Hi ,

Weather has been very nice here lately, which means swimming in the early evening, playing catch, and chasing fireflies with James. It's been so much fun!

And speaking of fun, for this week you can save $10 on the Fun Quilting Combo Kit.

This fun quilting kit comes with Free Motion Quilting from Feathers to Flames spiral bound book and Free Motion Quilting from Flames to Feathers DVD. Learn how to quilt over 50 beautiful, fun designs in the book, then watch how to quilt 33 designs in the 2 hour DVD.

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This week we're continuing with our Disappearing 9 Patch blocks. We've pieced the block and are ready to begin free motion quilting. Our first is Lines and Stars, a fireworks inspired design which was perfect for the weekend of July the 4th!

You'll also want to see how Josh tackled this design. Here is his interpretation of Lines and Stars in his spoonflower cheater fabric.

In the event you haven't joined in yet, you can get started today with the Building Blocks Quilt Pattern. The pattern contains all the cutting and piecing instructions, as well as 42 quilting guides so you can mark you block with the designs like the one above.

Have you missed any posts from the Building Blocks Quilt Along? Remember you can find ALL the posts and videos shared about this project right here.

This week I've been stitching and photographing piecing mistakes, like mismatched seams and blunt triangle points.

I decided to add photos of mistakes because I remember that being such a confusing part about quilt piecing. WHY is this happening? What can I do better next time? It's a fun addition to the book because I can answer those questions and take some of the mystery out of perfect piecing.

But I also made a few mistakes all on my own, mostly because I got in a hurry and didn't take the time to double check what I was doing. When piecing a 4 patch block I accidentally forgot to piece right sides together and ended up with this (pictured at right).

Click here for the rest of the story.

Until next week, let's go quilt!

Leah Day