I definitely have the advantage of completing a block of the month quilt, since I have designed them.  Sometimes, I follow along with making the blocks each month…just as my BOMquilts.com viewers do.  But some of the time, I am way ahead of the curve and finish one of my BOM’s ahead of time…as I did for this year’s 2014 “He Loves Me, He Loves me Not” BOM.

This quilt was sponsored by AbbiMays.com and Aurifil threads.

He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not 2014 Block of the Month Quilt, Original Project designed by TK Harrison from BOMquilts.com

Part of my reasoning for finishing this quilt ahead of time was because the fabrics just drew me in – they were SO much fun to work with!  The other part of my reasoning for finishing this quilt is that I am donating it to our school’s one-act play (OAP) program.  Both my older daughter and our middle daughter have been involved in this great program and it deserves more recognition.  But, also, because of school budget cuts, the OAP company has had to forgo some very important festivals or workshops because there just wasn’t enough funding for it.  (And don’t even get me started on how the funding for the sport’s programs are no problem but funding for one of the few fine arts offered at the school is not.)

Anyway, praying the OAP company will be allowed to raffle this quilt off early in the 2014-2015 school year so they can participate in the vital festivals and workshops that provide much needed critiques to help make their OAP performances perfected before they reach the competition phase of their program.  And I am happy to be able to help in whatever way I can!