Craftsy BOM Blog Tour [Plus, A Give Away]

Yay!! Today is my stop along the Craftsy Block of the Month Blog Tour, if you are new here, welcome to my SoChick! Blog!


(If you're looking for The SoChick Chick's Guide to Fabric, you can find it here.  Part 2 will be up on Tuesday!)

I had planned to talk about how I was getting together with a friend of mine to make my February blocks, but life gets busy and sewing time this month was a bust (good thing we have nine more months to plan for sewing).  Instead, I've held out on sharing my February BOM's on the blog for today's post.  To recap, I joined the Craftsy BOM Lesson to learn some quilting skills, it being a free lesson was an added bonus, and to set aside personal sewing time for myself each month.

Here are my February Blocks:

#3 Balkan Puzzle Piece

#4 Chunky Chevron

As you can see, we are learning traditional blocks as well as modern blocks and this month's lesson had us making Half Square Triangles that were cut on the bias and straight grain!


**You can see my first month's blocks Here, and visit me on Craftsy, Here.**

Here is our super sweet instructor, Amy Gibson, showing off January's BOMs (The Asterisk and Wonky Pound Sign).

I've said it before and I'll say it again and again... I l-o-v-e that Craftsy allows you to learn at your own pace... with running a business and little chicks to look after, I can't always sit and watch a complete lesson, but I know I can go back to it whenever and that they will always be available!  You could totally sign up right now and still view the January and February lessons.  


If you have some fabric lying around, and a few hours to spare one day a month, this is SO what you need to sign up for!  Plain and simple: a few hours sewing once a month and you'll have a nice lap quilt by the end of the year... aaaand a ton of skills for other projects!

If you don't have fabric lying around (shame on you... *wink*) you need to enter now to win $25 from our Blog Tour Sponsor:

That's right, Fat Quarter Shop has been super generous to offer a $25 gift certificate at every stop along this Blog Tour!


Here's what you need to do to enter (on my blog):


-Leave a Comment on this post telling me what fabric you'd love to buy if you win the GiveAway


Yep, that's it, easy peasy.  Here are some rules:


- GiveAway will end on Thursday, March 15th at 11:59pm EST
- Be sure to include an email address (in your comment) where I can reach you if you win!
- Open to everyone, FQS ships Internationally, too.
- GiveAway winner will be drawn via random.org random number generator based on the total number of comments at the close of the GiveAway.


Thanks bunches for stopping by today!  Be sure to check out the other stops along the Blog Tour... you can enter to win GiveAways at each!

Feb 24 - Miss Print

Feb 25 - Hoosier Toni

Feb 27 - Fresh Lemons

Feb 28 - Qubee Quilts

Feb 29 - Amy's Creative Side

Mar 2  - mon petit lyons

Mar 3  - Mel's Own Place

Mar 5  - Breakfast for Dinner

Mar 7  - Sew Paint Create

Mar 9  - SoChick!

Mar 10- Spin the Bobbin

Mar 12- Diary of A Quilter

Mar 14- Ellison Lane

Mar 16- Old Red Barn Co

XxOo~ Melissa