Block #1 of the It's a "Wild" Life Block of the Month

Welcome to our 

3rd Annual Block of the 

Month.

Our previous years have 

included quilts from 

inspirations from 

Our Garden

and 

A little Sun, Sand, and Sea.

This year, we

have a little "Wild" Life

planned

for all of you.

I hope you are all excited to 

begin our newest BOM.

So without further ado, 

here is our 1st Block.

Well, Blocks!!

We decided to start you 

all off pretty easy for the first block.

It is called Maple Leaves.

It was created using beautiful fabrics, 

by one of our BOM sponsors

The leaves colors are from my stash

full of my favorite Riley Blake fabrics 

and the background is 

Outdoors Wood Grain Cream
from The Great Outdoors Fabric line.

The block pattern can be found HERE.

It will be free for the month

of February, after that time there will 

be a small fee.

To find the whole schedule for 

the 2018 BOM, click HERE!

There are no sign ups, 

just follow my blog to

to get access to the block when

they are released.

Here are the designers that will 

be participating this year.

Their blocks for February

are all up and looking gorgeous!

Pat of Life in the Scrapatch

Joan of Moosestash Quilting

Carla of Creatin' in the Stick

Carol of Just Let Me Quilt

and of course ME.  

Feel free to join us on 

Facebook as well, 

HERE is our group.

Be sure to 

Add your blocks to the link party below

for a chance to win 

a fabric surprise from this

month's sponsor

An InLinkz Link-up

Supplies for the It's a "Wild" Life Block of the Month

Many have asked, what 

supplies do I need to start the

It's a "Wild" Life

Block of the Month?
I happened to make
a Facebook Live Video with
most of the information in it.
You can watch it HERE, if
you would like to see my Video Debut.

This will be a great opportunity 

to use those scraps or

the fabric stash that you have 

laying around in your 

sewing room.

Here are my Riley Blake scraps that 

I plan to use to accompany this

new beautiful set of fat quarters of

Bee Basics by Lori Holt.
There are 30 fat quarters
and a panel in this set. 

(I guess I need a few greens to add to my stash)

You can find the fat quarter bundle at

The Fat Quarter Shop 

or Quilt Taffy's Etsy Shop. 

Thank you to Riley Blake for providing me

with this lovely Outdoors Wood Grain Cream

from The Great Outdoors line

to be used for the background of my quilt.

If you want all of your background to be the 

same, you will need 4 yards of fabric.

There are a few shops that

carry this color -

Missouri Star Quilt Company

Lou Lou's Fabric Shop,

I also recommend for the applique 

block that you pick up some brown

and green threads to coordinate with your fabrics

to applique stitch around the design.  

We will be using other colors as well, 

but these we will use the most.

You can find a huge array of

Aurifil threads at 

Fat Quarter Shop

and Craftsy.

And of course since we are doing some

applique work, you will

need sewable fusible adhesive.

    I only use HeatnBond Lite

or if you dislike tracing all of

your pieces

you will fall in love with these

EZ Print Lite Sheets.

They work absolutely wonderful 

for smaller pieces. 

I also forgot to mention 

what is the best way to 

store those finished blocks.

I love to store my BOM blocks in

a plastic scrapbook paper case

like this one.

I picked this one up

at my local Michael's store 

for less than $5.

It is a great way to store your blocks

for the entire year, and 

not worry where you last saw it.

(Maybe, I am the only one with that problem)

I am overjoyed that you are

planning to join us for the 3rd Annual

Sew Incredibly Crazy and Friends Block of the Month.

There is no sign-up for this

Block of the Month.

The blocks are absolutely free

for the month that they have been released.

After that, there will be a small fee.

Here is the full schedule.

If you would like to join our Facebook group, 

please stop in HERE.

 We can't wait for all the fun to begin!

Textured BoHo Cowl

I found the prettiest pattern

for a crocheted cowl 

over at Meg Made with Love.

This is the eighth one that I have 

made over the last month.

They made such great Christmas 

gifts.

This one has to be my favorite.

I chose to make this one from Alpaca yarn.

It is Cloudbourn in Espresso Heather.

I picked it up on Craftsy at their

year end clearance.

It was a great deal and I 

couldn't pass it up.

The wood buttons I found over at 

my local craft store.

The color of the yarn is so rich and beautiful.

I love all the little fibers that seem to 

find their way out of the stitches.

It gives it such a lovely texture.

I picked up 4 skeins, but only needed

2, so I guess I can make another

to give as a gift.

The pattern for this cowl is free over at 

Meg Made with Love.

She has some beautiful patterns on

her blog.

December's Aurifil DOM Reboot Block

Here is the December's Aurifil

block that was

re-released for 2017.

The first time that they had

this BOM was in 2012.

I loved the cute blocks.

This last one was such a 

pleasure to stitch up.

I still have two blocks that

I have to stitch up 

to be able to put the quilt

all together.

I love her little braids 

flapping in the wind.

I imagine this would be me 

trying to ski after being off the

slopes for too long.

Here are the rest of the blocks 

that I have finished.

You can find the pattern to all 

these cuties HERE.

The Complete 2017 Sun, Sand, and Sea Block of the Month

I thought that I would 

condense all posts for 

the ease of those who are 

interested in the blocks, 

designers, and pattern links 

   to the  2017 Sun, Sand, and Sea

Block of the Month

 Block #1

by Sew Incredibly Crazy

Find the pattern HERE.

Block #2

by  Just Let Me Quilt

Find the pattern HERE.

Block #3

by Creatin' in the Sticks
Find the pattern HERE.

Block #4

by Moosestash Quilting

and Sew Incredibly Crazy
Find the pattern HERE.

Block #5

by Just Let Me Quilt
Find the pattern HERE.

Block #6

by Creatin' in the Sticks
Find the Pattern Here.

.

Block #7

by Sew Incredibly Crazy
Find the pattern HERE.

Block #8

by Just Let Me Quilt
Find the pattern HERE.

Block #9

by Sew Incredibly Crazy
Find the pattern HERE.

Block #10

by Sew Incredibly Crazy
Find the pattern HERE.

Block #11

by Sew Incredibly Crazy
Find the pattern HERE.