Our New Freestyle Block of the Month Starts 3/5/22!

2022 might be the Year of the Tiger, but it is also the Year of the Stash.  We all have a stash - some are small, some are big, and some we will never get through in our natural born lives - but all stashes are good stashes and are meant to be used!  This year we are looking at how to help you (and ourselves!) better use the stashes we have and to get more bang for the bucks we've already spent.  

This means re-thinking some things.  Taking a minute to stop and reconsider our approaches to things is never a bad thing to do in general.  Just because we've always done something a certain way doesn't mean we have to keep doing it that way, just because.  So we took a good, hard look at our First Saturday Block of the Month and decided it was time for a change - a Block of the Month where you get to use your stash! 

Freestyle Block of the Month - Starting Saturday, 3/5/22!

Cost to Sign Up:  NONE!  There are no sign ups, and no cost to join.  Come and go as you please.  

Cost per Month: $3.50 (or one pre-cut, regular priced Fat Quarter)

Class time: Every First Saturday of the month at 10:30am (sorry, no Friday class)

What does the quilt look like?

What I can tell you is that there will be nine 12.5" blocks.  Do as many or as few as you want!  You can use our setting at the end of the program, or create your own.  We will have an expansion pattern pack available at the end if you want to make the quilt bigger.  But that's up to you!  And sorry, no sneak peeks :-) 

How Much Fabric Do I Need?:  Well, that's a tough one to answer.  This is a mystery quilt and the idea is for you to use your stash! The background for the nine blocks is one yard.  If you want to make the quilt bigger, you'll want more background, but that's impossible for us to say exactly how much since we don't know how you might approach making it bigger.  That's up to you!  

How Hard are the Blocks?

Can you make a half square triangle?  Good!  There will be some skill builders in here, but nothing you can't handle!  We will go over each block in class and any tips and tricks to look out for.  

Program Perk!  Bring in your finished block for Show and Tell for the next month's class and get entered in a drawing to get your backing fabric of choice for free (First Prize), a layer cake and pattern (Second Prize), or a charm pack and a pattern (Third Prize).  The more blocks you complete, the more entries you will have (up to nine)!  We will also still do our door prizes for class too.  

If you're interested in joining us on this new Block of the Month, come to the shop for class at 10:30am on Saturday, March 5th!  If you're not comfortable attending class, stop by any time after class and let us know you'd like to get the March Freestyle Block of the Month pattern.  

Next week we'll show you what Diane and Lauren chose for their versions of the quilt...yes, out of their own stashes!