It's the last month of the year, which means it's the last Barbara Black is going to provide you with her expert insight into making our 2024 Block Of the Month, Pick a Petal designed by Jen Kingwell. (Don't worry, Barbara isn't going anywhere and will be back next year to help you with the 2025 Block Of the Month) How will you finish the Month 12 of Pick a Petal? Barbara says, "This month the pattern instructions show how to assemble various parts of the quilt. Most of us did this as we were making the quilt. If you are ready for the quilting, it's time!"
There are only two months left to go in The Quilt Show's exclusive 2024 Block Of the Month, Pick a Petal designed by Jen Kingwell. In those two months you'll be wrapping up what's left of this festive and flowery design and Barbara Black is here to guide you near the end with her own tips and tricks. What is Barbara helping you with in Month 11? She says, "This month we work on the final border, a set of Fan Blocks combined in pairs."
We're three-quarters of the way through 2024, which means we're three-quarters in to Pick a Petal, the 2024 Block of the Month designed by Jen Kingwell. Whether you're that far along yet or not in making the BOM doesn't matter, as you can make it at your own pace. But if you need a few pointers, Barbara Black, TQS's BOM expert, is back this month with her tips and tricks for Month 9. She says, "This month we work on more appliqué motifs for another Log Cabin border."
Did you start Month 8 of Pick a Petal, the 2024 Block of the Month designed by Jen Kingwell, yet? Have you already finished? Are you catching up on previous months? Wherever you're at in the project, Barbara Black is here to help, this time with her tips for Month 8. She says, "This month we work on more appliqués for the Log Cabin borders."
We're almost two weeks into July and many of you have probably already started Month 7 of the 2024 TQS BOM, Pick a Petal designed by Jen Kingwell. For those that haven't, or those that may still want some pointers, Barbara Black has returned with her always helpful bag of tips and tricks to guide you along. This month is about starting the embroidery, and Barbara is here to help.
June marks the halfway point for our 2024 TQS Block Of the Month, Pick a Petal designed by Jen Kingwell. As always, Barbara Black is on hand to help you make the right decisions in making this quilt the way you want to make it with her handy tips and tricks. For Month 6, she says, "This month we do more whimsical applique on another Log Cabin border."
We're over one week into May, have you started (or maybe even finished) Month 5 of Pick a Petal, the 2024 TQS Block Of the Month designed by Jen Kingwell? Either way, it never hurts to get insight into what you're working on and that's why Barbara Black is here with her monthly tips and tricks to help you out. For this month, she says, "It is time to start the appliqué on the lovely Log Cabin borders."
Barbara Black returns with another set of handy and helpful tips to get you going on Month 4 of the 2024 TQS BOM, Pick a Petal, designed by Jen Kingwell. Here's what Barbara has to say about this month, "This month we make the Log Cabin blocks from light neutrals/low volume prints. They will form a border that gets lots of appliqué and embroidery embellishment."
Month 3 of the 2024 BOM, Pick a Petal by Jen Kingwell, has been available for a few days now. If you're having trouble, never fear, as Barbara Black comes with her monthly tips and tricks to help facilitate things. What are you working on this month? She says, "Month 3 introduces Block 2, a unique block with curves and petals, ideally made with hand piecing."
February is rolling along and with it comes a new set of tips and tricks from Barbara Black for the 2024 TQS Block Of the Month, Pick a Petal by Jen Kingwell. What will Barbara be helping you with this month? She says, "It's Month 2 and we start making a simple block, the Improved or Glorified 9 Patch."
Due to overwhelming demand, our Pick a Petal Block of the Month Templates sold out within just a few minutes recently. We're truly sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. We are able to secure one more order of these templates, after that order is fulfilled the manufacturer will no longer be able to produce them in 2024. To make sure everyone who wants a set can get one, we are making them available by PREORDER. Click through to find out how to preorder your templates, which must be preordered before 12:00 PM EST on Monday, February 5, 2024.
Shelly Heesacker, the producer of The Quilt Show, tells Ricky Tims about her vision for Jen Kingwell's guest appearance. Jen is a fabulous designer who created our Block of the Month for 2024, Pick a Petal. This quilt will be a fun journey with learning and scrappy fabrics. Find out how Shelly approached this important show.
Like in years past, Barbara Black is back to guide you through the making of the 2024 Block Of the Month, Pick a Petal by Jen Kingwell. Along with her monthly LIVEs, Barbara will be providing you with her signature tips and tricks to facilitate the process of making this fun, beautiful quilt, and Month 1 is all about how to make the center of the quilt.
Join Alex and Ricky as they welcome Jen Kingwell, our 2024 Block Of the Month designer, to the set of The Quilt Show. Go behind the scenes as Jen shows off Pick a Petal, the 2024 BOM, and demonstrates hand piecing, including how to utilize templates, and how to use embroidery stitches when quilting by hand.