Happy Spring, Quilters! If you are like me, you are planning summer travel and
activities but retaining time in your schedule to enjoy making quilting memories. Please remember, if you participated in the 24-25 year Blocks of the Month, this next meeting is when you bring your quilt top to share with the rest of the group. The designer of the “He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not” (the one without any bias edges) requires a photo of the quilts our guild made of her pattern, as a condition of use, so please come ready for a photo.
Speaking of this designer, she has designed some of the quilts being considered for next year’s Blocks of the Month. I’d really value your input on which two quilts to make. You may vote for up to two and either cast your vote by email (I am in the directory) or come to my table during our May meeting and cast your vote in person. These quilts make lovely gifts and can always be Community Quilts donations. Because they are spread out over an entire year, each month’s section is easily accomplished. Additionally, our guild will have a Quilt Show in 2026 and our completed BOMs can be displayed there. I look forward to your votes and will certainly enjoy making the selected quilts
along with you.
Please see all the suggested choices in the May Newsletter.
Suzanne Szot
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, designed by TK Harrison of BOMQuilts.com, was designed for a specific fabric collection in 2014. When you look at a photo of this quilt, you will see the sashing strips seem to include triangles, but the fabric used for the borders and sashing is a striped fabric with printed triangles and diamonds on one narrow stripe and a floral print in a wide stripe. There are 12 blocks in this quilt. As pictured in this quilt, Block 1 is made twice in one colorway and twice more in a different colorway. I am choosing to make all four in different colorways because I did not care for the duplicates. The finished quilt is 70” by 90” and each block finishes at 17”. There are no tiny elements; the smallest piece is a 2 5/8” square.
Happy Hues, designed by Laurie Miller of Laurie Miller Designs, and presented by American Patchwork Quilting on AllPeopleQuilt.com. This is a medallion quilt with a large center medallion surrounded by smaller blocks. It is shown on the website in several different colorways, some in vibrant colors on a white background, black background or gray background. I have seen photos made in all shades of blue on a white background, rather than the vibrant colors shown in the pattern, so make it in the colors that make you happy. This quilt has the benefit of having two different sets of cutting instructions: one traditional instruction using a rotary cutter and ruler, and another cutting instruction using an Accuquilt cutter and 8” block cube and strip dies. Be sure to check that you are using the fabric requirements for the cutting instructions you need as they are slightly different for each way of cutting. The finished quilt is 80 ½” by 80 ½”.
