The 'Sew Grateful' Quilt Pattern is now available as a Free Block of the Month

That's right, there is absolutely no charge to your guild or quilt shop. There are, however, a few things, you'll need to do to make this happen and to respect our designer's patterns.

Kyoto

Quotation quilt on bridge

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Kyoto

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Download a colouring

sheet to plan your Quilt

What started as a keepsake to remember my book and its collaborators became one of 2021's biggest online sew-along. The Sew Grateful for 2021 sew-along was a huge success, we had 500 members from 5 countries in our Facebook group and more quilters wanting to join right up to the end.

I'm exhausted, which is why I'll let you guys take it from here. I created the Sew Grateful quilt with help from the tipsters in my book and a few original patterns of my own. It's been a tough couple of years for guilds to keep their members motivated, for shops to stay engaged with their customers, and for each of us in our own daily lives. So here's an uplifting quilt to share with your members or customers, we can all go forward in gratitude for what we had, what we missed, and for what's to come.

Joining is Easy

Have your gang register as members on healthyquilting.com

This is important as they need to access the handouts directly from the designers. The patterns are not to be emailed or shared directly with your members. Please respect the designer's generosity and visit their websites for the pattern or tutorial for the technique. The handouts will have additional information regarding cutting directions for 12" blocks.

Each Guild or Shop needs their own BOM instructor who will share:

My insights into the meaning behind each block

Information about the Sew Healthy & Happy tipster responsible for each block

Will be available to answer any questions you may have.

Share your creations

#sewgratefulfor2021bom

@healthyquilty

tag the tipster/designer of that month's block @melissamarginet

#melissamarginet

Fabric Requirements:

Feature Fabric: 8 fat quarters is a safe bet
Background and Sashing: 2.5 of background fabric is generous, it allows for a little freedom when cutting.
Backing: 4 yds of standard 42" wide fabric will allow for extra if your quilt is being machined quilted. There's a great post over at the Missouri Star blog -https://blog.missouriquiltco.com/how-to-figure-yardage-for-quilt-backing/
Binding: .5 yard

How much fabric do you really need?

That's a good question. When I designed this pattern using my EQ8 software, the fabric requirements were ridiculously high, no matter how I juggled colour placement. I purchased

all of the fabrics I used online and wanted to see them in person before I finalized my colour choices. So of course I ordered the complete range of every line, which is why some of my quilts used 8 fat quarters, some used 14. This quilt could be made with fewer fat quarters if using fewer colours. It's always good to buy a little extra!