Quilting is something I have always wanted to do, but always made excuses for not really getting into it and accomplishing something. I started two or three quilts back in the 80’s, but never finished them. My Granny used to quilt by hand, and she made some beautiful quilts.

I saw this block challenge by Riley Blake Designs and decided now was as good a time as any to start and it’s designed so that you make one block a week, so in my mind it doesn’t seem as daunting and maybe this time I can make it until the end.

The challenge will run for 16 weeks, starting February 2^nd through June 22^nd. A new block will come out each week except for the last week of the month. I do not see where they have posted a pic of what the finished quilt will look like, so there is no telling what I am getting myself into. Each block will be 10" finished size and there will be 19 different colors within the quilt.

Since I’m not sure about fabrics and designs I decided to go with the Confetti Cotton fabrics that were recommended and ordered all the required fabrics at one time online. My fabrics are supposed to be everything that I need to the top including sashing, binding and corner stones. Once I’m done and I see how it all comes together I’ll decide if I want to buy the backing and have it quilted or not.

If you would like to join along on this block challenge, visit this link and it will take you to the blog on Riley Blake Designs website and you can get all the details. (I am not being compensated for sending you to RDB Designs, I just want to make sure everyone who wants to join can find what they are searching).

If you've looked through my website very much you should already know that I love to do all types of craft projects. I recently found a website...well it actually found me as it was on one of my news feeds and I clicked on it. I keep asking myself when am I going to learn NOT to click on those things as they just lead to me spending money, which is exactly what happened this time?

The ad was for a monthly subscription to Project Home DIY (no affiliation) where you can purchase a box from the past or sign up for a monthly subscription and receive the box that comes out the next month. Since I signed up in January I wasn't supposed to get a box until February, but once I was on the site and saw what was available in the January box I decided to order one and get a jump start.

The box included the wood for three different projects, two paints, a stencil with several words to choose from, some decorative paper, wood glue, twine and a sprig of cotton along with instructions on how to put together what they showed as an example of what the projects could look like. Of course you could put your own spin on it and go outside the box and create whatever you wanted, which I saw several people do on the Facebook group. In your first box your supposed to receive a starter kit as well, so I assume that will come in my February box since that is officially my first subscription box. I personally don't think the boxes are worth the price they are charging, but I'm still buying them, at least for a few months.

You can tell the fonts are different on the items below which is due to me choosing to make my own as I didn't really like the stencils that were included as when I used them they didn't leave as crisp a lines as I like and I could see the imprint from the stencil itself in my paint. I used my Cricut Maker to create some of my own stencils, such as the dog paw and the word believe.

The rolling pin was not part of the monthly subscription, but something I had been wanting to do for several months as I purchased a half dozen of these back in September and had yet to do anything with them. I hope to do some more of the rolling pins to place in other areas of my home or for different holidays. I think it added to this set up, which is displayed in my living room, so I included it.