Blockheads 3 is approaching! It is slated to start on January 15th, 2020. I joined in the fun of sewing along with the online group of people last year for Blockheads 2. I looked forward to each Wednesday and the surprise of a new block, not knowing if it would be large or small, challenging or easy. I learned fun things along the way, like how efficient it can be to use triangle paper, and that little piecing can be really fun (thanks for those Lisa Bongean!). This year I'm especially excited since I am one of the designers providing the blocks! First, I'm going to take a look back at this past year's efforts. This is the joined, but not yet quilted, quilt top I made for Blockheads 2. I usually work up my quilts in the computer first, so any project that gives me blocks without knowing the eventual outcome, is a fun chance to just play with fabric and color and the suspense of wondering what is coming next. Also- playing along in Moda Blockheads is free. Please don't mass distribute or repost the patterns. But please do share pictures of the blocks you make! In Blockheads 2 I decided to make my blocks with a scrappy mix of my fabric lines of Poppy Mae, Blushing Peonies, Dear Mum, Dandi Annie, and a little bit of Sweet Pea & Lily, mixed with solids. I focused on color palettes of green, blue/teal, pink and coral, and a touch of yellow and orange. I often rotated the colors I used, week to week. -Blockheads 2 had a variety of block sizes. This year you will have a couple options regarding size! More to come on that, so stay tuned for more information from the Moda Cutting Table blog posts as well as the Moda Blockheads Facebook Group. In the past I've participated in sew-alongs on Instagram so this was the first time I participated in one on Facebook. It is so interesting to see what people post for their blocks each week. I love to see the range of fabric and color choices. Some people even make two quilts with two completely different fabric groups and colorways. I hope you join the Facebook group to make it easy to connect with other quilters on the journey. If you are interested in making your blocks with some of my fabrics, I have posted some fat quarter bundles in my online shop with 8 fat quarters each. Painted Meadow and Thatched are currently in quilt shops, so you can get those from your local quilt shops. I'm offering some bundles from my earlier collections including Blushing Peonies, Dear Mum and Dandi Annie. These bundles are intended as a starting place of inspiration or to help fill out your fabric pull (or feel free to use them on some other project you have in mind). This year, I'm thinking about using a scrappy mix of my collections again, but this time weaving in more of my Thatched Basics! The color chart shows the basics so far, plus some Thatched shows up in new collections (like Abby Rose which has a seafoam color and warm light pink). I'm thinking about doing my blocks in color families and trying for a rainbow of color bands. So Dandi Annie yellows with Maize Thatched, Dear Mum Chartreuse with Thatched Chartreuse and Sprig, etc. Who is playing along? This following group of designers will be posting their blocks on their blog when it is their week by 6am CST on Wednesdays. These are the Moda Designers and their blogs: Corey Yoder https://corianderquilts.com/ Sherri McConnell https://www.aquiltinglife.com/ Brigitte Heitland https://www.brigitteheitland.de/blog Betsy Chutchian http://betsysbestquiltsandmore.blogspot.com/ Jan Patek http://janpatek.blogspot.com/ Lisa Bongean https://lisabongean.com/ Lissa Alexander http://modalissa.com/ Laurie Simpson http://minickandsimpson.blogspot.com/ Vanessa Goertzen https://lellaboutique.blogspot.com/ Stacy Iest Hsu https://www.stacyiesthsu.com/blog/ Robin Pickens https://www.robinpickens.com/ Janet Clare http://janetclare.co.uk/blog/ Jen Kingwell http://jenkingwelldesigns.blogspot.com/ Joanna Figueroa https://blog.figtreeandcompany.com/ Start gathering your fabrics up and get ready to start Moda Blockheads 3!
12 Comments
Joyce Jones
12/18/2019 07:17:20 pm
Interested in joining the group 😁
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Ginger Herrera
12/18/2019 07:32:03 pm
Looking forward to next year quilt.
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Chris McNally
12/18/2019 11:24:38 pm
How do I join the Midas Blockheads 3?
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Alycia
12/21/2019 04:30:21 am
Just join the facebook group "Moda Blockheads". The link to it is on the Moda blog if you can't find it by searching. Just make sure when you search that you have the official group called Moda Blockheads.
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Kim Rudd
12/19/2019 03:05:14 pm
Looking forward to a new creation!
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Alycia
12/21/2019 04:31:06 am
What a great idea to offer bundles from uour previous lines! Thank you for sharing your thought process for fabric selection. I've done BH1 and BH2. Looking forward to BH3!
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Modalissa
12/24/2019 07:06:32 am
It is goi g to be so much fun. Your colors are amazing.
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Jackie
1/6/2020 03:29:48 pm
Looking forward to this group activity.
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Pat Dowers
2/6/2020 02:08:16 am
Could you please advise how much fabric approximately for background please.
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Robin Pickens
2/6/2020 10:09:10 am
Hi Pat,
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Pat miller
3/26/2021 09:29:17 am
How and where can I purchase you fabrics. Thank you 6/21/2020 03:03:13 pm
trying to find a fabric that was in Dear Mum for the back of my quilt.
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