Sew your bouquet of floral blocks together and see a year’s worth of work finally pay off!
Designed and made by JO AVERY
BLOCK OF THE MONTH PROJECT
BEHIND THE QUILT FINISHING THE QUILT
“I hope you have all enjoyed joining me on this floral journey through a year of gathering blooms. When I planned this Block of the Month last summer, I had to estimate a little to match the time of publication with the flowers I’d chosen to feature each month. I was therefore very pleased when a new magazine issue arrived and I was able to find that particular flower already in bloom in my garden or hedgerow. I have enjoyed stitching each and every block and have been especially pleased to see alternative versions stitched by readers appearing on my social media feed; there will be so many beautiful quilts made from this BOM! I chose to quilt my version with a straight line grid on my long-arm machine. I would have loved to have hand quilted this special heirloom quilt, but time and the need to preserve my hands didn’t allow for that. However, I did leave some line spaces free of machine quilting and had just enough time to add some big stitch hand quilting there instead.” – Jo Avery
You will need
■ Sashing – 1½yds
■ Batting – 68in x 88in piece
■ Backing fabric – 5yds
■ Binding – ⅔yd
■ Blocks from issues 94-105
Finished size
■ 62in x 82in
Notes
■ Jo used Dashwood Pop Solids throughout.
■ All seams are ¼in throughout.
■ Missed an issue? All issues featuring the BOM are available to buy as digital downloads. Search the App store for Today’s Quilter Magazine.
Cutting out
1 From the sashing fabric, cut seventeen (17) 2½in x WOF strips. Subcut four (4) of the strips into eight (8) 2½in x 18½in lengths. Set the other strips aside.
2 Cut the backing fabric into two (2) equal length pieces.
3 From the binding fabric, cut eight (8) 2½in strips.
Assemble the quilt
4 Arrange the monthly blocks into four (4) rows, each with three (3) blocks. Working from left to right, sew one (1) of the 2½in x 18½in sashing strips to the right-hand side of Block 1. Sew Block 2 to the other side of the sashing strip.
5 Sew another 2½in x 18½in sashing strip to the right-hand side of Block 2 and then sew Block 3 to the other side to complete the top row (Fig 1).
6 Sew the remaining three (3) rows of blocks and 2½in x 18½in sashing strips in the same way.
7 Sew five (5) of the remaining 2½in x WOF sashing strips together end to end to form one (1) long length, and then subcut into three (3) 58½in long strips. Sew these strips between the four (4) rows (Fig 2).
8 Sew four (4) of the 2½in sashing strips together end to end to form one (1) lon
