52 Twisted Traditional Blocks Quilt Along

In past years, I have run a quilt along that coincides with the ‘off’ weeks of Project QUILTING – first it was ‘Home Sweet Home’ and then ‘My Favorite Block’.  In 2015 I did something a bit different – well, completely different.  I shared a block tutorial each week for the entire year.

These blocks combined the two previous quilt alongs. They are traditional quilt blocks that are ‘tweaked’ to show a second element – like houses.

It all started when I saw this ‘House Swoon’ block by Rachael of Blue Mountain Daisy  She tweaked Camille Roskelley’s Swoon block. Clever! She shows you how to do it, get the tutorial.

From seeing that…I went ahead and used it for my inspiration for the Double Wedding Ring Challenge and made my double wedding rings into an entire subdivision – again, tweaking a traditional block.

I explored traditional blocks ‘twisted’ into a secondary image like a house, tree, or even a bird!  I hope you decide to join in with me and explore the blocks I created!

Flickr group has been created!  52 Blocks: Twisted Tradition

Hashtag for twitter and Instagram: #52bTT

Fabric suggestions… HERE.

Basic Embroidery Stitch Tutorial

Schedule

1. Jan 1st - Square Dancing Whale

2. Jan 8th -  Road Trip to California

3. Jan 15th – Homeward Bound Fish

4. Jan 22nd – Flutterby Butterfly

5. Jan 29th – Sugar Fox

6. Feb 5th – Drunkard’s Owl by Diane Lapacek

7. Feb 12th – Heart Trick

8. Feb 19th – Farmer’s Daughter’s New Neighborhood

9. Feb 26th – Apple Flagstones

10. Mar 5th – Lucky Clover Vision

11. Mar 12th – Flying Leaf from Carla of Creatin’ in the Sticks

12. Mar 19th – Rocky Road to Love

13. Mar 26th – Talking Heads from Erin Z of Faller Girl

14. Apr 2nd - Fluttering in Formation from Melissa of Sew BitterSweet Designs

15. Apr 9th – Hoppy Bunny Basket from Marian of Seems to Be Sew

16. Apr 16th - Triangle of Spools

17. Apr 23rd - Sunny Butterflies

18. Apr 30th – Twisted Rail Fence from Marcia of Marcia’s Crafty Sewing & Quilting

19. May 7th - Shoofly Chickens

20. May 14th - Grandmother's Love

21. May 20th - Dresden Neighborhood

22. May 28th - Cross Orchard

23. June 4th - Nine Patch Bird

24. June 11th - Mosaic Turtle

25. June 18th - Old Fish Puzzle

26. June 25th – Kaleidoscope Twist from Colleen of Lucky Duck Dreams

27. July 2nd - Milky Way Fireworks

28. July 9th - Crocodile Heaven

29. July 16th - Weathervane Neighborhood

30. July 23rd - Woodland Neighborhood

31. July 30th - Mosaic, Spools

32. Aug 6th - Fish in the Window

33. Aug 13th- Mount Home

34. Aug 20th - Dutchman's Tree

35. Aug 27th - Resolution Bee

36. Sept 3rd - Mice Wheel

37. Sept 10th - Curious Cat from Nancy of Patchwork Breeze

38. Sept 17th - Pine Trees Cross Roads

39. Sept 24th –Red Bird, Blue Skies of  Fat Quarter Shop

40. Oct 1st - Manassas Neighborhood

41. Oct 8th - Mosaic Tree Block

42. Oct 15th - Resolution Bat

43. Oct 22nd - Odd Fellow's Cat

44. Oct 29th - Hard Candy 

45. Nov 5th - Drunkard's Mushroom

46. Nov 12th - Courthouse Thread

47. Nov 19th - Pumpkin Ball

48. Nov 26th - Turkey Leaf

49. Dec 3rd - Wyoming Dragonfly

50. Dec 10th - Santa Cabin

51. Dec 17th - Hour Mint

52. Dec 24th - Log Cabin Christmas Tree