Block of the Month - Salsa Nights

I've done several quilts using Block of the Month - through a store that has provided an efficient and economical method.  This isn't true of all Block of the Month programs, many are quite expensive.

Block of the Month is a measured way to complete a quilt.  There are many offerings available from quilt shops and internet shops.  As the name indicates you complete one block of a quilt each month.  Several years ago I started the program with Along Came Quilting in Calgary.  On the third Saturday of each month many of us would pickup our block kit containing the instructions and fabric to be completed for that month.  On the third Saturday of the following month we would return with the completed block to show that we were keeping up with the program, then pick up the next block kit.  At the end of the year we had 12 blocks that we could put together to create the quilt.  An earlier blog post entitled My Second Quilt features my first quilt titled Tropical Breeze was completed this way.

Another year I worked on Salsa Nights, there are a few blog posts that will feature some techniques I learned to complete (or almost complete) this one.

My second quilt

After the first quilt and the learnings contained in putting that together I wanted to learn how to do triangles.  I visited Along Came Quilting where I learned they had an upcoming "block of the month" quilt that featured learning to do triangles.

In each month we picked up a new kit containing instructions and fabric for the block.  When we returned with the completed block each month we would receive one more to add to our quilt.  Over the year the quilt emerged - 12 blocks for 12 months.  Each month a new technique was tried in putting together the block.

This second quilt came out nicely and has been what we've used on the bed of the trailer since I completed it.  It is Fred's favourite.

The colours are bright and inviting and when it isn't in the trailer it can be found in the van when we're travelling in the winter - a "just in case" quilt should we need to keep warm.