quilt therapy blocks – Page 8

“Harry and Alice” Block #2 Revealed!

Posted on March 21, 2019 by TK HarrisonMarch 18, 2019

I sure hope you’re following along and making my “Harry Loves Alice” 2019 block of the month (BOM) quilt from my sister site, BOMquilts.com!

It’s a great lesson in half-square triangles (HST’s) ! Whether you’re a beginning quilter, wanting to learn how to get more experience in piecing HST’s, this quilt is the perfect way to brush up on your skills. If you’re a more advanced quilter, there’s nothing easier than HST’s to whip up quickly and painlessly, so this quilt will go together rather quickly for you!

Block #2 – Girl’s Favorite

This is one of *my* favorite quilt blocks to make, too! 🙂 Especially with all of the different fabrics that come in the “Harry Loves Alice” fat quarter bundle from Abbi May’s Quilt Shop. Just look at the way the stars & flowers and blues & navy play off of each other! With that punch from the creamy, dreamy stars fabric thrown in to break up the tonals of the combination of fabrics. Makes my quilty heart just sing for joy!!!

It’s not to late to get started on your own “Harry Loves Alice” BOM quilt! Come on, you know you’re just itching to add a quick quilt block to your monthly agenda, I can tell you are waiting for just that! 🙂 Would love to have you join me in making this adorable lap quilt that you can call all your own!

“Harry Loves Alice” has Launched!

Posted on January 24, 2019 by TK HarrisonJanuary 20, 2019

Alien Riding a Rocket

The first installment of “Harry Loves Alice” was posted this week!

“Harry Loves Alice” 2019 Block of the Month Quilt. An Original Design by
TK Harrison, Owner of BOMquilts.com
Come sew some fun with us throughout 2019 with another adorable fabric collection that brings out the best in quilty love!

I hope you’ll be joining me in making this lovely, eye-candy lap quilt! It consists of 11 installments, including the fabric requirements, nine quilt blocks and the finishing instructions.

It’s sponsored by the bestest woman 🤗 with the biggest heart ❤️ that I’ve met over the years. OH, did I forget to mention that she happens to have an online quilt shop, and a brick & mortar one too? 😳

Linda has been sponsoring my block of the month quilts (along with many other quilts and quilt projects) since 2006!!! ☺️

In fact, I helped Linda launch her first online website. There’s a reason my kids called me the “Quilt Designing Computer Geek!” Prior to that, she was selling her quilt fabric on eBay. For the first year, she continued to sell her fabric on eBay, as well as on her new Abbimays.com website. By the end of that first year, she was able to transition all of her eBay customers to her new website and close down her eBay account. Within five years, she’d outgrown the shopping cart that I’d set up for her so she’s since moved on to bigger and better. But she’s continued to send me luscious, luxurious, eye-candy quilt fabric. Oh me, oh my, do I love what she’s done in filling up my baskets in my quilt studio! ☺️

Introducing “Harry Loves Alice”

Posted on January 10, 2019 by TK HarrisonJanuary 9, 2019

“Harry Loves Alice” 2019 Block of the Month Quilt.
An Original Design by TK Harrison, Owner of BOMquilts.com

When I first laid my eyes on this eye candy fabric, the first thing that came to my mind was the movie Harry Loves Sally. Then when I got my hot little quilter’s fingers on the fabric, my design just materialized from out of nowhere. Well it came from somewhere, but I let the fabric do the talking for me and the quilt image shown above is what I came up with.

Abbi May’s Fabric Shop has been sponsoring my BOM quilts, and many other quilts that I design, since 2006. Please show Linda some love by purchasing the “Harry Loves Alice” quilt kit from her.

This is the new (and did I mention free?) 2019 block of the month (BOM) quilt for my sister-site, BOMquilts.com. The fabrics are bold and bright, fun and festive and even a little bit romantic, too! It’s an 11-part BOM quilt with one block pattern instruction revealed on the 20th of each month. If you follow along each month, you will have a quilt finished by Christmas next year! Woo Hoo!

The fabric requirements will be posted on January 20, 2019. There are nine blocks that compromise the quilt top, then the finishing instructions. Goodness, I don’t need to type all of this out! Head on over to my sister-site and read it for yourself. Or better yet, if you haven’t ‘liked’ us on Facebook yet, fell free to do so as I always post there when I update the patterns.

PS: I can’t guarantee that you’ll have the same…ummm…reaction that Meg Ryan did in the diner, but I can’t promise you…won’t…either!

The Good Time Quilters of Blind Bay are Sewing it up Again!

Posted on December 27, 2018 by TK HarrisonDecember 25, 2018

Remember the Good Time Quilters of Blind Bay (GTQ of Blind Bay)? They’re sewing my 2006 BOM “Cinnamon-teen Chocolate Figs & Roses” quilt from my sister site, BOMquilts.com!

Cinnamon-teen Chocolate Figs & Roses 2006 BOM Quilt from BOMQuilts.com. An original sampler design of 16-patch squares made with a touch of cinnamon with chocolate, figs & roses – sure to be a delectable delight!

They are now three months into making their quilt blocks and, my oh my, I think they’re having way too much fun! Is that a thing? Having too much fun? Naw, not for quilters, anyway! 🙂

Here are some photos of the quilt blocks that Mandy S. sent to me of her own quilt blocks. She is making them from a batik layer cake that she had in her stash:

: Chocolate Dipped Kite Quilt Block

: Half-Moon Star Quilt Block

: Meet me in the Middle Quilt Block

The photo below is of some of the members of the GTQ of Blind Bay with three month’s worth of their “Cinnamon-teen Chocolate Figs & Roses” quilt blocks:

Blind Bay Quilt Group Three Month's Worth of Quilt Blocks Sewing from the original pattern by TK Harrsion "Cinnamon-Teen Chocolate Figs and Roses" Block of the Month found at https://BOMquilts.com

I wonder, though, whatever are the GTQ of Blind Bay going to do for space when they continue adding quilt blocks to that stage? I don’t know about you, but I’m looking forward to seeing how the photo (and quilts) evolve!

The Good Time Quilters of Blind Bay

Posted on November 8, 2018 by TK HarrisonDecember 25, 2018

“The Good Time Quilters of Blind Bay,” Sorrento, British Columbia, Canada is not a formal guild, but a group of very social quilters. We now have 53 members, on average 25 will attend the meetings. Many of us travel and go to warmer climates in the winter. Our group was formed in 1997 by a group of friends with a passion for quilting and who enjoyed the company of fellow quilters. Their object was to have fun, enjoying lots of chit chat, potluck lunches and laughing together while doing what they loved.

“Show & Tell is a favorite part of all our meetings. From this, ideas and techniques are shared, and members willingly offer to do demonstrations of new quilting patterns and techniques . We like to have a demo each month, and sometimes bring a presenter in to teach a class. Our projects vary, large and small. Mystery quilts, BOM’s, table runner’s and the list goes on.

“The lasting friendships formed, a feeling of belonging and the skills shared are the special focus of our group and we embrace all who have a desire to quilt and learn along with us.”

This year (and into next year), the Good Time Quilters of Blind Bay have chosen to make my original pattern from my sister site BOMquilts.com called “Cinnamon-teen Chocolate Figs & Roses.”

The Good Time Quilters of Blind Bay Sorrento, British Columbia, Canada

Pictured above are the members of the Good Time Quilters of Blind Bay Sorrento, British Columbia, Canada with their first “Cinnamon-teen Chocolate Figs & Roses” blocks