January 27, 2016

Sugar Block of the Month


It's back! After missing last year Amy is bringing back the Sugar Block of the Month Club. The 2014 blocks were an absolute hit in my book.  So much so, I actually made my sister a full quilt from the January block. For the 2016 edition, Amy is releasing each block as a quilt pattern!  Totally takes away all the math I had to do. She also had made this year FREE, who doe's like free fun? Sign up with the link above. 

Back in 2014, she had us reflect each month on different things. This year Amy has a "twist" each month on a traditional block. January starts with the Churn Dash block.  After learning from last time, I am going to start with making 2 of each block and fill in as needed for 30 total. 



In the write up for the Club, Amy writes about taking a scrappy approach to the blocks. I am a huge fan of scrappy, but controlled scrappy. Starting with this pull I am going to try and stick with these 18 fabrics for the year with a low volume background.





10 comments:

  1. it is a great block, a little trickier than I had thought it would be. Love your fabric choices!

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  2. Controlled scrappy is a brilliant approach, and one that you seem very masterful with using.

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  3. Great blocks and I like your fabric pull. I joined the club when Amy announced that it was free, but right now I'm just being a stalker and haven't made any blocks yet.

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  4. Great blocks. I look forward to seeing the rest of them as the year progresses

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  5. I keep seeing this block online and am falling in love. Your fabrics are delicious!

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  6. I like your fabric pull. The blocks look great and controlled scrappy is more up my alley.

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  7. It's a brilliant take on the churn dash - love your fabrics! They look delicious (if that can be applied to fabric!)

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  8. beautiful colors! Can't wait to see how it comes together!

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  9. Fantastic pull. This block of the month always seems to end up in a great quilt, and I can't wait to see how this one progresses.

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