LAUREL RIDGE -- LET'S GET READY

 Laurel Ridge is the 2025 Block of the Month quilt designed by Lynn Wilder exclusively for The Quilt Show.  Star Members have FREE access to the patterns starting December 29, 2024.  Made in two colorways, the complete patterns are excellent. You will love making this quilt. Lynn supports the pattern instructions with Videos too. 

Laurel Ridge Autumn

Laurel Ridge Spring

Now is the time to prepare. What do you need to be ready?

1. Use the Fabric Requirements Information to gather your fabrics. Information Pages

2. If you intend to PRINT the patterns, have paper and ink available. The patterns are first class quality. There are separate patterns for BOTH colorways. You only need to print one of them.

3. Watch Lynn's show #3601, which airs Sunday December 29, 2024. It will be FREE TO EVERYONE so tell your friends to watch too. Lynn teaches so much about precison piecing, lessons you will use in all your future quilts.

4. Exceptionally helpful tools Lynn and I highly recommend, both were available at the The Quilt Show Store but are currently out of stock, more will be available in the future:

            1.25" x 2.5" finished size BlocLoc Flying Geese Ruler  AND

            5.5 inch square fabric ruler, Quilter's Select gets my vote

        You can make the Flying Geese with just the 5.5" square ruler but the BlocLoc Ruler makes the process much easier and more accurate. I had to be convinced but now I am. This quilt has MANY of those small Flying Geese units.

5. Up your THREAD game. Many of these blocks are 5" finished. The pieces are small. Accuracy in piecing is important. Try using finer thread than you may be used to. My preference is Quilter's Select 60 wt in the top and 80 wt in the bobbin. Strong, fine, low lint, these threads will improve your piecing dramatically. Also available in The Quilt Show Store. 

6. If you enjoy pre-planning your quilt, use the Coloring Page Lynn has provided: Coloring Page

7. Consider buying the Kit if you want your quilt to look exactly like the pattern. For a limited time, both Kits are available. When they are gone, they are gone. The Fabric Kits

8. Feel free to do your own thing with Fabrics and the design. I am using the Spring Kit and have added a few more fabrics to it:

I also plan to replace the two applique blocks with pieced blocks. It is your quilt, you get to decide how to make it. This quilt can easily be made larger or smaller, depending on the size quilt you need.

In addition to the patterns, Lynn's videos, and her Show, each month I will do a LIVE broadcast on Facebook and YouTube and write a blog with tips and suggestions.  The FORUM provides the best place to ask questions and share your progress. Be sure to check in there frequently.

I hope you will join us as we learn a lot with Laurel Ridge.  My FIRST LIVE for Laurel Ridge is Friday December 20, 2024, noon Central time. Find all the LIVE broadcasts HERE after they have aired Live, they remain available to you at your convenience.

Let's quilt.

Barbara