Down under BOM block of the month quilt Australia

Fabric kit and printed pattern for the Australian block of the month quilt.
Choose between Quokkas in the centre or kangaroos. The last picture shows the African quilt quilt I've already done. This isn't the quilt you will be doing but it will be a very similar style.

Please consider carefully before starting a block of the month on whether you are able to purchase all the patterns. It can be difficult for me to sell the remaining blocks of an incomplete quilt. :)

The BOM is £35 a month or £39( in the us to account for tariffs paid on your behalf) and runs for 9 months. Postage to the UK is an additional £1.75and overseas is £5.30 a month.

The full quilt will be a soft palette of greens, neutrals and teals with touches of light green. With a central block surrounded by Australian animals, flora and fauna . This quilt measures 40 by 40" and would be ideal on the wall or to cuddle up under. The colours are deliberately 'soft', and it would make a gorgeous nursery wall hanging. It is made from a central block 12" square block and a further eight surrounding blocks to make a total of nine. There will be a large giraffe's body and head going across two blocks, and there will be a wreath of leaves to make up the circle. The larger animals may be designed so just their upper body appears out of the surrounding flora so I can get enough details in. The animals will includes birds, kangaroos, koalas platypus etc

There are a limited number of places for the block of the month on a first come first serve.
I will be in touch on the following month with a paypal invoice sent to the email you give with the first month's order

(Please consider whether you intend to do the full series before signing up as I will struggle to sell your unwanted blocks if you change your mind.)

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The quilt itself is in my usual style, so it is a patchwork background with raw edge applique sewn with free motion embroidery. You don't need a fancy machine to sew it but your machine needs to be able to do free motion embroidery. The pattern contains basic instructions for the patchwork. I don't go into a lot of detail on patchwork as I am assuming that you know the basics but other than the odd half square triangle, it is all pretty simple. The kits contain the fabrics, freezer paper and stabilizer you will need to complete the top. You will need to purchase your own threads but I do list every thread that I use so you can use the same if you wish to. The fabrics are supplied as a rectangle/square big enough for the shape you need. No laser cutting so you are relying on freezer paper/pencil and scissors to cut the shapes out yourself. I like this step as it is quite therapeutic. I label all the fabrics with little stickers which tell you what they are to be used for so it makes it a little easier to know which bit goes where. I use raw edge techniques and the patterns are using those instructions, but you could also use needle turn techniques, but no instructions will be given. For some of the pieces, you would need additional fabric to use needle-turn.

Hopefully that all makes sense, but please don't hesitate to ask if anything is unclear.