This year I have been teaching a year long class at my local quilt store, Modern Domestic from Amy Gibson’s “Quilt Block Cookbook“. It has been a fun year of teaching new techniques and getting my students excited in thinking outside the box.
The book has patterns for a 50 different blocks and uses a grid system which encourages you to experiment and get creative with different elements…and make your own blocks.
For my class I have also been providing colouring sheets so my students can play with how the blocks in the book look with different colour placements. The block below is called Cheerio Darling and block in the book looks very different from the block I have created…
.The book uses traditional piecing, paper piecing, curved piecing and applique and it has been fun to teach my students lots of different techniques…
By the time I am finished this class I will have enough blocks to make at least 2 quilts… which is exciting for me as one of the things I love most about this book is the layouts it has for Sampler quilts. They even have gorgeous layouts that use as few as 6 blocks.
If you are using this book there is one caveat… there are quite a few mistakes in the book. You can find an addendum here listing all the mistakes plus all the blocks that use the 5 x 5 grid you need to double check the quilt maths as they are off every so slightly.
All that said I have loved working from this book and I am excited to get some quilts finished. And Amy has a great Quilt Along with tips and tricks on her blog… Stitchery Dickory Dock.
Cute blocks and even cuter fabrics! That first one is my favourite, gorgeous combination of colours!
What fun! Love the coloring page idea, may use it with my costume design students.
Gorgeous stuff. Thanks for the heads up about the errors, too.
Beautiful blocks and fabrics!
Love your blocks! I have this book but haven’t had a chance to make any of the blocks. Didn’t know about the errors. Thanks for pointing this out.
What lovely blocks! I am sure it is a fun class and you are helping your students work past the book’s errors.
And if you get stuck for setting ideas, try Setting Solutions, which is a very dated but helpful book for samplers, especially when blocks are made by different people and all different sizes.
Love your colors! I’m new to your site and am looking forward to all you have to share. Carol