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Making Quilt Blocks and Taking Stock

Block of the Month Program· Modern Triangle Quilts· work in progress

2 May

Making quilt blocks is a lot like a puzzle – with more instructions! In this post I’m sharing the Make Modern Triangles member makes slideshow from April which look like puzzles in progress. Bright, bold and a few sublime beauties. And boy, are they stocking up!

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Do you enjoy puzzling fabric pieces together? And the triumphant “ta da!” when you finish? And the agony of repeat? Ha!

Which means, there’s a lot of learning going on. Children are naturals at trial and error and if we let ourselves, we learn this way when making quilt blocks, too. (Instructions don’t hurt either!) By this time in a BOM, members know that I alternate blocks each month – easier then challenging, easier and then challenging, and so on. Each month, we build muscle memory for freezer paper piecing, preparing foundations and cutting fabrics in the right sizes. Then, it adds up into something big from the monthly chunks – A BIG TA DA MOMENT before you know it.

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Making Quilt Blocks, Making progress

The Aurora BOM is starting to look like something – a gorgeous quilt, perhaps?! It’s made with motivation, mistakes and quilter’s grit. Julie summed it up well:

making quilt blocks for Aurora BOM
Making quilt blocks for Solstice BOM

TEST BLOCK PROUD

Making quilt blocks for testing the size and construction
TA DA moments celebrating making quilt blocks

TA Da Moments!

Karen H. finished her Solstice beauty! Congrats on your BIG TADA Moment!

Finished quilt
Solstice made by Karen H.

Mary C. finished her Stargazer top in the main colorway. Fantastic job, Mary!

Finished quilt top
Ready for quilting! Stargazer by Mary C.

SLIDESHOW TIME!

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy our inspiring makers and their works-in-progress.

Rebecca XO

PS. BY THE WAY, YOU CAN JOIN OUR BOM PROGRAMS ANYTIME!

Join our Block of the Month programs any time, start any time, make any project, finish any time, work at your pace and repeat! Click here to learn about all of the goodies in the Club!

Aurora BOM - making quilt blocks each month

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Hey there! I’m Rebecca, an author and teacher and freezer paper piecing evangelist. I’m also the founder of the Make Modern Triangles Quilt Club.

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... hot drinks. ☕️
... football. 🏈

and crisp breezes and warm cozy meals! 🍁

All of my seasonal favorites! 

Plus, it’s the perfect season for quilting! (duh!) 🙌

If you’re in need of a new hobby to spark your creativity, stay cozy indoors, and make something beautiful, you are in the right place! 

The Make Modern Triangles Club is the place for all kinds of quilters at all skill levels and stages. 

In my programs, you get: 

👉 Printable, PDF patterns
👉 Clear, step-by-step instructions
👉 Video tutorials
👉 Live monthly sew-ins
👉 And an entire community of quilty friends!

If you’re craving a cozy new hobby to keep you busy, now is the perfect time to join! Comment “CLUB” for all the info you need. 💕

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Fall is in FULL swing. 🙌

... hot drinks. ☕️
... football. 🏈

and crisp breezes and warm cozy meals! 🍁

All of my seasonal favorites! 

Plus, it’s the perfect season for quilting! (duh!) 🙌

If you’re in need of a new hobby to spark your creativity, stay cozy indoors, and make something beautiful, you are in the right place! 

The Make Modern Triangles Club is the place for all kinds of quilters at all skill levels and stages. 

In my programs, you get: 

👉 Printable, PDF patterns
👉 Clear, step-by-step instructions
👉 Video tutorials
👉 Live monthly sew-ins
👉 And an entire community of quilty friends!

If you’re craving a cozy new hobby to keep you busy, now is the perfect time to join! Comment “CLUB” for all the info you need. 💕

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Fall is in FULL swing. 🙌

... hot drinks. ☕️
... football. 🏈

and crisp breezes and warm cozy meals! 🍁

All of my seasonal favorites! 

Plus, it’s the perfect season for quilting! (duh!) 🙌

If you’re in need of a new hobby to spark your creativity, stay cozy indoors, and make something beautiful, you are in the right place! 

The Make Modern Triangles Club is the place for all kinds of quilters at all skill levels and stages. 

In my programs, you get: 

👉 Printable, PDF patterns
👉 Clear, step-by-step instructions
👉 Video tutorials
👉 Live monthly sew-ins
👉 And an entire community of quilty friends!

If you’re craving a cozy new hobby to keep you busy, now is the perfect time to join! Comment “CLUB” for all the info you need. 💕

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#quiltingcommunity #quiltingforbeginners #quiltingtips #quiltingdaily #quiltersofinstagram #ilovequilting #quiltingstudio #quiltingdaily #quiltingproblems #quiltinggma #quiltblock
When I stepped back from my “Peppermint Twist” When I stepped back from my “Peppermint Twist” version of Dutch Summer, I was practically giddy with quilty joy. 😍 

I’ll never tire of cutting up fabric and sewing it back together. 

Can you imagine what a feeling that must be? To be working all year on making your modern triangles? Watching as your pile grows from a handful to a STACK of beautiful triangles? At some point along the way, you’ll be able to envision what your final quilt will look like as you take your triangles and lay them out on your design surface?! And then... there’s this HUGE moment where you finish all the triangles and then finally get it alllllll finished!??? 🙌

Uh yeah! It’s a great feeling! And we are here to celebrate with you inside the Triangle Chatter Community. 🎉

And it could totally be you for 2026! 

You can get make this pattern with us inside the club, or you can purchase the standalone pattern. 

Comment “DUTCH” for all the details! 💌
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#quiltingcommunity #quiltingforbeginners #quiltingtips #quiltingdaily #quiltersofinstagram #ilovequilting #quiltingstudio #quiltingdaily #quiltingproblms #quiltinggma #quiltblock #quiltpattern #quiltersgonnaquilt
Look at all of these beautiful Echo quilts! 😍 Look at all of these beautiful Echo quilts! 😍

This time of year is so special for so many reasons...

👉 Members are finishing their quilts and celebrating their BIG finishes! 
👉 We’ve just released the design for the next BOM and we’re already getting SO excited! 
👉 The change of seasons and coming holidays bring so much fresh inspiration. 
👉 We’re having so much fun in our holiday quilt along. 

There’s just so much good quilty stuff happening here! 

If you’ve ever felt like you wanted more friends who quilt, more people to talk quilty stuff with, and even more people to sew along with, you’re in the right place! 

The Make Modern Triangles Club is a one-of-a-kind community with quilters from all corners of the world at all stages of quilting. 🙌

Whether you’re brand new to quilting or have been at it for years, you’ll find new quilty friends, finish more projects in a community, and most importantly, have FUN! 🎉

I’m so excited to start our next BOM, but for now, we’re celebrating all of the BIG finishes! If you want to join us, you could be celebrating your own big finish by this time next year! 

Comment “DUTCH” for details to join! 💕

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#quiltingdaily #quiltersofinstagram #ilovequilting #quiltingstudio #quiltingdaily #quiltingproblms #quiltinggma
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