Welcome to May!
If you are new to the 2019 Monthly Color Challenge you can hop over quick to read through the introduction and also see the colors coming up in the months ahead.
This month's flower inspiration is the Spider Mum. Other than the fact that I LOVE lime green, this flower is such an amazingly interesting flower. Thankfully it looks nothing like the spiders that usually give me such heebie jeebies.
Are you a beginner? For this month's blocks you might find these posts helpful:
For this months block you will need:
Mat
Rotary cutter
Ruler
Marking pen/pencil
Specialty rulers that are NOT required, but helpful:
A great group of bloggers joins us each month. Please make sure to visit each one and see their blocks and read their stories.
Available May 6th: Linda - One Quilting Circle
Debra - Tuning My Heart Quilts
Kris - Scrap Dash
Sarah - The Quilted Diary
This is a great way to meet new quilty bloggers!
I never trim my blocks, but if you are a trimmer I recommend waiting until all of your blocks are pieced and then trimming them all at once. Your goal is to have 12 1/2" unfinished blocks. I don't trim because I don't want to lose my points and since we make the units that makeup the block larger and trim them down, you should be fairly close to the correct size. If you are off 1/8 of an inch or less I really discourage trimming. If you are off 1/4 of an inch then instead of trimming I would suggest taking a look at your seam allowance and cutting, because trimming will definitely cause you to lose the look of the block.
Ready for your free May Monthly Color Challenge block? Find it HERE. Remember there is a change this year and the block is available for free only through May 31st. Use #2019monthlycolorchallenge on social media so we can see your blocks.
**NEW** Each months set of instructions comes with a full video tutorial!
**NEW** Each months set of instructions comes with a full video tutorial!
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Happy Stitching!
Jen
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Im really enjoying the blocks and im still foing them by hand like i intended.
ReplyDeleteI love that you are doing them by hand!! Thank you for stitching along!
DeleteWhat fun! I signed up for the future blocks. I have LOTS of lime green in my stash!
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