The “My Garden” and “Merry Christmas” quilts are made up of twelve 15” blocks of cotton fabric. The borders are cotton as well. All of the appliqués are felted wool (mostly hand-dyed) with the exception of the border vine on the garden quilt and the border loops on the Christmas quilt (the vine is cotton bias strips with wool leaf appliqués, and the loops are cotton bias strips with wool dots). This is a very easy quilt – all the appliqués are whipstitched in place with 3 strands of embroidery floss! No turning, no fusible web, no blanketstitching!

The block of the month runs for 13 months (one block per month, and an additional month for the borders). The cost is $19.95 per month, charged to your Visa or Mastercard, with the 13th month running $29.95 for the garden quilt and $24.95 for the Christmas quilt. The cost includes all the patterns necessary for the entire quilt, the pre-washed 100% wool fabric for all the appliqués, and shipping costs. (Please note that since most of the wools are hand dyed and fabric availability varies, there may be slight variations in the wools from the original photo. But we always make sure the wools look great no matter what!)

You are responsible for obtaining the cotton fabrics for the blocks, borders, and bias strips. I wanted to make the quilt as much a scrap quilt as I could, so I used whatever neutrals (garden quilt) and blacks (Christmas) I had in my fabric stash for the blocks. You can piece wherever necessary to come up with a 15” block. It really adds to the look of the quilt to use a variety. Use very tiny prints, textures, and plaids. Any cotton will do, but homespuns and flannels with a little weight to them work best. Avoid anything on the thin and flimsy side. It takes about 2 ¼ to 2 ½ yds. total yardage to do the blocks (the patterns contain complete fabric lists for the borders, corner blocks, and bias fabrics).

When you sign up, we will let you know what block-of-the-months are running. You can choose to wait for the next to begin, or catch up with one already running. The initial start dates are Nov. 1st, 2009, for the Christmas quilt, and Jan. 1st, 2010, for the garden quilt.

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