I reviewed Lori's Holt's new Spelling Bee book a couple of month's back and as with all her books, there's a sew-along run with the Fat Quarter Shop. It's for the cover quilt but there are other quilts in the book that you could focus on instead- e.g. the Picture Day Quilt focuses on the images in the book and can either be a multitude of different pictures, or the same repeated in a different colourway, maybe adding initials too. I'm one of forty bloggers taking part; I've chosen three blocks but the first isn't until January. I'm getting prepared now as I want to make some of the other blocks too!
There are crib or twin options depending on whether you make 6" or 12" blocks and I'm also going to combine some Sew-Ichigo blocks that I think would work. Making a smaller quilt makes the schedule a little more forgiving if you struggle for time and there are different sashing suggestions or even mini quilt layouts that could be used for a small selection of blocks (Lori shows some in a picture at the end of this post).
- You'll need the book to take part. Available at The Fat Quarter Shop and in the UK, at Pretty Fabrics & Trims and Simply Solids, Sew Hot,
- Check out Jolly Jabber for the Saturday blog post links
- Check out Lori's blog, Bee in My Bonnet
- On Instagram, #SpellingBeeSaturday and #SpellingBeeBook
I almost bought that book last week at the Asheville Quilt Show. Now, I really wish that I had!!
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