IN THE BEGINING

The First Block of the Month – June 2013

It all started with a Mystery Block of the Month.  We both decided to have a go and registered. That was much earlier in 2013 and we almost forgot about it when the first block arrived. 

We were really excited, you would have thought we were teenagers! 

So the plan was to have a Quilting day once a month when our “BOM” (Block of the Month) arrived. The first day was a little stressful!  “What if we cut it wrong? What will we do”, “We can just get some more material from the web site, it will be ok” I said trying to sound confident.

We managed to get the first block done in half a day and we soon learned that there was plenty of material in each pack.  Later we were given a great tip from my daughter, which is to use the material you received with the previous block first, when you do your following blocks, that way you have larger pieces left over at the end.  This is a real learning process for us and even though we have done quite a bit of sewing over the years we have a lot to learn about quilting.  It’s a whole new world for us J

We were so very pleased with our first finished blocks. 

 

We then moved onto working on the border, which filled in the rest of the day until dinner which is always followed by a spa.  Quilting days always finish with dinner with the hubbies and a relaxing spa.

Oh! And of course! There is always happy hour. A glass of champagne sometime after 4:00pm


Pam and Lynne