Block of the Month

My family’s Quilt Shop (Scottie Dog Quilts) in California has done all kinds of “Block of the Month” programs over the years and I have finally just begun my first! They started a new one in January called, “Where the Redwoods meet the Sea”, a Humboldt County Quilt.”

I couldn’t resist this one – it’s my home!!! Minnesota has definitely become my home, but Northern California will always be a “home” to me. This quilt has a redwood tree- I miss them so much! There is the ocean – The Pacific Ocean will always be my favorite, but it’s the best anyway! The quilt also has the beach, and a lighthouse – it’s soo nostalgic for me!

Block of the Month just means you get a new pattern each month, giving you another piece of the puzzle. At the end of the year- It’s done! And it’s a lot of fun to see your project unfold – all in little bite-size pieces!

January’s block was a log cabin pattern – three of them make up the dirt, the mountain under the redwood tree.

February is one star type pattern that makes up the base of the sandy beach.

I received March’s pattern a few days early (one of the many benefits of being a part of “the family business”) and already completed my block – more of the sandy beach.

This is a “scrappy quilt” – another first for me.  There aren’t a few coordinating fabrics that make it up, it’s all kinds of fabric – the more the merrier!  When it’s all put together it should look great.

I can’t wait for the months to come, I want to finish my quilt!  I am planing on hanging this one by the front door, in our entry way.  It’s the perfect piece of art that brings a little piece of my first home to my Minnesota home!