Block of the Month 2026

                                

             Hello and Welcome!!  Happy New Year 2026!!

I haven't posted anything on my blog for around a year - 

it was a good sabbatical. Now it's back to business..

This year we have the Polar Animals Block of the Month 2026 and I really hope you will join us making one block per month.

The blocks are $1 and the big reason is that if people see its free, they grab it up, post it on free websites and never take it down again when the block needs to go to the normal price in the shop. So, please forgive me but it has to be $1 per month it's released and after that it goes to $5.

I also have a Subscription option for the blocks at $15 for the year. There is also a large size center block of Penguins that is already included. You will get 12x (12") blocks and 1x (24") block that have the Polar Animals theme.  You will receive the center block when you buy the subscription.

You can get the subscription in the shop HERE...

These cute fellers are called Chinstrap Penguins and can be found in the cold Antarctic (south pole). With those cold winds you need something with a chinstrap to keep your hat on...

You can get the Penguin block (24") right HERE

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January's Block of the Month is a Arctic Fox

These cuties are so amazing - they change to a white fur coat

 for winter and is said to not only be stylish but super soft and warm. 

You can get your Fox block (12") from the shop for $1 -  HERE...

or you will be emailed your block IF you have bought the subscription for the year.

my Online Shop. 

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April news!

Hello Everyone!

Today we have loads of goodies to discuss

Let's start with the Block of the Month for April

Cute Cat #4

Pattern measures 16" and is on the Super Cute level!

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Next up on our lineup we have the 

Issue 41 of our Digital Paper Piecing Magazine

14 Cute Sealife creatures to sew

Each pattern measures 10" with the center block at 20"

I've also decided to add the block of the Whale that I previously removed from the lineup.

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next up

Houses! Houses! Houses!

The Houses from Around the World has started!

House #1

I'm looking to make something more 'traditional' from each country we visit

Today we've stopped over China

Each house measures 10" (26cm) and is available each Monday for $1.

Once the new block arrives the old one will be $3.

You can join the email list and pay for all upfront and I send you the blocks each week ($36).

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Next up our

Modern City Sew a Long blocks

This is block #12

I've joined blocks 11 and 12 together as well.

You will find all your blocks in my Online Shop. 

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Block 10 = Two rows done!

Hello and welcome to another installment of our

Modern City Sew a Long 2024

Today we start with Block #10 that I completed

Another really easy to put together block. No real headaches.

I've joined the blocks for the second row as well

This is the first and second row with blocks 1 to 10 finished.

Im really happy with how this is turning out.

Our sew a long is going to take 25 weeks which is really slow and making 1 easy block a week is 

also going really slow. For some that's wonderful news but for others

you may want to sew on ahead which is fine with me.

PLEASE Take photos of your progress and share it with us on the FBook group page.

Join us in making this spectacular quilt or wall hanging or whatever you decide to do with it. We'll be sharing and having fun along the way.

You can join us by paying for the whole pattern up front ($25) No need for emails each week.

You will find the Modern City PDF in my Online Shop. 

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Block of the Month - March

 

Hello and welcome!

It's March and we have another block in our BoM - Cute Cats

March block has a sleepy cat behind the pot plants.

The block measures 16" (42cm)

You can rescue any of the Cute Cats for $1 from my Online Shop 

in the month of the block release. Afterwards that block will be $5 the next month.

The small fee goes towards kennel fees and food for the  BoM Rescues backstage... thanks!

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*** The small fee each month ($1)  is so that the blocks will NOT be added

to other people's free pattern websites, Pinterest and FaceBook sites that never 

ask permission to add my blocks and then don't take them down.

You will find your BoM block in my Online Shop. 

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Block 6 and 7

 

Hello to everyone following along with our

Modern City sew a long 2024

Last week I didn't post anything about the block 6 on my blog 

(not that anyone even asked where the post was...), 

so I'm adding it here today with our Block 7

These are our blocks 6 and 7 and then sewn together to start the second row

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Our sew a long is going to take 25 weeks which is really slow and making 1 easy block a week is 

also going really slow. For some that's wonderful news but for others

you may want to sew on ahead which is fine with me.

PLEASE Take photos of your progress and share it with us on the FBook group page.

Join us in making this spectacular quilt or wall hanging or whatever you decide to do with it. We'll be sharing and having fun along the way.

You can join us by paying for the whole pattern up front ($25) No need for emails each week.

You will find the Modern City PDF in my Online Shop. 

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Block 5 - Row 1 finished

 

Hello everyone!

This week we're making block #5 of our

Modern City quilt a long

This block finishes up our first row

The block measures 10,5"

After each week I've sewn the blocks together and so joining block 5 was a bit 

of a thrill - I get to see the start of the rest of the pattern.

This has been a very slow sew a long progress but still worth it!

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Our sew a long is going to take 25 weeks which is really slow and making 1 easy block a week is 

also going really slow. For some that's wonderful news but for others

you may want to sew on ahead which is fine with me.

PLEASE Take photos of your progress and share it with us on the FBook group page.

Join us in making this spectacular quilt or wall hanging or whatever you decide to do with it. We'll be sharing and having fun along the way.

You can join us by paying for the whole pattern up front ($25) No need for emails each week.

You will find the Modern City PDF in my Online Shop. 

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Sew a Long Block #4

Hello and welcome to another installment of our

Modern City Sew a Long

This week we're on Block #4.

 Sewing the block was very easy and really quick too. There are no problems found in the pattern sections.

As you can see I like to press my seams to one side. It's just something I've always done. You may find the seams bulky - so press them open if you prefer.

Block #4 and then sewn to the first row we're creating.

Our sew a long is going to take 25 weeks which is really slow and making 1 easy block a week is 

also going really slow. For some that's wonderful news but for others

you may want to sew on ahead which is fine with me.

PLEASE Take photos of your progress and share it with us on the FBook group page.

Join us in making this spectacular quilt or wall hanging or whatever you decide to do with it. We'll be sharing and having fun along the way.

You can join us by paying for the whole pattern up front ($25) No need for emails each week.

You will find the Modern City PDF in my Online Shop. 

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Sew a Long Block #3

 

Hello and welcome to another installment in our

Modern City Sew a Long

Today we're on Block #3

Block measures 10,5"

As usual, I lay out the pieces I will need to make the block to get a good idea of what I need to do. Section P needed to be joined together.

  This was another really easy block to sew and then join to bloc #2.

Our sew a long is going to take 25 weeks which is really slow and making 1 easy block a week is 

also going really slow. For some that's wonderful news but for others

you may want to sew on ahead which is fine with me.

PLEASE Take photos of your progress and share it with us on the FBook group page.

Join us in making this spectacular quilt or wall hanging or whatever you decide to do with it. We'll be sharing and having fun along the way.

You can join us by paying for the whole pattern up front ($25) No need for emails each week.

You will find the Modern City PDF in my Online Shop. 

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 Quilt Art Design Pattern Shop -   www.quiltartdesign.com

Please Support/Donate at Ko-Fi  ( Thanks )