Bookshelf

Okay, the block(s) I have chosen for this month are relatively simple, but when put together will make a really fun quilt.  I want to make the "read me with" quilt from the Moda Bakeshop.  We have a reading room/library where the children hang out with books, and to go on the couch there, I thought this quilt would serve both function and decoration.  They can cuddle up in while they read in the early mornings.  There are three different blocks that make up the quilt, so I am assigning certain ladies to sew certain blocks.

You can use whatever colors of fabric you have in your stash.  I just ask that the prints be more subtle, so that they look more like a book cover, and that they aren't too dark.  I want to hand embroider some of their favorite book titles on to the "spines" before I sew it all together and quilt it.  I will do that in black, so it needs to be able to be read. If you have some black thread handy, you could hold it up to your fabric choices.  If you can still see the thread, you are good to go, if not, please look for something else. :)

Oh, and then use Kona white for the white pieces you add on to the fabric strips.  Thanks!

Okay on to the tutorial, which I have shamelessly copied off the Moda website. The first block will be sewn by Amy G., Becca and Mardie.

STEP 2 – BLOCK A
Gather the following size pieces and lay them out as shown.
(2) 2 1/2″ x 12 1/2″ print rectangles, (3) 2 1/2″ x 11 1/2″ rectangles, and (1) 2 1/2″ x 10 1/2″ rectangles
(1) 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ solid square, and (3) 1 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ rectangle.
Lay the solid rectangles onto the tops of the print strips and sew a 1/4″ seam along the edges.  Press.

Sew the 6 columns together.  Start by placing the second column onto the first, sew a 1/4″ seam along the edge.  Then place the third column onto the now sewn together first and second columns and sew a 1/4″ seam and so on until all 6 columns are sewn together.  Press.

Okay, and now on to block number 2.  That will be sewn by Liz, Emily, and Nicole.

STEP 3 – BLOCK B

Gather the following size pieces and lay them out as shown.
(1) 2 1/2″ x 12 1/2″ print rectangles, (2) 2 1/2″ x 11 1/2″ rectangles, and (3) 2 1/2″ x 10 1/2″ rectangles
(3) 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ solid square, and (2) 1 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ rectangle.

Lay the solid rectangles onto the tops of the print strips and sew a 1/4″ seam along the edges.  Press.

Sew the 6 columns together.  Start by placing the second column onto the first, sew a 1/4″ seam along the edge.  Then place the third column onto the now sewn together first and second columns and sew a 1/4″ seam and so on until all 6 columns are sewn together.  Press.
And now on to the final block. This will be made by Camie, Kristin, and Jen.

STEP 4 – BLOCK C

Gather the following size pieces and lay them out as shown.
(2) 2 1/2″ x 12 1/2″ print rectangles, (1) 2 1/2″ x 10 1/2″ rectangle, (1) 2 1/2″ x 9 1/2″ rectangle,
(1) 2 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ rectangle and (1) 2 1/2″ x 6 1/2″ rectangle
(2) 2 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ solid rectangles, (3) 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ solid square, and (3) 1 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ rectangle.

Lay the solid rectangles onto the tops of the print strips on either end of the strip and sew a 1/4″ seam along the edges.  Press.

Sew the 6 rows together.  Start by placing the second row onto the first, sew a 1/4″ seam along the edge.  Then place the third row onto the now sewn together first and second rpw and sew a 1/4″ seam and so on until all 6 rows are sewn together.  Press.

That's it for this month!  Thank you so much, ladies!  I think it will be so fun to have all the books look different, as that is how our real bookshelves look!  Please send your finished blocks to my mom's house.  Jane Lasko 777 South 400 East #3, St. George, Utah 84770. I will be seeing her the second weekend in October, so try and have the blocks to her by then to save yourself some postage.