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.
For our June 2026 block lottery it’s time to get out your scraps and play with some crumbs! And what great timing, the Modern Quilt Guild just announced Quiltcon 2027’s American Patchwork & Quilting Challenge – Pick-A-Color Scrappy Challenge. Maybe this month’s Block Lottery is a chance to do a couple little studies?
Here are the details for the June block:
Description: Create a 7.5 in. x 7.5 in. unfinished block using a crumb piecing technique
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 single 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/Inspiration:
https://www.mygoldenthimble.com/crumb-quilting/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dDVCNnMlpI&list=PLepp0Fru6mHCraJXtPgpfUjc2BwA_0uqi&index=1