One Block Wonder Quilt Along - a preview post

Thank you to everyone who showed an interest in having a little quilt along after seeing my quilt in the Blogger's Quilt Festival.  The time is finally approaching!

Here's what you need to know - besides being beginner friendly, this pattern is FUN.

Schedule:

September 26th - welcome post with mini interview with Maxine Rosenthal (one of the authors) 

September 30th - fabric selection tips post
October 3rd - more tips, a short post

October 10th - quilting tips, another short post

October 17th - Linky opens

October 31st - Linky closes, voting opens

November 7th - prizes awarded!

Materials Needed (affiliate links):

• You gotta get the book, One-Block Wonders , One-Block Wonders Encore!, or One-Block Wonders Cubed!, FYI there are kindle versions available too.  ALSO!!  These are C&T publishing books, and they are having a sale THIS WEEKEND!  I don't know if these titles will be included in the Summer Sale, but if they are, many of their titles are under $5 during the sale.  Definitely worth checking out.  I've gotten some great deals in the past.
• A Creative Grids 60 Degree Triangle , or similar brand **
• Flower Head Pins like these from Dritz
• you will also need a Quilter's Ruler at least 4 inches wide by 24 inches long
• A Rotary Cutter with a FRESH blade!!  I prefer the 60mm for this job, but a 45mm will work too
• Sewing machine, thread, etc.

** The Creative Grids 60 degree ruler has a little notch at the top of the triangle that makes piecing easier.  If you are worried about buying "another ruler" and that it might not get much use after this QAL, don't worry!  There are tons of things you can do with this ruler.  Triangles, diamonds, hexies, oh my!  In fact, I am posting a small project tutorial next Wednesday that uses this ruler.  So come back and see.

Prizes:

This is a self-sponsored QAL, so it is mostly just for fun, but I think a couple of prizes should be in order for all your hard work.  Thus, I would like to give away 2 prizes!  One for the crowd favorite (as voted on by you), and one for the "Most Amazing Transformation" of fabric.  I'm going to pick that one based on what the fabric looked like to begin with (whole) and what it looked like after the OBW process.  You will have to have a FINISHED quilt TOP to enter.  Both prizes will be $25 Gift Certificates to the Intrepid Thread (one of my favorite online fabric shops).

How about a giveaway right now?  I said you are going to need one of the books to participate (copyright laws and such), so let me give one away right now.  I have one copy of One-Block Wonders Encore! to one lucky winner.  Because I am hoping someone who wants to do the QAL will win, to enter you need to join the One Block Wonder Flickr group and leave me a comment below with your Flickr handle.  Normally I like my giveaways to be open to everyone, but since the book is required for the quilt along, I would like it to go to a participant.  I hope you understand.  So far, there is only one participant, so I'd say the odds on this giveaway are pretty good!  This giveaway is open to international followers and will close on September 4th when I will pick a winner and notify them via email (so make sure I can send you one) or Flickr mail.  I have had a LOT of No-Reply Blogger comments for giveaways, so if in doubt, leave me your email address like this:  youremailaddress(at)domain(dot)com.  OK?

This Giveaway is now closed.

I hope you are as excited as I am!  Don't forget to check C&T Publishing's Summer Sale this weekend to see if any of the OBW books are included in the sale.

Thanks for joining in,

Jen