2017 Online Quilt Projects

[calicokatie1]

Woo hooo!!!!  It's time to get ready for the one day New Year's Day quilt mysteries!

Janet Wickell is posting hers on her Scrapquilts site this year   The fabric requirements are already up.

www.scrapquilts.com/2017-new-years-day-mystery-quilt-pattern/

Merry May has set up the site page and more info should be coming soon.

www.merrymayhem.com/newyearsday.html

As I see new quilt alongs and BOMs announced, I'll post them in this thread.  If you spot a new project for 2017, feel free to post a link for us.

[calicokatie1]

I'll go ahead and post the new Quiltville mystery here since it won't end until after the New Year.  I'm actually considering doing this because I love the colors she's using.  If I do, I'll be starting late and will be keeping my own timetable so might not finish until July.    Is anybody else doing this one?

quiltville.blogspot.com/p/en-provence-mystery.html

The Fat Quarter Shop will be doing another freeBOM.  Here's a preview.

fatquartershop.blogspot.com/2016/09/introducing-our-2017-quilt-along-to.html

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Thanks for posting those links calicokatie1.

I'm just tidying up my office/quilt room at the moment - it's been like a bombsite for the past 4-5 months while I've worked on a community project - in the end I couldn't even see my work areas, and my machine has been looking very forlorn and unloved. Can't wait to get everything back into shape so I can spend the holidays quilting to my heart's content. Next year is going to be a wonderfully domestic one for me, with minimal involvement in external commitments. I have a whole heap of quilts I need to make and/or finish, and a lot of gardening to catch up on.

[calicokatie1]

I hear you! I did very little quilting in 2016 due to unexpected issues so I've set a challenge for myself in '17. I want to make a full size bed quilt for all my kids and a couple of grandkids. That's a total of 14. I'll try to get the rest of the grandkids in '18. That's another 12. Let's hope my hands hold up because I hand quilt.

[farmchix]

Is anyone doing the Moda BOM?
www.bearcreekquiltingcompany.com/moda-be-my-neighbor-2016/

[calicokatie1]

Thanks for posting that great link!  That's a great little quilt and looks easy to make.

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Dec 2, 2016 10:27:42 GMT farmchix said:

Is anyone doing the Moda BOM?
www.bearcreekquiltingcompany.com/moda-be-my-neighbor-2016/

Not doing that quilt, but thanks so much for the link - I had a great time looking through the 288 free quilt patterns.

[farmchix]

Dec 2, 2016 19:23:59 GMT @kiwifarmgal said:

Dec 2, 2016 10:27:42 GMT farmchix said:

Is anyone doing the Moda BOM?
www.bearcreekquiltingcompany.com/moda-be-my-neighbor-2016/

Not doing that quilt, but thanks so much for the link - I had a great time looking through the 288 free quilt patterns.

Me, too.  My stick drive is getting full!  LOL  Someday I will have time to turn on that sewing machine.

[calicokatie1]

The Marys River Quilt Guild has begun posting its BOM for 2017.  It looks like most of the patterns for the year are already available.  I loved the flower series they did last year and still have that one on my to do list.

marysriverquiltguild.org/activities.html

The Fandom in Stitches site started a Fantastic Beasts BOM in October.  I don't paper piece but I really admire all the work these quilters put into their movie theme quilts.  If anyone wants to whip one of these up for me I would cheerfully accept it!  

www.fandominstitches.com/2016/10/fantastic-beasts-quilt-along-week-1.html

[calicokatie1]

Barbara Brackman will be doing another block of the month beginning the end of January.
civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2016/11/2017-block-of-month-yankee-diary.html

civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2016/12/fabric-for-yankee-diary.html

Janet Wickell has posted the first set of cutting instructions for her New Year's Day mystery.

www.scrapquilts.com/2017-new-years-day-mystery-quilt-pattern/

[calicokatie1]

This Meadow Mist quilt mystery started a few months ago and will end this spring. It looks like it would be easy to catch up with the clues. Looks really interesting. A couple of past mysteries are still posted.

meadowmistdesigns.blogspot.com/p/mystery-quilt.html

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calicokatie1, that Meadow Mist quilt is really 'in your face', isn't it - but very striking.

[calicokatie1]

This Ocean Waves quiltalong looks interesting. If you've avoided this pattern because the idea of all those HSTs gives you a mental nosebleed - that's me - this might be a good way to make one. She hasn't posted the day she will start this but it will be in January. I love the navy and white quilt she shows but it is also a great scrap buster.

mamaspark.blogspot.com/2016/11/ocean-waves-quiltalong-qal.html

[calicokatie1]

Hooray!! I've been checking the Merry Mayhem's website at least twice a day for the past week. The fabric requirements and cutting instructions have been posted so I can choose my fabric. I've made these the past two years and really enjoy them. Her mystery quilts are not too complicated and are nice patterns. If anyone else is interested in doing this or the Scrapquilts one, we could start a thread to talk about it on New Year's Day. It's nice to be able to ask questions of others if we hit a snag.

www.merrymayhem.com/newyearsday.html

[dustawaits]

Mother made the Ocean Waves for me n aqua and white.

It is a treasure.

[calicokatie1]

It sounds beautiful, dustawaits.  Are you interested in making one?  I have one in pieces that need to be assembled.  It's from a mystery I did many years ago.

