Miss Loreen's Schoolhouse

Sewing with Nancy's 2017 BOM Update!

If you were following along with Sewing with Nancy's 2017 Block of the Month, here are the last two blocks and a picture of the finished quilt.  

November 2017 BOM

December 2017 BOM

                                Finished Quilt!

 

 

Did you work on this quilt last year?  Going to finish it this year?  I didn't start this quilt last year and don't know if I'll get to it this year with so many other projects I have to get down.  I'm trying not to make promises to myself that just won't happen!!

If you are interested in the blocks for this quilt or you missed some of the months, here is the link to take you over to Nancy's page where all the blocks and information is listed!  Just click HERE!

Keep stitching,
loreen

 

Sewing with Nancy's Block of the Month Update.

Have you been following along with the Sewing with Nancy Block of the Month?  There are only a few months left so be sure to check it out.  Here's a few blocks to get you inspired.  Click HERE to go to the main Sewing with Nancy BOM page.

October Block	September Block
August Block	July Block

The blocks are fairly simply so you can easily catch up and have 12 new blocks sewn before the end of the year! Why not start now.  This is a perfect series of blocks to use up your scraps.  

Even if you aren't going to sew these blocks, please stop by Nancy's blog for great tutorials, videos and information.

Keep stitching,
loreen

Sewing with Nancy 2017 Block of the Month!

Nancy Zieman (Sewing with Nancy) has her 2017 Block of the Month going!  Have you been following along? This BOM's theme is Fat Quarter Mystery Quilt with blocks made from half square and quarter square triangles.  

Here is the January Block!  You can click HERE to go to Nancy's blog where you will see all the blocks for this year so far along with other information you will need to complete this quilt.  

Each month, Nancy has a blog tutorial with all of the instructions and illustrations to make each month's block.  The BOM started in January but you can still see each block's tutorial so why not get started!

Nancy is using her new fabric collection called "Garnet" to create this beautiful quilt but you could choose you own favorite colors or you could use the scraps you keep saving!!

Here's the February block.   While these blocks may look like a lot of piecing, if you stitch one block each month, it won't seem as daunting as having the whole quilt pattern in front of you and you're trying to get so many blocks done in so little time.  This February block has lots of squares and only a few half square triangles so this block should sew up pretty fast!

Here's the March block.  Now aren't these blocks looking nice! Make one block and set it aside.  When you have a little time, make the next block and set it aside.  Once you are caught up, you will only have one block each month to stitch and set aside.  Before you know it, your little pile of "set it aside" will start looking like a quilt is on its way!

I really hope some of you will give this a try.  You'll be surprised how good you'll feel as your little pile of blocks starts to grow and you start anticipating what the next month's block will look like!

Be sure, before you start, that you check your quarter inch seam allowance and always, always check twice (or thrice) and cut once!

How about doing these blocks in reds, greens and creams and have a beautiful Christmas quilt at the end of the year!!  It's never to early to start stitching for Christmas.  Why not make yourself a present this time!

Keep stitching,
loreen

 

 

Update on Nancy Zieman's BOM series!

Did you finish the January, February and March blocks from Nancy Zieman?  Nancy is "Sewing with Nancy" for those of you who didn't know her last name.  She is featuring a cute block of the month series that is free for you to make!  Why not make one of the blocks each month, set them aside and you'll have 12 blocks at the end of year!  Use up some of those scraps you have piled up...........we all have those.  How about using Christmas or Fall color fabrics.  Wouldn't it be nice to have enough blocks to finish a quilt as this year comes to a close.  Here's the pictures of the blocks for April, May, June and July.  Click HERE to go to Nancy's blog page featuring the July block.  You can get to the other blocks from the July page.  Have fun!

April Block

May Block

June Block

July Block

Why not give it a try!

Happy stitching,
loreen

Nancy Zieman's 2016 Block of the Month!!

Have you started Nancy's 2016 Block of the Month?  There's still plenty of time to get going on this BOM series.  For the free download, click HERE to get the patterns for January, February and March.  Just one block a month (or more) and before you know it, you'll have an entire quilt top ready to go.  

January's Block

February's Block

March's Block

If you haven't tried stitching a Block of the Month, why not give this one a try.  Looks like a good place to use up those scraps you have hanging around!!

 

Keep sewing,
loreen