What's so great about BOM???
#11
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Central NJ
Posts: 5,571
I do BOM's at my LQS. It's $5-10 to join. Each month you complete your block your fabric for the current month is free. I get to learn new techniques. They are usually sampler quilts which I'm not overly fond of for myself but they do make great gifts. The only additional cost (if I do all my blocks on time) is the cost of the 'finishing kit' which they offer in a variety of sizes so I can be as frugal or extravagant as I want. I'm doing my third or 4th now. Some are more challenging than others but I do enjoy it. Yes, it takes a year to get your top done but it gives me time to do other projects in the interim.
#12
I am working on my first BOM - Stitcher's Garden. I decided to join this group because I loved the quilt and I had just bought my machine (2 1/2 months ago). It is a great way for me to get to know my machine and everything it can do. This is a large quilt with more than 12 blocks. Some months we get more than one block to work on. As someone else mentioned, we get together once a month, talk about what we did last month and what is involved in this months blocks. We chit-chat, have a good time, and get ideas for other projects from the other quilters. I also end up buying more fabric and supplies for other projects. Our quilt store does not try to make a large profit from these groups. It is their way of getting us in the store to see what is new and spend our money on other things. I guess it depends on your LQS as to how much your BOM would actually cost. I am really enjoying going. If I didn't like the quilt so much, I wouldn't have joined. I'm really glad I did.
#13
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 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.
#14
Originally Posted by Shelbie
My local LQS runs a BOM called the $20 quilt. You go each month at a preset time, get an update and demo on what's new in the shop, have a mini show and tell, see the new BOM pattern, drink tea and pick out your free fat quarter. By the time the year is over, you have 12 completed blocks, 12 fat quarters, learned several new techniques and viewed all the new merchandise, visited with your quilt buddies and have the instructions to complete your quilt - all for $20! I love BOM expecially the way my LQS ladies run it.
As to all the others - I cringe at $25 - $35 per block. But now after working at a LQS, I find the a lot of that price is the individually wrapped patterns for each month. I was shocked at what their cost was for each separate pattern. I have never done one of those.
#15
I think it's a great way to try / learn a new technique in a non-threatening way - espically if it's a Sampler type quilt that has a lot of new challenges. A whole quilt of xxx might be too overwhelming but one block - hey, I can do that!
Of course, if you need the instant gratification of a quick finish quilt you are sunk!
Of course, if you need the instant gratification of a quick finish quilt you are sunk!
#18
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 462
I like BOM for several reasons.
1. It gets me out of my house.
2. It gets me into the quilt shop.
3. I get a project to do every month with no pressure.
4. I see lots of new stuff at the shop.
5. Best of all.....I have met some of the best friends in my life at the BOM.
1. It gets me out of my house.
2. It gets me into the quilt shop.
3. I get a project to do every month with no pressure.
4. I see lots of new stuff at the shop.
5. Best of all.....I have met some of the best friends in my life at the BOM.
#19
Originally Posted by arkansasquilter123
I like BOM for several reasons.
1. It gets me out of my house.
2. It gets me into the quilt shop.
3. I get a project to do every month with no pressure.
4. I see lots of new stuff at the shop.
5. Best of all.....I have met some of the best friends in my life at the BOM.
1. It gets me out of my house.
2. It gets me into the quilt shop.
3. I get a project to do every month with no pressure.
4. I see lots of new stuff at the shop.
5. Best of all.....I have met some of the best friends in my life at the BOM.
#20
I love the way shelbie's quilt shop does their bom! that would be cool to get all of that for just $20. The reason I do a bom at my qs is because they dont make us pay extra for the stuff. We pay the price of fabric, pattern, and a whole wopping $1.75 for the lessons that she gives us every month. This is the only time every month that I get to get out of the house and have a break from all the kiddos, so it is definitely worth it to me.
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