[joanie]

I have always wanted to do on of the block of the month quilts. Problem is, you have posted so many that I like, I cant decide!
Thanks you for the choices

[calicokatie1]

I know what you mean. I have three that I want to make but I don't know if I can fit them all in.

[calicokatie1]

This Clamshell Quilt Guild BOM has some nice blocks.
www.clamshellquiltguild.org/bom.html

I love the red, white and blue of this bom from Quilters Quest.
www.quiltersquest.org/2016-block-of-the-month.htm

This is a wonderful bom to make charity quilts. The 2016 bom is still posted,too.
quilttallahassee.com/activities-and-projects/2014-block-of-the-month/

This series will have different size blocks for you to use as you like. I've had a habit of robbing blocks from different boms or swap to use in samplers.
www.northwestquilters.org/bom.html

The Fraser Valley Quilt Guild is a treasure chest of boms going back for years. It is well worth the time to go back through their archive.
www.fvqg.org/block.php

[farmchix]

Is anyone going to try the 365 Quilt Challenge next year? I 'started' it this year. Sadly, I didn't keep up. But....I now have a good start on next year! LOL

Is anyone working on the En Provence Mystery at Quiltville?

[calicokatie1]

You'll get it done this year, farmchix, I have no doubt.
I have fabric set aside for the En Provence quilt but there is no way I can start it until January. I love the colors she chose for it but then I saw the cheerful colors used by Podunk Pretties and love that scheme. I'm so fickle.
podunkpretties.blogspot.com/2016/12/its-still-mystery.html

Right now I'm quilting the New Year's Day mystery quilt from last year as a gift for my DIL. I'm almost ready to do this year's. Just need to do my cutting after Christmas.

Pat Sloan has posted her 2017 BOM.
www.freequiltpatterns.info/pat-sloan-mystery-bom-2017-supply-list---the-childrens-library.htm

[farmchix]

Dec 17, 2016 14:51:41 GMT calicokatie1 said:

You'll get it done this year, farmchix, I have no doubt.
I have fabric set aside for the En Provence quilt but there is no way I can start it until January. I love the colors she chose for it but then I saw the cheerful colors used by Podunk Pretties and love that scheme. I'm so fickle.
podunkpretties.blogspot.com/2016/12/its-still-mystery.html

Right now I'm quilting the New Year's Day mystery quilt from last year as a gift for my DIL. I'm almost ready to do this year's. Just need to do my cutting after Christmas.

Pat Sloan has posted her 2017 BOM.
www.freequiltpatterns.info/pat-sloan-mystery-bom-2017-supply-list---the-childrens-library.htm

Those are cheery colors!  I'm thinking about doing mine in all neutrals.  I did one in all neutrals a few years back and I just love it!

[farmchix]

Found it!


appalachianquilts.blogspot.com/2011/03/can-i-get-drumroll-please.html

[calicokatie1]

Love that!

[calicokatie1]

Pat Sloan has a new block challenge starting today. It will last six months with one block pattern released every Wednesday. I didn't do anything with the Splendid Sampler because I don't like making six inch blocks unless they're something like a nine patch. This could be a nice project though.

www.ilovetomakequilts.com/2016/12/the-one-hundred-eighty-two-day-solstice-challenge-.html

[calicokatie1]

Merry Mayhem gave us a nice headstart on her New Year's mystery by posting the second clue early. I'm going to do my cutting this evening and start sewing tomorrow.
www.merrymayhem.com/newyearsday.html

Pat Sloan has the first two blocks posted in her Solstice Challenge. These are 12"blocks and look like they'll make a pretty sampler.
www.ilovetomakequilts.com/2016/12/day-into-night-block-225-of-the-solstice-.html

[calicokatie1]

This mystery BOM looks like a winner!
quiltdoodledesigns.blogspot.com/2016/12/quilt-doodle-bom-traditional-mystery.html

If you have a fisherman in your family, this might be just the thing for a birthday or next Christmas.    
www.fatcatpatterns.com/bom.html

Here's the 2017 challenge farmchix is doing.  I'll cheer her on while I stick to something a little less demanding. 
www.365challenge.com.au

[farmchix]

calicokatie1,@kiwifarmgal,farmchix,dustawaits,joanie, So, here's the question. Does anyone want to do any of the challenges as a sew along? We could start the 365 block challenge and if we can't keep up, we can turn it into a wallhanging. (That's what I am thinking about doing.) We can keep each other motivated.

[calicokatie1]

For me, the block a day would be more than I could handle. A block of the month doesn't seem like enough but a block of the week would be just right. How does that sound to you? Barbara Brackman did one a couple of years back that would be perfect and all the patterns are still posted. One 12" pieced block each week for 36 weeks. We could start a separate thread and see how much interest there would be. I'm already deciding what fabric I'll use.

[farmchix]

Dec 29, 2016 13:43:20 GMT calicokatie1 said:

For me, the block a day would be more than I could handle. A block of the month doesn't seem like enough but a block of the week would be just right. How does that sound to you? Barbara Brackman did one a couple of years back that would be perfect and all the patterns are still posted. One 12" pieced block each week for 36 weeks. We could start a separate thread and see how much interest there would be. I'm already deciding what fabric I'll use.

What's the link for the old one?