Originally Posted by quilt-fanatic
I just don't get the Block of the Month - it seems to cost more than if you purchased the fabric yourself, it takes way too long to finish a project, and you don't get another block until you finish the previous one??? What exactly is so enticing about it?
There are several different types of blocks of the month. Not all of them are expensive. Some of them are downright cheap if they're the "bring back a finished block and your next one is free" type. Some of them are pretty expensive. I've seen some as high as $37 a month.
There are several really stunning quilts you can only get the patterns for as a BOM. Or if you find the patterns by themselves the run from around $50 to $65 bucks.
Not everybody likes to pick their own fabrics. There are lots of color challenged people that just want a beautiful quilt they didn't have to stress over picking the wrong fabrics for.