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Aurora BOM! Tada!

Block of the Month Program· quilt along· Sewing with Triangles· Uncategorized

21 Nov

Aurora BOM is the 2024 quilt-a-long program for Make Modern Triangles members.

Auror-rah! Auror-rah!

Aurora is launched and I’m so excited that YOU are excited!

I love rainbow palettes. They’ve been a big part of my quilting journey and growing as a creative.

Members social media pin for Aurora BOM.
Members pin for Aurora BOM

(Members, download the “I’m in!” pin in the Welcome section for Aurora).

PLANNING AurORA IS PROGRESS

December 1 starts Planning Month for 2024. The planning workbook, yardage requirements and more is dropped into the Club on December 1. Truly everything you need and want to plan and make a modern triangle quilt, including a project tracker and video tutes.

I’m inspired to start the sewing part, and also know that the Planning Month sets us up for successful triangle quilting with freezer paper piecing.

Planning builds are confidence when staring down a modern triangle quilt with LOTS OF TRIANGLES. That happens to look like a Lone Star quilt (look very closely) but goes together without y-seams!

NO Y-seams. None.

When members start posting coloring pages and fabric pulls, it’s a big inspiration boost for EVERYONE;

You’ve got this.

You can do it.

We’re better together.

A modern triangle quilt is soooo doable a step at a time with each other.

When you know where you’re going – even when you don’t have all of the skills yet – every step is progress. When I see someone else do something, I’m motivated to jump in to the next step.

Four COLORWAYS AND COUNTING…

I had so much fun creating the colorways. You’ve seen Rainbow, now meet the rest:

Aurora Rainbow Palette

Rainblow Aurora color palette in orange, magenta, bright pink, lime, teal yellow and brown triangle blocks. Black and white.
Rainbow color palette with background

SPRING AURORA BOM

Spring Aurora color palette in chartreuse, yellow, navy, royal blue, dusty blue, bright blue, and teal. Green blue and blue green plus white triangle blocks.

MULTI AURORA BOM

Multi Aurora color palette in orange, magenta, bright pink, lime, teal yellow and brown triangle blocks. Black and white background blocks.

SUnset AURORA BOM

Sunset Aurora color palette in orange, magenta, violet, yellow and blue triangle blocks

AUTUMN AURORA BOM

Autumn and Sunset have the same colors in the spokes with different backgrounds.

Aurora Rainbow palette with white background

Rainbow – White Background

Aurora BOM block of the month in a rainbow color palette

Now, it’s your turn for a big ta-da! Use a ready-to-go palette or create your own on the coloring pages. Have fun!

Rebecca

Join AUrora BOM TODAY

Want to Make this Beautiful Quilt?

Introducing the Aurora Block of the Month, an all NEW design for 2024! A beautiful symmetry of color and shape creates this stunning and enrapturing “modern triangle” quilt. 

Click here to learn more and join in!

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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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And I think that’s exactly why so many people are being drawn to quilting today.

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What’s stopping you from quilting isn’t that you don’t want to do it. It’s because you have already convinced yourself of something before even giving it a fair shot. 

You’re probably thinking something like...

👉 “I don’t think I’m creative enough.”
👉 “It looks too complicated.”
👉 “I wouldn’t know where to start.”
👉 “I don’t have enough time.”
👉 “What if I spend all that money and I’m terrible at it?”
👉 “I’ve never been good at sewing.”

If any of those thoughts have crossed your mind, can I let you in on a little secret?

Almost every quilter I know started with one of those ideas in their head, including me. 🤫

The beautiful quilts you see today didn’t begin as beautiful quilts, they began as just an idea and a willingness to try.

Nobody sits down at a sewing machine and automatically knows how to quilt.

You learn by just doing it, sewing stitch by stitch, and every time you enter your sewing room, it gets a little bit easier, and you start to enjoy it more and more. 

