QAL Week 2 – Tracey’s Block Tracey has chosen a familiar “sound” from the retreats – the BELL! I was excited to see this; it’s quite clever and I believe Tracey designed the bell block pattern herself (awesome!). Updated from Tracey’s comment (below): My official block has a pinwheel center. The pattern does not. Please embellish […]
QAL Week 1 – Sissy’s Block From Sissy: Here is my block; this makes a 14.5 inch block but you can trim to 12.5 inches – sometimes it’s good to have extra to trim down the block. I think it’s a great block to start out the QAL! Things have started buzzing around the group […]
Ok, ladies, we have our list of confirmed participants; there are 15 of us! That will make for some interesting quilt layouts – I will probably add a block to make a 4×4 layout, but who knows? I can’t wait to see y’all’s creativity in ACTION! As of right now, with 15 and starting next […]
This is not one of our QAL blocks; this page is to give you an idea of how this might go. I’m thinking one page per week/Block Queen, numbered by week and Block Queen, OR, by week and Block Name(?) We can embed a PDF OR a short video OR copy/paste the instructions on this […]
This is the kick-off for the Inaugural Granny B Retreat Quilt Along. This is a Quilt Along, not a block swap or Round Robin. We’ll each make our own blocks and quilts, with our own fabric – the block patterns will be delivered weekly by each “Block Queen” in turn. Sign-ups (so far)! ACTION ITEMS: […]
Hi, all! This is for our Granny B Quilt Retreat gals who want to participate (or follow along) the inaugural QAL (Quilt Along). This is a virtual QAL, meaning the block patterns, photos and communication will be done via this website and/or via email. We’re doing a “stay at home round robin” QAL; see HOW […]