged along the way. Don't worry. Marcia's instructions are
great,
and I won't pick the terror block from heck either!!! Because there are
less
Applique blocks to chose from, those will all be mixed and matched between
2
pin and 3 pin ratings with no particular pin rating order.

With that here are February 2005 blocks (Month 1):

Pieced (12" finished):
http://www.quilterscache.com/V_Z/Wat...tionBlock.html

Applique (8" finished):
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/FolkFeathersBlock.html

I'll post March's at the beginning of March!

Thanks for playing!!!!

Melissa in NJ
quiltngryhndlady at comcast dot net
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Melissa - Thank you! so much for organizing this. I am so excited I
can't wait.
Sick and miserable this morning with this obnoxious cold c**p but I
have printed the pattern and now I am off to dig through my fabric
stash and figure out where I'm going to start. I figure, being sick
means I don't have to make myself work on the frustrating project that
isn't fun right now and can instead work on something just for fun,
just for me.
Thanks again for the FUN incentive!
Tina

Thanks for playing!!!!

Melissa in NJ
quiltngryhndlady at comcast dot net
Mebbe at the end, we can all posts pics of the, and take a vote, and the
winner of "best of show" gets a prize...like a FQ from all the other
participants!

--
The Blessed Fiddy, Patroness Saint of the Disorganized
LC in Sunny So Cal
Personality Development Specialist (Full-Time Mom!)

Finishing the quilt can take a lot of time. Spanning it over two months
should make it more doable, and also should allow people to get caught up on
blocks invariably set aside during the craziness of November and December!

I think I might do mine as a one color quilt. Blue on a white background I
think, or perhaps purple. I am doing pieced. I might shock myself and do
applique too, but we'll see. :)

Melissa

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om...
Thanks for doing this, Melissa. The schedule looks great--it's nice to have
the "Completing the Top" and "Completing the Quilt" scheduled in addition to
each BOM.

I'm doing the pieced BOM, but may decide to do the applique BOM also.

I plan to try to mostly use red, white, and blue fabrics from my stash.
Then, I plan to use it in the guest bedroom. My DS is in the Navy and the
guest room was his bedroom.
--
Ginger (in Texas)
http://photos.yahoo.com/gingerbread1958

Hi Melissa, Ok I will play too. I seems that this year I will have at least
4 BOM quilts going. For me it is a good way for me to "keep" on a quilting
mission and not get bored. Thanks for the info on this. Can't wait to
start.

Linda in Plano Tx

Oh dear!
I knew keeping this thread running would be dangerous!! (for me that is
g)
I have printed out these patterns and will keep them in a folder. I
might just have time to do something in a rush towards the end of the
time!!!
So seductive, joining in a fun group project.
Thanks Melissa.
..
In article , Melissa in NJ
writes
NOTE: This post will be longer than my subsequent monthly postings because
it is the first and there is a lot to say...so please bear with me!

Melissa in NJ
quiltngryhndlady at comcast dot net

==============================================
Since the idea of having an RCTQ block-of-the-month (BOM) was so well
received, it is now official!!!! This is the
2005-2006 RCTQ Block-of-the-Month!

How this BOM works is I will post two block patterns each month near the
beginning of each month. One pieced and one applique. They will all be
available for free from Marcia Hohn's Quilter's Cache website. It is up to
you whether you would like to do the pieced block or the applique block (or
both!). You will work at your own pace over the course of each month. You
keep your blocks. You do not mail them to me. At the end of the year you
will have twelve blocks to set into a quilt. You keep the quilt. You do not
mail it to me. You will then have your very own 2005-2006 RCTQ BOM. At that
time I will collect pictures of the finished quilts (and perhaps of the
blocks along the way too) so we can all see how different each quilt looks
even though we all started with the same block patterns. When I announce a
month's block patterns, I will also include the previous months' as well so
if you decide to join along the way you will have all the blocks. Pieced
blocks will be 12" in size and applique blocks will be 8" in size. This is
driven by what Marcia has available in quantity on her site. Feel free to
size up/down if you so chose.
--
Best Regards
pat on the hill

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Patti wrote:

Oh dear!
I knew keeping this thread running would be dangerous!! (for me that is
g)
I have printed out these patterns and will keep them in a folder. I
might just have time to do something in a rush towards the end of the
time!!!
So seductive, joining in a fun group project.
Thanks Melissa.
.

I had to LOL when I read this, Pat! I had the same "problem". g I've
printed out the pattern for the pieced block and will "wait and see" --
I'm sort of thinking it would be fun to make in batiks on a
white/off-white background to sort of "replace" the quilt I just sent to
my step-sister -- love those batiks! :)

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http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education

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"Melissa in NJ" wrote:

Finishing the quilt can take a lot of time. Spanning it over two months
should make it more doable, and also should allow people to get caught up on
blocks invariably set aside during the craziness of November and December!

I think I might do mine as a one color quilt. Blue on a white background I
think, or perhaps purple. I am doing pieced. I might shock myself and do
applique too, but we'll see. :)


Melissa, this really looks good, but I have a question already (not that
I'm going to start immediately g). I just looked at the Waterwheel
Variation pattern, and it refers to a supplies list -- only I can't find
the supply list anywhere! Is it hiding? Have you seen it? Please tell it
to come out to play! ;)
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Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education

Check the very bottom of the second page.

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Mary
http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948
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: In article ,
: "Melissa in NJ" wrote:
:
: Finishing the quilt can take a lot of time. Spanning it over two months
: should make it more doable, and also should allow people to get caught
up on
: blocks invariably set aside during the craziness of November and
December!
:
: I think I might do mine as a one color quilt. Blue on a white background
I
: think, or perhaps purple. I am doing pieced. I might shock myself and do
: applique too, but we'll see. :)
:
:
: Melissa, this really looks good, but I have a question already (not that
: I'm going to start immediately g). I just looked at the Waterwheel
: Variation pattern, and it refers to a supplies list -- only I can't find
: the supply list anywhere! Is it hiding? Have you seen it? Please tell it
: to come out to play! ;)
: --
: Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
: my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
: http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1
:
: AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education