It’s time to gather your fabric and supplies for the next Quilt Block Challenge, featuring the Pleiades quilt, designed by Gina Perkes of The Copper Needle! The first block is coming soon!
Below you will find two different versions of fabric requirements to create the Pleiades quilt. Gina has featured her favorite color combinations for each, but feel free to use whatever colors you desire!
The finished quilt size is 66 by 66 inches.
“I was inspired to create Pleiades by my love of the stars: both in the sky and in quilting. I love how versatile star blocks can be and the secondary designs that often result when combining them. This quilt is designed to transition through the full spectrum of color but can also be created in a monochromatic color scheme if desired. I named the quilt after one of my favorite constellations- Pleiades.” -Gina Perkes
Other blocks from this challenge:
Fabric Requirements
Block 1: Celaeno Star
Block 2: Merope Star
Block 3: Maia Star
Block 4: The Atlas Star
Block 5: The Electra Star
Block 6: The Pleiones Star
Block 7: The Taygeta Star
Block 8: The Alicyone Star
Block 9: The Sterope Star
National Quilters Circle Quilt Block Challenge – Wrap Up
Quilt Block Challenge – Basic Finishing Instructions
I’m excited about the new challenge
Trying to find a list of yardage needed for all blocks and to finish .I was researching and found the challenge thought I would try ..
Hey Dee!
Here is a link to the fabric requirements page:
https://www.nationalquilterscircle.com/article/challenge-fabric-requirements/
If you have any questions or concerns, please chat, email or call us at 1-855-706-3536.
Best,
Madeline
National Quilters Circle Video Membership
I can’t wait to start!
Trying to join the challenge to receive emails for it. 3rd time trying. Thx so much.
Hello Susan,
We are excited to hear that you are interested in our Quilt Block Challenge. To sign up to get the emails, please add your email address in this link. https://go.nationalquilterscircle.com/a10846/. Make sure to check your Spam/Junk folder for the emails, if you don’t see them in your normal email box.
Thanks
Becky NQC Video Membership
Do i read correctly – to join for FREE —If not for Free, please cancel.
This sounds like fun. I love stars, too.
Yes, it’s free.
Looks like fun!
Can’t wait!
Thank you for this opportunity!!! I love this quilt and hope to learn from you some of the amazing techniques and skills!
Hi from Ma
Love the colors
Looking forward to it!
So excited!
Love these blocks. I’ve never done a quilt challenge before.
I’m a beginner and this is my first block challenge too!
I did the last challenge and it was so much fun. Always looked forward to the next block.
Can’t wait to get started!!!
I would like to make the quilt in blue and grays
So excited
Looking forward to this
Love these challenges!
Margaret Stiles from Blythe,Ca If so, we went to school together.
Beautiful Quilt
Thank you
Thanks
Excited to start challenge.
Beautiful. Definitely challenging.
Love ❤️ your quilts
I didn’t receive this in my email, found it from another member. Please send to my email.
Hello Patricia,
We are excited to hear that you are interested in our Quilt Block Challenge. To sign up to get the emails, please add your email address in this link. https://go.nationalquilterscircle.com/a10846/. Make sure to check your Spam/Junk folder for the emails, if you don’t see them in your normal email box.
Thanks
Becky NQC Video Membership
Thanks
Can’t wait to start
thank you
I can’t wait to start this new challenge.
Sign me up
I look forward to doing a quilt block challenge.
Can’t wait to start this challenge
Thank you
Looking forward to it!
Hopeful
Very glad to be part of this quilting challenge
Can’t wait to begin this project.
Quiltblock challenge
I’m excited for this challenge!!
Looking forward to this challenge
Beautiful Quilt. Love all the colors
Exited about the challenge
Why did I not receive an email with this info? I previously joined the Challenge and I don’t want to miss anything!
Hello Karen,
We are excited to hear that you are interested in our Quilt Block Challenge. To sign up to get the emails, please add your email address in this link. https://go.nationalquilterscircle.com/a10846/. Make sure to check your Spam/Junk folder for the emails, if you don’t see them in your normal email box.
Thanks
Becky NQC Video Membership
Looking forward to this starting this project!
Looking forward
Thanks for the add
Thanks
I did not receive the challenge in my email..
Hello Sheila,
We are excited to hear that you are interested in our Quilt Block Challenge. To sign up to get the emails, please add your email address in this link. https://go.nationalquilterscircle.com/a10846/. Make sure to check your Spam/Junk folder for the emails, if you don’t see them in your normal email box.
Thanks
Becky NQC Video Membership
It does not allow to add email address and other information.
Like the colors
Can’t wait to do this quilt
My fabric has been ordered!
So excited to start this
Anticipating!!!
Can’t wait to start
So very excited to get started!!
What are block sizes?
Can’t wait to get started.
I loved last year’s challenge and am looking forward to this one.
I’m excited about my 1st quilt challenge!
Looking forward to the challenge!
Thanks
New and excited!
Looking forward to the blocks coming my way. Feeling inspired.
I’m hoping this challenge gets me back to my machine.
I watch my grand daughter so mom can work and have not been very active with my quilting. I’m hoping this challenge gets me back to the machine.
Hi, I am curious why I haven’t received any email from this new challenge since I didn’t have any issue with the first challenge.
Thanks
Hello Alice,
To sign up for the Quilt Block Challenge, click on this link https://go.nationalquilterscircle.com/a10846/ and enter in your email address. If you are still not receiving the emails, make sure that you check your junk/spam folder.
Thanks,
Becky NQC Video Membership
Gorgeous blocks and quilt. Love the brights
Beautiful
Excited.
This looks great.
Thanks
OMG! Those points are going to be the end of me! But love the pattern, now to look at my stash.
I want to quilt along.
Love this!
Looking forward to the fun!
Can hardly wait to get started
Very interesting,
Pretty and have never done a challenge
Love the quilt!
Join quilt block challenge it is my first time. Thank u
Excited
I really want the quilt pattern
Thinking about scrappy
Very pretty, springtime asunder time quilt
Challenge
I am so excited
I would love to join this challenge!
Can’t wait to start
I did not receive any info on the challenge through my email. Is this normal?
Hello Cheryl,
To sign up for the challenge you will want to click on this link https://go.nationalquilterscircle.com/a10846/ and enter in your email address. Please make sure you check your Junk/Spam folders to make sure the emails are not going into that folder.
Thanks,
Becky NQC Video Membership
thank you for the opportunity to learn new blocks
I’m so excited for this to begin!
Thank you for the add
Plese add me
Hello Anne,
To sign up for the Quilt Block Challenge please click on this link https://go.nationalquilterscircle.com/a10846/ and enter in your email address.
Have Fun!
Becky NQC Video Membership
I can’t wait to start. Thoroughly enjoy this idea of quilters from all over getting together and completing something beautiful. Every quilt will be personally unique to oneself, and I will enjoy so much scrolling through the combinations of colors as everyone’s quilts evolve. You’ve made thousands of people happy today. Thank you!!!
Challenge for 2018
I find the progression of color from one block to another interesting.
Sooo excited about the quilting challenge.
Can’t wait to start
Anxious to dig into my stash for some great fabric.
Looks like a fun winter project!
Beautiful quilt. Can’t decide on fabric though
I would love to join the quilt Block Challenge!
Excited to start
T. U.
Got it
Printed it
Ready or not..
I love stars too. Can’t wait to start.
I’m looking forward to this challenge!
Looking forward to learning more since I’m new to quilting
Can’t wait to look at others and my quilt colors and how we implemented them
I would love to do this! How often do the blocks start? And frequency of new blocks?
Hello Cheryl,
The blocks are sent our weekly for 9 weeks.
Have Fun!
Becky NQC Video Membership
Looking forward to the new challenge
yay
look forward to these beautiful blocks
Let’s go! Lol
Looking forward to this challenge.
Looking forward to the Quilt Block Challenge.
Interested in Quilt block challenge
Can’t wait to get started, unfortunately my right arm is in a sling. I’ll be a little late getting started!
Looking forward to each star block, Can’t decide which is my favorite! Already thinking I will make a second with metallic Christmas fabrics! Am deciding on the colorful for my first!
Beautiful blocks!
I am excited to start the Quilt Block Challenge. I did the challenge last year and made a quilt out of fabrics I bought while visiting Hawaii. I made the quilt and donated it to the Honor Flight Program here in The Villages Florida. I made it in the Hawaiian prints, and the border colors was rose. I suggested that the quilt be given to a female veteran….. I hope she liked it as much as I liked making it…..
I love star blocks, so this years challenge should be a lot of fun. I have not decided how I am going to make it, colorful or monochromatic….
Can not wait to get started
Thank you for the patterns…..
Thank you!
As a brand new quilter with the last challenge, the directions were easy. I wasn’t the first or last to finish but I did!
I’m looking forward to the next challenge!
Nice to try something new
Remember Quilting when I was thirteen my mom taught me
Happy to join
Hoping I can keep up. Never tried quilting.
I too love stars. Can not wait to start
Looking forward to this. I’ve never done an on-line challenge before.(I have registered.) Am going away from my trusty Elna until 23 January. Please tell me that I’ll be able to catch up then.
I’m ready to learn!!
star quilts are a favorite
I’d like to join the quilt block challenge please.
Hello Laura,
To sign up for the Quilt Block Challenge, please click on this link https://go.nationalquilterscircle.com/a10846/ and enter in your email address.
Have Fun!
Becky NQC Video Membership
Looks like fun. Love to learn new techniques! Thanks!
This looks like fun.
Beautiful pattern! I’ll try monochromatic with shades of yellow.
Looking forward to it!
BOM or weekly or how long is this?
How do you see a star point and get it to look right
Add me to the challenge please
Hello Moria,
To sign up for the challenge, click on this link https://go.nationalquilterscircle.com/a10846/ and enter in your email address.
Thanks,
Becky NQC Video Membership
I love these challenges, it gives me the practice and better my experience.
happy to join
This sounds like so much fun. I can’t wait to go through my fabric and choose my colors. I’m impatiently waiting for the instructions for the first block☺
Should be fun.
I am looking forward to this Quilt Block Challenge. I enjoy Blocks of the week, or month. Your quilt is very pretty and colorful!
9 weeks, I found the answer, thanks.
Looking forward to the challenge
I excited to join this group
Excited
looking forward to this
Anxious to start.
Looking forward to learning and having fun!
Thank you . I am ready for a challenge
I am waiting for confirmation of this challenge.
Can’t wait to start the new challenge
I am interested in the quilt but all must know that I am an amateur
I love love the monochromatic version
How do I join to do challenge im pretty new to this type of quilting
Hello Coral,
We are glad that you are interested in the Quilt Block Challenge. To sign up click on this link https://go.nationalquilterscircle.com/a10846/ and enter in your email address.
Have Fun!
Becky NQC Video Membership
I have printed pastels I would like to use to do this, all colors will make beautiful blocks !
This may sound silly but, since the design has been done and the colors are picked, what exactly is the challenge?
Looking forward to the challenge!
Looking forward to this challenge!
I love the color progression. I am starting my collection of fabric. Can’t wait to start.
thanks for the early notice, i can at least see if i have all in need; i love the monochromatic version.
I am so excited. Thank you
Can’t wait.
My first time taking the Challenge
Excited about the challenge.
Newbie…hoping for the best. Gonna learn lots!!!
This looks like fun and challenging
thank you
am anxious to do this .Think it’s going to be lots of fun
Nice pattern
Fantastic
I love stars
Like set up for this year.
Can’t wait!
This is a first for me. Not sure how this challenge works, but I’m keen to learn something new.
Please send emails so I don’t have to search on Facebook for weekly blocks
Hello Janet,
To sign up for the weekly emails, please click on this link, https://go.nationalquilterscircle.com/a10846/, and enter in your email address.
Thanks,
Becky NQC Video Membership
I loved doing the last challenge and am looking forward to this one also.
