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April Showers Are Raining Blocks!

Block of the Month Program· Modern Triangle Quilts

2 May

April showers ARE RAINING BLOCKS OF ALL KINDS

April showers are raining blocks in the Make Modern Triangles Club. Month 4 of the Echo BOM is a bit more challenging and members showed they could weather the storm.

Members are also working on the Magic Mini as an intro to freezer paper piecing (you’ll see several in the slideshow below). Part confidence booster and part pretty wall hanging, it’s an irresistible project with the right amount of time to make it doable.

We’ve had plenty of rainy days during April where I live. Dreary, gray days are mood busters unless you sew right through them. Rain keeps me inside…inside my sewing room. So I’m grateful for rain in more ways than one.

April showers will definitely bring us flowers AND MORE BLOCKS from Month 5 of the Echo BOM. So let’s celebrate members’ blocks! Keep it going!

Member makes includes months 1 - 4 of Echo
April showers are raining Echo BOM modern triangle blocks in teal and purple.

Members are also making other BOM quilts inside the club, like Solstice, a very popular quilt with new members.

April showers of members's blocks of the Solstice quilt

Our members have been “sewing up a storm” (oh, I’m so punny) in April and I’m excited to show you. Click on the slideshow link below to see all the pretties.

TA DA FINISHES

Barb M. finishes her Aurora quilt

Barb M. finished her Aurora BOM in a rainbow color palette. Congratulations, Barb! She’s beautiful!

How about you? Are April showers raining blocks in your neighborhood, er…specifically in your sewing space? If you need a push indoors, let the rain motivate you.

Outshine free class and pattern

Take a free class and learn how to make your first modern triangle block, Outshine. Start here.

It’s WOW TIME! See the current Member Makes

Not only do our Make Modern Triangle members bust out the blocks, they are also big time encouragers, cheerleaders and guidance counselors. They hand out “atta girls”, the best tips, and the infamous “that happened to me, too and here’s what I did”. We’re better together! Thank you, amazing members for the beautiful show!

xo Rebecca

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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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Here’s a photo dump of some of my favorite quilts that feel like spring. 😍

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But if you’re stuck staring at a stack of unfinished blocks, and it’s keeping you out of the sewing room because it’s the last thing you want to sew right now, this is the advice that I would give you. 

It’s okay to put a project down for a while. 🫶

I’ve had projects and quilts that sat folded up for weeks… months… even longer. Projects I avoided because I got stuck, or lost momentum, or honestly just wasn’t in the mood to sew that anymore. AND IT’S OKAY! 🙌

Every single time I came back to them after putting them down for a while, I felt that spark for sewing again. I felt the inspiration that I started the project with, and I started ENJOYING it again. ✨

So if you have something that you’re avoiding sewing, let this be your permission slip to just put it down and know that you’ll come back to it when the time is right. 

Put your favorite emoji in the comments if you needed to hear this. 💕

#quiltingadvice #quiltinginspiration #quiltingtips #quiltingforbeginners
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…but then you saw the rest of them. 😅

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Which means you can make one, or make them all! Which one is your favorite? Tell me in the comments. 💕

Comment ‘CLUB’ if you want to join and make your very own beautiful quilt!

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