September Block of the Month

On September 23, 2016September 22, 2016 By corkipsIn Block of the Month1 Comment

Is the Coffin Star!

A good introduction to placing a block on point!

I’ve uploaded the slideshow tutorial with quilt variations to YouTube.

Instructions will be uploaded to our website in December.

August 2016 Block of the Month

On August 1, 2016July 31, 2016 By corkipsIn Block of the Month, Uncategorized1 Comment

It’s time to debut our next block! I’m excited to show you how to make the Sister’s Choice Block!

Originally designed to be a 10 inch block, I changed the design a little bit in order to work out to a 12 inch block, and make it easy to cut out the pieces.

Download the instructions here.

I’ve also created a step by step slideshow of how to construct the block, that you can see here:

2015 Block of the Month

On July 27, 2016 By corkipsIn Back to Basics, Block of the Month, UncategorizedLeave a comment

While I’ve been put the finishing touches on August 2016’s block, I’ve also spent some time over the summer updating our YouTube Channel to include all of the slideshows from our 2015 Block of the Month.

Be sure you take a moment to subscribe to the channel to be notified when we post a new video!

July 2016 Block of the Month

On July 1, 2016July 1, 2016 By corkipsIn Block of the MonthLeave a comment

It’s time to debut the next block in our series!

It’s the Tee Block!

It’s made up of three different units. A Half Square Triangle unit, a Diamond in a Square unit and Flying Geese units.

What makes this block different, is that the flying geese units are made by using three different fabrics, rather than the traditional two.

In order to help keep you organised, the handout directions include a colouring page to help you make the correct flying geese units and the correct diamond in a square unit.

Download the instructions here.

We’ve also uploaded a video to YouTube to help you learn how to assemble this block.

June Block of the Month Presentation

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Here’s a recording of the Block of the Month presentation that was given at our June Meeting.

Back to Basics – Nine Patch

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Here’s another block tutorial for you! How to create a Nine Patch Block:

Back to Basics – Four Patch Block

On April 19, 2016April 19, 2016 By corkipsIn Back to Basics1 Comment

It’s time for this week’s Back to Basic Video, and it is about how to assemble a simple Four Patch block!

2015 Block of the Month Quilt

On February 17, 2016February 15, 2016 By corkipsIn Block of the MonthLeave a comment

Well, our 2015 Block of the Month project has come to a close!

At our February Meeting, we debuted the finished quilt:

We’ve uploaded all of the directions for each block to our Block of the Month page here.

You can find the reveal directions here.

Here’s a recording of the presentation given at our meeting.

Any suggestions for our next Block of the Month? Please email them to me!

January Block of the Month

On January 13, 2016January 12, 2016 By corkipsIn Block of the Month1 Comment

Well, it’s time for the last block of our Block of the Month Project! It’s been a great year, where we were able to learn new skills!

This month, we tackled foundation paper piecing by making the Wheel of Fortune Block.

This block requires a foundation template which you can download here.

I created a presentation to explain the basics of the block for during our January meeting. Our members enjoyed it so much that there was a request to make a presentation for the web. I created it today and have posted it to YouTube.

Be sure you check out our Pinterest website for inspiration for quilts to make with this block.

November Meeting Recap

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Though our meeting was smaller than usual, my was it mighty!!

Our shop was Lismore Quilt Company. It was their first visit to our meeting!

Jane started the meeting with some announcements. She attended the national AGM in Galway where a new committee was elected, and the motion to start a young people’s IPS was unanimously passed. We’re excited to see what happens!

Our tenth block for the Block of the Month was debuted, the Inverted Star:

Our Christmas Challenge was announced. Jane passed out three different sized circles of fabric to members. Their Christmas Challenge is to include at least two of those circles in your Christmas decoration. More details will be given in a blog post that will come out later in the week.

Next was our Show and Tell.

Sara Wilson showed us her Jane Austin Block of the Month that she participated in:

Sheila Keane showed us her Christmas Decoration using the log cabin block and some ribbon:

Cathy Davies showed us her Owls Quilt:

Kitty Whelan showed us some embroidered cards she made:

After our Show and Tell, we heard from Aine Foley from Lismore Quilts. She inspired us with some Christmas Projects, including Potholders, a Table Centre: