Recap

A note from Andrea:

I just wanted to thank everyone for joining me in National Quilters Circle’s first ever quilt block challenge! What an incredible experience to watch thousands of quilters from all over the world coming together to make the same quilt. You all did an amazing job and have made such gorgeous quilts!

As promised, here is the full pattern of the Snowy Day Quilt Block Sampler that you can download and keep as a souvenir from the challenge. Click the yellow button below to download the PDF.

If you’d like to see photos of everyone’s finished quilts from the challenge, you can check out the Facebook group photo album. I wanted to share a couple of my favorites from this album, and you can see them below. It was so hard to choose from them – they are all so beautiful!

Thank you all again for joining the challenge and making the Snowy Day Quilt Sampler with me. I’m so happy I had to opportunity to meet and sew along with all of you wonderful quilters these past ten weeks. I hope this has given you the “quilting bug” and that you will continue to quilt more and more!

To celebrate the completion of this challenge, I would like to offer everyone a 10% coupon to all my patterns listed in my Etsy shop through the end of May 2017! Coupon Code: NQCBLOCK

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Happy quilting!

Andrea

Some of My Favorite Challenge Quilts

Cindy Kelley (above)
I love how Cindy made four of Block 7 for each corner. I also love how perfectly these colors go together!

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Gaiella Cupitt
I love the bright colors Gaiella used in her quilt. I also love how she took some of my blocks and put her own spin on them.

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Patricia Lent
I love Patricia’s bright colors and the creative borders she added to the top and the bottom of the quilt!

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Sheila Ciechoski
I love Sheila’s fabric combination in her quilt. I also love how she changed up the sashing and added cornerstones.

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Laura Luna
I love the beautiful fabric combination in this quilt. I think it is also really special that Laura and her mother have been working together to make this quilt. What great memories they will have when the quilt is all done.

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Lisa Schwarz
I love how Lisa added a name to the top of the quilt. I’m sure this quilt will be treasured!

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Lilian Crossley
I love how Lilian’s quilt looks without the sashing. It gives the quilt a really cool design within a design.

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Charlene Amsden
I love how Charlene made duplicates of some of the blocks to make her quilt bigger and redesigned Block 7 for the center! The bright colors are so pretty for summertime.

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Liia Tali
I love how Liia used a dark background fabric. It really makes those bright colors pop.

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Deanna Crossgrove
I love how Deanna used Block 7 in all her corners. I love the star cornerstones.

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Carrie Thomas
I love the quilt Carrie made using only Block 2! It’s cool to see the design within a design when you just use the one block.

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24 Responses to “Recap”

  1. Sherry Freeman

    INTERESTED IN QUILT ALONG

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  3. Sam

    Thank you so much for this. It was a HUGE and positive group. I was so impressed by the number of people making their very first quilt. Being able to ask questions to the group was just a super way to help them fall in love with quilting!! I love the pattern and look forward to the next challenge.

  4. Cyndi Barrett

    Andrea, thank you so much for this beautiful quilt. We all had a different mind set how to do the blocks. All the quilts are amazing.Your hard work in making sure your patterns were precise and so easy to follow, made the experience so wonderful. I really enjoyed the great encouragement from everyone. We had about the best group of quilters I have ever encountered. I would love to know when you decide to do another challenge. I feel we were great because you were.

  5. Glenda

    I am looking forward to the next challenge just joined the group but think I might try this quilt

  6. Jacki Hillman

    Thanks for the challenge. I enjoyed making the blocks and the finished quilt.

  7. Karen

    How awesome it was to begin my first quilt with a pattern I could understand and a great group of ladies sharing pictures of their progress and cheering each other's efforts! Thank you so much.

  8. Kath Hudson

    I found myself in the sewing doldrums and taking part in this challenge has really invigorated me. I have my mojo back thanks to you and your quilt along Andrea. Have enjoyed every minute and have completed all nine blocks although I still have to quilt and bind it.

  9. Faye Thompson

    Thank you for the this experience, I have learned much! Hope to get in on the next one.

  10. Kym Williams

    Andrea, thank you SO much for the wonderful time with this challenge. Just finished my last block today, and started with the... sashing?... since this is my first quilt but as given me the courage to trudge forward. I am now hooked!!!! Thank you again. Kym Wms