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stitchinwitch 01-02-2012 06:10 AM

A free one would be fun - but can you really justify paying $30 just to get started, and then $25 a month for 12 months for simple problems. And then there is a finishing month which actually runs more than that! There are several that just cannot pick out their own colors - be brave - take a friend shopping and let her make suggestions. Do you really want to make the exact same quilt as someone else? nawwww I don't think so. Then of course, there is the batting and backing and quilting of your masterpiece? ---too rich for MY blood - but hey, different strokes for different folks.

stitcherlady 01-02-2012 06:14 AM

It seems to me by looking at everyone's comments that something different works for everyone. I don't currently have that kind of money to spend on a BOM, but some of my friends have been doing the Civil War Quilts and have been enjoying them. There are some things you can't put a price tag on. People spend lots of money on vacations and they find value in them. I kind of think it's the same way with a quilt. If the quilt costs $500 dollars, I would think it would have to be very special and something that the money is not the bottom line. As a lot of people have said, you can make a lot of very pretty quilts for less, but sometimes there are certain quilts/patterns that just speak to you.

raedar63 01-02-2012 06:17 AM

I can not even Imagine paying that much even if I were rich . I have often been tempted though because I am a terrible "matcher" I have looked into kits that are on clearance various places on the internet to get matching type fabrics.

AFQSinc 01-02-2012 06:21 AM


Originally Posted by krisgray (Post 4833530)
The LQS buys the patterns and gets a shop kit that tells them what they need to cut each month. Sometimes it includes extra patterns like shams and table toppers to coordinate with the quilt. Rather than pass a lot of the cost onto the customers my LQS that buys these packages, it charges for the pattern and then the blocks are free each month when you return with a finished block. The owner has about 4 new kits in the shop for each BOM day and specials for the BOM'ers. She makes her money on the extras by getting people in the door, not the BOM program.

Yes! My LQS does this with the Thangles Buck a Block program. I decided to do that for 2010 (it started in August). The block is $1.00 each month. It is the center. You get the thangles and the two strips. If you want to make the twin sized quilt you can buy the setting fabrics and sashing. I bought the fabrics that they used in the sample butyou can pick any fabrics that you like. If you don't buy the setting fabrics you'll still have a small top that is really cute. It is very apparent that the BAB program is designed to help bring in business for the shop. Every month I've gotten my block, one the setting materials, then next month a little something else and so on.

Lizzytish 01-02-2012 06:35 AM

There are some sites out there that have free block of the month patterns.
I also have calulated the final cost of some BOM's and it frightnened me
People must pay it because they are still offering it.... To each their own

charlie 1940 01-02-2012 06:41 AM

There are several BOM or BOW on-line that are free. There are also several on this board. Just look around and you can find them. They are really a lot of fun. You can also find previous sets that you can do at your own pace.

Charlie

2manyhobbies 01-02-2012 07:03 AM

I was working on the Sylvia Bradley bridal quilt with our quilt shop. You get one fat quarter and the directions for paper piecing, $2.50 a month. I liked it because of the price of course, but also, I wanted to be the one picking out the fabrics that went with the fat quarter. (Some people didn't use their fat quarters, but went completely different color directions with theirs, making every quilt done a different piece. I did the project for two years--it's a 3-year project, because I want to do other things. I made one very nice small quilt-sized piece, and I'll make a queen out of the rest of the blocks.

catmcclure 01-02-2012 07:07 AM


Originally Posted by AFQSinc (Post 4829893)
I saw that the pattern is available here:
http://www.hancocks-paducah.com/Item--i-HOME-CWJ-BOM-QP

However, I don't know if the historical information about the children and the stories with the one from HoP. That might be an interesting call for customer service. I would think that it is included. It might be something to consider just purchasing the pattern. It looks like they also have the kit for $260. And your shipping would be free. Something to think about.

In looking at the pattern, there are actually only Eight block patterns in the entire quilt - four sets of two, which are the same blocks with slight modifications (fabric, centers, corners, etc.) and two border patterns. If the size of the quilt is correct, those are 9" finished blocks, which means all those HSTs are about 1 inch finished. ALL of the blocks are free somewhere on the web. The big thing is the fabric. I can't believe this pattern takes more than 15 yards of fabric. That's about $160 for fabric and another $100 for the patterns.

QuiltingMia 01-02-2012 07:18 AM

I found on Craftsy.com a free online lesson for BOM. You can use your scraps or buy any fabrics you choose. This would be my first BOM and will probably go along with it. Still undecided.

lil'scrapper 01-02-2012 07:22 AM

how about trying the BOM right here on the Quilting Board--the pattern is free, you try different quilting techniques every month (January is paper-piecing) and you use your own scraps! I am a new quilter and am going to try it. Doesn't sound like I am going to have to spend a lot of $ and I will learn along the way!


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