52 Twisted Traditional Blocks Quilt Along
In past years, I have run a quilt along that coincides with the ‘off’ weeks of Project QUILTING – first it was ‘Home Sweet Home’ and then ‘My Favorite Block’. In 2015 I did something a bit different – well, completely different. I shared a block tutorial each week for the entire year.
These blocks combined the two previous quilt alongs. They are traditional quilt blocks that are ‘tweaked’ to show a second element – like houses.
It all started when I saw this ‘House Swoon’ block by Rachael of Blue Mountain Daisy She tweaked Camille Roskelley’s Swoon block. Clever! She shows you how to do it, get the tutorial.
From seeing that…I went ahead and used it for my inspiration for the Double Wedding Ring Challenge and made my double wedding rings into an entire subdivision – again, tweaking a traditional block.
I explored traditional blocks ‘twisted’ into a secondary image like a house, tree, or even a bird! I hope you decide to join in with me and explore the blocks I created!
Flickr group has been created! 52 Blocks: Twisted Tradition
Hashtag for twitter and Instagram: #52bTT
Fabric suggestions… HERE.
Schedule
- Jan 1st - Square Dancing Whale
- Jan 8th - Road Trip to California
- Jan 15th – Homeward Bound Fish
- Jan 22nd – Flutterby Butterfly
- Jan 29th – Sugar Fox
- Feb 5th – Drunkard’s Owl by Diane Lapacek
- Feb 12th – Heart Trick
- Feb 19th – Farmer’s Daughter’s New Neighborhood
- Feb 26th – Apple Flagstones
- Mar 5th – Lucky Clover Vision
- Mar 12th – Flying Leaf from Carla of Creatin’ in the Sticks
- Mar 19th – Rocky Road to Love
- Mar 26th – Talking Heads from Erin Z of Faller Girl
- Apr 2nd - Fluttering in Formation from Melissa of Sew BitterSweet Designs
- Apr 9th – Hoppy Bunny Basket from Marian of Seems to Be Sew
- Apr 16th - Triangle of Spools
- Apr 23rd - Sunny Butterflies
- Apr 30th – Twisted Rail Fence from Marcia of Marcia’s Crafty Sewing & Quilting
- May 7th - Shoofly Chickens
- May 14th - Grandmother's Love
- May 20th - Dresden Neighborhood
- May 28th - Cross Orchard
- June 4th - Nine Patch Bird
- June 11th - Mosaic Turtle
- June 18th - Old Fish Puzzle
- June 25th – Kaleidoscope Twist from Colleen of Lucky Duck Dreams
- July 2nd - Milky Way Fireworks
- July 9th - Crocodile Heaven
- July 16th - Weathervane Neighborhood
- July 23rd - Woodland Neighborhood
- July 30th - Mosaic, Spools
- Aug 6th - Fish in the Window
- Aug 13th- Mount Home
- Aug 20th - Dutchman's Tree
- Aug 27th - Resolution Bee
- Sept 3rd - Mice Wheel
- Sept 10th - Curious Cat from Nancy of Patchwork Breeze
- Sept 17th - Pine Trees Cross Roads
- Sept 24th –Red Bird, Blue Skies of Fat Quarter Shop
- Oct 1st - Manassas Neighborhood
- Oct 8th - Mosaic Tree Block
- Oct 15th - Resolution Bat
- Oct 22nd - Odd Fellow's Cat
- Oct 29th - Hard Candy
- Nov 5th - Drunkard's Mushroom
- Nov 12th - Courthouse Thread
- Nov 19th - Pumpkin Ball
- Nov 26th - Turkey Leaf
- Dec 3rd - Wyoming Dragonfly
- Dec 10th - Santa Cabin
- Dec 17th - Hour Mint
- Dec 24th - Log Cabin Christmas Tree
