Homeward Bound - Facebook LIVE - Barbara Black
Barbara Black will be hosting Facebook | YouTube LIVE videos to give you tips, tricks, and techniques for making your Homeward Bound quilt successful.
Barbara Black LIVE / YouTube LIVE / Facebook LIVE / BOM 2023
Barbara writes a wonderful blog with information about The Quilt Show BOMs along with other quilting information on a variety of topics. Click here to visit Barbara Black's blog, "My Joyful Journey".
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Homeward Bound - Getting Started
Barbara starts off your "Homeward Bound" journey with a quick tour of the FORUM and LEARN sections to show you how to find all the information you need to work on your quilt. She will also show you how to paper piece the center cabin block. (Barbara's personal paper piecing pattern will not be provided.)
Homeward Bound - Month 2 - Stems and Circles
Barbara has some good advice on how to get your stems made just right for the 2023 Block Of the Month, "Homeward Bound". Then, she helps with those tricky circles. Barbara has already made the quilt and knows what you are about to get into. It's good to have a quilting guide who has conquered the path.
Homeward Bound - Month 3 - Hollyhock Blocks and Circles
Barbara talks more about circles and how to avoid a big pitfall with the small leaves in the Hollyhock Blocks.
Homeward Bound - Month 5 - Pieced Borders and Half-Square Triangles
Barbara is back with how to make the pieced border blocks. Plus, she will show you several different ways to make Half-Square Triangles.
Homeward Bound - Month 6 - Tips For Making Stars
This month Barbara has tips on making the corner stars that you will love. Then she gives advice for months 7 through 9.
Homeward Bound - Month 7 - The Borders
This month will prepare you for the next 3 months of Homeward Bound as you take on the beautiful border. You will make the wide appliqué border of vines, leaves, flowers, and birds, plus Important info on cutting the background will be discussed. Your guide, Barbara Black, will talk about preparing the patterns for the important placement of the long vines.
Homeward Bound - Month 8 - Leaves and Flowers Hints
Barbara Black is back with hints and advice for completing your flowers and leaves. Done correctly, these flowers and leaves create a beautiful addition to the quilt.
Homeward Bound - Month 9 - Finishing the Borders
It's time to add the final designs in the border. Barbara Black has already done this and has advice for making it happen just right. This month we add the birds and more flowers and leaves. It's easy if you know the tricks.
Homeward Bound - Month 10 - Final Pieced Borders
The end is in sight and you will have a quilt that will win ribbons! Barbara Black has some great tips for Month 10 of "Homeward Bound". She says "After spending 3 months on the wide applique border, you will like how quickly the pieced border goes in Month 10. There is just a small amount of applique, leaves, stems, and berries."'
Homeward Bound - Month 11 - Houses In The Border
Your BOM guide Barbara Black says for Month 11, "We finish the month 10 pieced borders and make the houses for the final borders." Barbara has already finished our wonderful 2023 Block of the Month, Homeward Bound by Sarah Fielke, and can help you avoid problems as you finish this quilt off.
Homeward Bound - Month 12 - How to Finish
Barbara will begin her wrap-up to the 2023 Block Of the Month, "Homeward Bound", by discussing the quilting. This is a busy quilt, so what kind of quilting enhances the design? Then she will talk about how to get ready to jump right in with "Pick a Petal", our Block of the Month Quilt for 2024 when the first month’s instructions are released January 1, 2024!
