Hello!
This Quilt along is all about New York Beauty! It might just be my most favorite block. I have made a couple of quilts using this block and want to encourage anyone those who have seen these patterns and thought “no, way could I do this…”YOU CAN! The patterns are paper pieced. If you’ve never paper pieced it’s easy and you might just find that you love making blocks using this method. I won’t lie to you this block can be a little challenging with the curved piecing but there are some tips you can read about here:
http://quilterscornerclub.tripod.com..._beauty_1.html
New York Beauty Quilt Along will begin Oct 1st. We will do two blocks a month making 4 of each. Our thread will be used to encourage each other, give tips on each of the blocks, and to post pictures - because we all love to see each other’s work. There are 10 different blocks that we will be making on our quilt along. This block sizzles when you use contrast complimentary colors here is a great site for choosing color combinations:
http://colorschemedesigner.com/
Some history on New York Beauty, the block was originally called Rocky Mountain Road or Crown of Thorns. The current name New York Beauty came about in the 1930s when Mountain Mist created a pattern and gave it that name. Bill Volckening has one of the most extensive collections of these quilts from the 18th to 21st century. Watch a video on Bill’s collection
http://vimeo.com/12412485
Block patterns can be found here
http://www.lenzula.de/pattern/free/nyb.php?l=en
October: Blocks 0 & 1
November: Blocks 2 & 3
December: Catch up month we’re all busy this time of year.
January: Blocks 4 & 5
February: Blocks 6 & 7
March: Blocks 8 & 9
Approved by Practicej