I am doing a Thangles BOM, cost to join is a pkg of thangles for $5.,you get fabric strips and free pattern . YOu have to take the block in each month and you get next months free, but if u miss a month, you have to pay $5. again. it gets you into their shop and hopefully you purchase something else, Fun to do for me and at end of year i have 12 blocks for $5., of course then you need to buy sashing and borders/backing, but still good price i think. You can also quit anytime and use the block(s) for pillows or whatever.