Got me thinking about colors
why
I cannot find the fabric requirements for the challenge quilt. What am I missing?
Hello Toni,
Click on the Full Colored Version tab to open up the fabric requirements.
Thanks
Becky NQC Video Membership
Love to be “challenged”.
I hope i am entered not sure.
Love all the colors.
Excited
Excited.
Beautiful & exiting
Beautiful
Looks like fun!!
Neat that it has 2 options for the color palette and that the needed yardage is listed in advance.
Looking forward to it.
Yes!!
I really like the full color version. Can’t wait to find fabric for the Quilt.
Would like to do challenge.
Can’t wait!
I have a huge collection of 5 inch strips… can the pieces to this challenge be cut from these strips? I would like to utilize them if I could. Thanks!
Hello Sue,
The 5″ strips will work for most of the cuts. There will be a few that are bigger but for the most part, they will work.
Thanks,
Gina NQC Video Membership
I’m ready to get started
Thanks! Looking forward to the “challenge” to get started sewing again!
This looks like fun. I’m new at this, but I think I’ll enjoy it.
How to quilt a star point and make it right
How soon do we start?
Hello Maxine,
The challenge starts on 1/11/18.
Have Fun!
Becky NQC Video Membership
Ready to get started! Happy New Year.
I would like to do this
Fun!
Hermosa colcha. Ansiosa por empezar.
Thx!
How beautiful!
Stoked!
First time I’ve tried something like this
Here we go!
New to quilting.. I am excited for the challenge
Anxious to get started!
Eager to see
Love bond’s to do
Going to have fun with this!
I am excited to join. Thanks
Am so ready…. Love the blocks… and the colors…😊
This will be my first quilt block challenge ever! I’m excited to get 🌟 -ted!
Thanks
Can’t wait to start the challenge
Can’t wait to get my fabric and start. Love the pattern. Thank you for putting this together
I love stars.
Thank you. Waiting. ……
excited to start
looks like my kind of quilt! bright and bold!
Looking forward to see the first block.
This is going to be fun!
Can’t wait to get started I also love stars have made 4 star quilts already and have another waiting for me to start besides this one. Hoping to learn new tricks. Thanks
Looking forward to the new challenge
Love the way you quilted this. Aside from the background, is this pattern jellyroll friendly?
Hello Arvilla,
No, the Jellyroll strips will be too small for many of the cuts.
Thanks,
Gina NQC Video Membership
Have never done a quilt challenge before so I am really excited about this!
So excited….can’t wait.
I am looking forward to this
Look forward to challenge!
Can’t wait
Interested in making a quilt.
Loved the last challenge but due to eye surgeries just now finishing but will also start this one
Excited that I caught the big news of this next challenge. I made three of the Snowy Day quilts for each of my grandchildren.
Looks fresh and a bright way to start a new project for 2018, ENJOY sewing to you all
Beautiful quilt!
So excited to do this!!
Yeah
How do I join the challenge?
Thank you
Hello Cindy,
We are excited to hear that you are interested in joining the Quilt Block Challenge! To sign up just click on this link, https://go.nationalquilterscircle.com/a10846/ and enter in your email address. You will receive weekly emails with the block information. Have fun!
Thanks,
Becky NQC Video Membership
This should be fun!!
This is my first challenge. I’m so excited to try something new!
Excited to start
Waiting to get started
Loved grandmas kitchen.. Looking forward to this new one
I’m looking forward to this challenge! I hope I can keep up
Can we use batiks?
Hello Sheri,
Batiks will be beautiful!
Thanks,
Gina NQC Video Membership
So excited to begin
Can’t wait!
Always looking for a challenge
So looking forward to this challenge. I just posed my first star quilt, hoping to pick up some pointers!
Can’t wait to get started!!!!
I’ve never done this before. I’m looking forward to it; thank you for the opportunity!
Looks like fun!
Can’t wait to start the challenge!
Excited to join this challenge!
Just joined a BOM group. I now have a project.
