Year of Doubles BOM: October 2022
by Emily Keller from the Block of the Month committee
Courthouse Steps block
| For our last block we chose to make the Courthouse Steps block. This traditional block has room for so many improvisational techniques. Have fun with it! As a variation on the log cabin block, your strips are placed around the center square radiating outward like steps. You can make your strips any size you’d like and keep adding until you’ve reached the 12.5” block or you can cut them according to the pattern. For a traditional block we are using a tutorial from Quilts by Jen which will give you a 12.5” unfinished block (12" finished). Next month we will be looking at layout and design options to put our 2022 BOM quilt(s) together. |
Committee blocks
Emily Keller:
Traditional block (1st block) | Re-interpreted block (2nd block)
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Shannon Mitchell:
Traditional block (1st block)
| Re-interpreted block (2nd block)
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Courthouse Steps inspiration ideas
- Want a 12" block with smaller pieces? Pat Sloan has a pattern for a 12" finished block with 5 steps on each side instead of 3
- Instructions for an 8.5" block from All About Quilts
- Suzy quilt’s has an interesting brief historical look at the courthouse block.
- Rita of Red Pepper Quilt’s scrappy courthouse is a great use of leftover strips.
- Tiny can be fun too! Purl Soho’s mini courthouse would be cute coasters or a wall hanging.
Check out Seattle MQG's "Year of Doubles BOM" Pinterest board for inspiration, too.
Join the BOM Sew-in:
- There is a sew-in specifically for BOM participants on the 3rd Wednesday of the month, from 7-9pm.
- If you're not already registered, you can find the BOM Sew-in on the Calendar of Everything, and register to attend!
- October's BOM Sew-In is October 19th, and you can register here
BOM 2022 schedule:
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