If something has been holding you back from quilting, I invite you to take my free class where you have nothing to lose and so much to gain. 

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Don’t wait until later or until all of your blocks are done. Press those seams right away!

It might feel like it slows you down in the moment, but it actually saves you time (and frustration) later.

When you press as you go, your seams stay crisp, and your pieces lay flat, which makes lining everything up so much easier. You’re not fighting bulky seams or trying to “fix” things at the end. 🙌

Plus, pressing helps set the stitches and keeps your fabric from shifting as you build your block.

Think of it as part of the sewing process, not an extra step.

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And do you know what happens every time I convince myself that I don’t need a test block? 🙃

I almost always regret it and end up having a nice long date with Jack The Seam Ripper as a consequence. 

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Finished Dutch Summer Month 6 blocks are showing up in the Make Modern Triangles Club every day. We’re past the halfway point, and we’re really starting to stack up the blocks! Now that we’ve got a bunch of stacks of blocks, it’s such a fun time to play with arranging your blocks and see what your creativity comes up with. ✨

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I don’t know about you, but for me, quilting has n I don’t know about you, but for me, quilting has never been about just making quilts.

It’s about slow mornings, quiet time to myself, creating something with my hands, spending time doing something textile, not scrolling on the internet, spending more time creating and less time consuming...

And I think that’s exactly why so many people are being drawn to quilting today.

You want to get offline, learn something new, and have more quiet time that is just for you and your imagination. ✨

I think we could ALL use more of that in our lives, and if you want to give it a try, I’ve got a free class you can sign up for by commenting ‘FREE’ below. 💕

#modernquilting #paperpiecing #foundationpaperpiecing #quiltingtechnique #quiltteacher
I’ve taught thousands of quilters over the last de I’ve taught thousands of quilters over the last decade, and I’ve been quilting myself for over 15 years, and this is what I’ve learned. ⬇️

What’s stopping you from quilting isn’t that you don’t want to do it. It’s because you have already convinced yourself of something before even giving it a fair shot. 

You’re probably thinking something like...

👉 “I don’t think I’m creative enough.”
👉 “It looks too complicated.”
👉 “I wouldn’t know where to start.”
👉 “I don’t have enough time.”
👉 “What if I spend all that money and I’m terrible at it?”
👉 “I’ve never been good at sewing.”

If any of those thoughts have crossed your mind, can I let you in on a little secret?

Almost every quilter I know started with one of those ideas in their head, including me. 🤫

The beautiful quilts you see today didn’t begin as beautiful quilts, they began as just an idea and a willingness to try.

Nobody sits down at a sewing machine and automatically knows how to quilt.

You learn by just doing it, sewing stitch by stitch, and every time you enter your sewing room, it gets a little bit easier, and you start to enjoy it more and more. 

If something has been holding you back from quilting, I invite you to take my free class where you have nothing to lose and so much to gain. 

Comment ‘FREE’ to sign up. 💕

#modernquilting #quiltingtechnique #quiltpattern #quiltdesign #quiltersofig
Comment ‘FREEZER’ if you want to take my free clas Comment ‘FREEZER’ if you want to take my free class and learn this amazing technique! 👇

Freezer paper piecing tip number eight is to press every seam right after sewing it. 
 
Don’t wait until later or until all of your blocks are done. Press those seams right away!

It might feel like it slows you down in the moment, but it actually saves you time (and frustration) later.

When you press as you go, your seams stay crisp, and your pieces lay flat, which makes lining everything up so much easier. You’re not fighting bulky seams or trying to “fix” things at the end. 🙌

Plus, pressing helps set the stitches and keeps your fabric from shifting as you build your block.

Think of it as part of the sewing process, not an extra step.

Your blocks will be flatter, sharper, and way more accurate… and your future self will thank you!

Comment ‘FREEZER’ for my free class! 💕

#modernquilting #paperpiecing #foundationpaperpiecing #quiltingtechnique #quiltteacher
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