Can’t wait to start
This is my first quilt block challenge
Looking forward to joining the group.
Iam looking forward to the new challenge.
Looking forward to learning and reaching new goals. Pushing myself to succeed!
Looking forward!
Excited about the new challenge
Looking forward to learning and reaching new goals and levels of quilting.
Absolutely love these colors!! Can’t wait to get started!! Thanks for the challenge!
Looks like fun
I am excited. Now comes the hard part in trying to decide colors to use lol
Bellissimo..Love This Quilt
Love this
I like these blocks.
Looking forward to ir
I am soooo ready
Excited Newbie here to try the challenge!
I don’t have a website or don’t know what that is, sorry not too computer savy.
Hello Rose,
We would love for you to be a part of the Quilt Block Challenge! To get started all you have to do is click on this link. https://go.nationalquilterscircle.com/a10846/ Enter in your email address and the patterns will be emailed to you weekly. You can also get all the information from our Facebook site NQC Quilt Block Challenge.
Thanks,
Becky NQC Video Membership
I’ve never done this before this will b a challenge for me please be patient with me
Love both options, now to decide!!
So excited to be involved! Love the quilt pattern!
I enjoyed last year challenge
I can’t wait to start. Trying to decide which version I would like to do.
Looking forward to it!
I’ve never done a challenge before and have a stash of plain colours that will do very nicely for this quilt. thanks for all the organising of such an event.
cannot wait….
Can’t wait to start!
Looks fun
Like it
Ready
I’ve never done a quilting block challenge before. I think it will be fun.
Ready to get started
Would love to join your group
cannot wait for the challenge to start
Interested to participate in the challenge.
This is my first time this challenge and I cannot hardly wait to be a part of this.
I’m torn as to which version I will do!
Looking forward forward do another challenge
Excited by your lovely quilt.
first time I would like to try this
I love Star quilts too.
Can’t wait to begin .
Excited 😊
Looks like it will be fun.
Thank you!
I thought it would be fun
Looks like a real challenge, want to try
This looks like a fun project.
Sounds like fun
This looks marvelous
I love the look of this challenge!
Anxious to start
Would like to take part in the challenge. Please
I CAN’T WAIT TO GET STARTED:)
I just added this project to my 2018 schedule-I can hardly wait to get started!
Beautiful colors – can’t wait to get started!
cant wait
Is it a requirement to make the whole large quilt? I was thinking of making two Valor lap size quilts with 4 blocks each for our local Hospice Valor program.
Hello Jaycine,
You can absolutely make a smaller version.
Thanks,
Gina NQC Video Membership
I thank you for the info. Can’t wait to begin.
I am all about color and love samplers so I am really looking forward to this project.
I am a beginner/intermediate quilter. I am really looking forward to this challenge and learning new techniques.
Looking forward to this challenge.
Can’t wait to start.
Excited
Can not wait to get started
Excited to start this
My fabric is labeled and ready to go! When will we start?
I will try again.
Can’t wait to start!
Looks like a fun project!
Love all the STARS
I’m a real beginner but I love challenges. This looks like fun.
Great way to use up my scraps! Thanks for the opportunity.
would love to join
please
Looks like a lot of fun!
Great idea to practise skills
Looking forward to making this quilt in tandem with so many others and being amazed by how different they all will look on completion!
Very nice. Enjoyed last years.
I can’t decide which to make, mono, or multi color. Hard decision. Will have to think on it.
Last years challenge was my first quilt ever and I learned so much! I’m so excited to do another one and was so inspired by the people who did multiple squares for a larger quilt so I am going to try that this year! I loved the education and help i recieved from all the quilters, thanks!!
Can’t wait!
Looking forward to this.
First attempt as group
Looking through my stash, hoping to use colors from it. Looks like a wonderful quilt.
Should be fun.
Can’t wait to try these blocks.
I am so psyched! Loved participating in the last challenge and expecting to have just as much fun with this one. Love the patterns choice.
can’t wait to get started
excited to learn new quilting techniques from you!
I hand sew, so we’ll see how this goes. Love doing new blocks!!
