Garden Party Down Under is the 2022 Block of the Month quilt from The Quilt Show with Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims. It is offered FREE all of 2022 to Star Members of The Quilt Show. Designed by Australian designer Irene Blanck, this quilt has captivated a lot of quilters around the world and many are making beautiful variations of this pattern.
This month there is a striking applique vase. The vase can be cut from a single piece of fabric, or cut the handle from a different fabric to add interest. Your quilt, you get to decide.
Here is mine from the quilt made as a sample last year:
Here is Irene's:
The handles are reversed because mine was made with a pattern printed on a fusible, then ironed to the back of the fabric, thereby reversing the design. Irene does all of her applique by hand so her pattern was traced from the front side of the pattern.
That is what makes this such a GREAT PROJECT--use all the information provided to make a "Sampler of Techniques"--try several applique methods to determine which you like best.
The borders in Months 1 and 2 can be appliqued or paper pieced.
When we get to Month 10, the outer Diamond borders will be introduced--they can be appliqued, as Irene did, or machine pieced, as I did. Instructions for BOTH methods will be provided.
Take a few minutes to look on the FORUM at some of the wonderful work being done by many quilters around the world. Click on PHOTOS at the top, just above the purple bar, to see all the photos posted on that months' Show Your Progress Here Topic.
You don't have to be a Star Member to see the FORUM, you do have to be a Star Member to post on the Forum:
MONTH 7 -- SHOW YOUR PROGRESS HEREI wrote detailed instructions for the SHOO FLY BLOCK in the MONTH 6 BLOG, FIND IT HERE.
Please take time to post your photos on the FORUM for the world to see. And if you post on Social Media, please use #gardenparty2022bom on your posts.
Let's quilt,
Barbara
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