We are excited to announce a new program for members: Monthly Block Lottery! This is a great opportunity to try out new designs and techniques while seeing how your guildmates interpret the prompt.
Every month, we’ll announce a quilt block for members to make for the following month’s guild meeting. You can make as many blocks as you want and for every block you make, you will be entered into a drawing for ALL THE BLOCKS! From there, winners can let their creativity fly with the block winnings.
There will be specific instructions every month but here’s a few rules for participating in the Block Lottery:
Rules:
- Follow the guidelines for the block announced at each meeting
- Use quilt store quality cotton for your blocks unless announced otherwise
- 1 block = 1 entry into the lottery; bring all completed blocks to the meeting to be eligible for the drawing
- Multiple winners may be drawn depending on the number of blocks submitted
- Have fun!
Have an idea for an interesting block for the Monthly Block Lottery? Let us know at trianglemqg@gmail.com.
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Here are the details for the March block!
Block: Crumb Block
Description: Use scraps of the same colored fabric to create a crumb-pieced block
Block Size: 7.5 in. x 7.5 in. unfinished
Fabric: Choose one color way per block, prints or solids OK (ex: block of blue scraps, block of green scraps, etc.)
Skill to Explore: Improv, Scrap Use
Instructions:
- Choose a color and dig through your scraps to find prints/solids of that color, any shape or size will do!
- Piece together your scraps (see below resources for more on crumb piecing)
- Trim your block into an unfinished 7.5 in. x 7.5 in. square
Resources: Several tutorials are available on line – here, here, and here.