I have fabric for monochromatic one
Excited!!!
Always looking for something different
This project is absolutely gorgeous. I wish I could order the whole kit! We will have a lot of fun!
Looking forward to the adventure!
Hopefull
Goid
Cannot wait
Exited to do this challeng
harder to get connected than I thought it would be
Hope this isn’t too hard! I’m really excited to start.
Looks interesting
Can’t decide between the color schemes. They are both energizing.
So excited! This one is going to be mine!!!!
Excited to start new challenge
Love it, can’t wait
Sign me up.
Very excited to try this, love to quilt.
Thank you
Will there be a printable sheet so we could put our own colors where we want them?
Hello Donna,
The blocks instructions will be emailed out weekly starting on 1/11.
Enjoy!
Becky NQC Video Membership
I am ready to start!
Looking forward
Do we get block construction details
Hello Barbara,
The blocks will be emailed out weekly starting 1/11.
Enjoy!
Becky NQC Video Membership
Interested in the challenge…first time.
Thank you. Now will wait for pattern
This is going to be fun!!!
Cant wait to get started. Thank you
This is my first time to join a group, but it sounds like fun. Excited to learn from the group!
Excited to get stsrted
Looking forward to the quilting challenge
Lo
Looks like fun!
Love this quilt project!
Looks like a stimulating project
Can’t wait. This is the second challenge I have done with you. Fun! Fun!
Can’t wait to start
I am excited to start this one.
This is my first challenge. Looking forward to learning from others. I love stars too.
I’m excited about the new challenge
This looks like fun.
time to check the stash
Can’t wait to get started!
Ready
I did last one not sure what I have to do to join this one
Thanks and ready to start!!
Looking forward to working with stars
OMG…I can’t wait!!!
So excited but nervous. First challenge!
Sounds great
My first time, looks interesting
Love the wuilt
Looking forward to sewing these blocks
Looking forward to getting started.
Excited. New to quilting.
Never done something like this before. Looking forward to the challenge.
Excited!
Love To see All The quilts
I love Star patterns and I can’t wait to make this quilt!!!!
Looking forward to the Challenge
sign me up for the challange
Thank you!!
This looks like a beautiful,and fun to make quilt! Is this challenge just about piecing the quilt top, or will Gina walk us through how to quilt it, too?
none
Can not wait to get started.
Would love to be a part of the Quilt Block Challence
love to quilt, just wish I had more time to. can’t wait for retirement
Excited for challenge
This will be my first. I’m hopeful.
I am ready
I hope I am able to follow the instructions better than the last time. Can’t wait to begin
thank you this should be fun
looking forward to the challenge!
I’m excited about the new challenge
Excited to join!
Excited to join! Looking forward to seeing blocks
looking for yardage if only using ombre for coloured portion
I love stars, all kinds of stars. This quilt has a few I haven’t tried before.
I would like have the fabric requirements.
Great design!
So excited to begin!!
How often do we receive instructions for a new block. Am I correct the first block will start this coming Thursday
Hello Patricia,
The blocks will be emailed out weekly starting on 1/11.
Have Fun!
Becky NQC Video Membership
Always up to learn something new!
Can nit wait to start!!
Looks like a fun quilt
I think my grandson would like this.
I have a huge stash of Christmas fabrics, so am thinking this challenge will be an excellent chance to use them.
Looking forward to making the quilt.
Just joining. Excited to join the group
Thanks
I just retired and hopefully can do this.
very pretty and looks like fun
Looking forward to the stars. Did the last challenge with some friends. Good challenge.
I love the full color version. Looking forward to starting!
Excited to get started on the challenge! I have not received an email so I hope I’m signed up!
I am sew excited to start the Quilt Block challenge. I have never joined one before. I love to find different patterns and techniques.
starry challenge
Can’t wait!!!
Looking for a challenge
Looking forward working on it
Can’t wait to get started
Looks like fun. Going to look for fabric now.
Looking forward to this challenge! Hope I can keep up.
Looking forward to starting my first Full quilt!!