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This quilt was made in conjunction with Bay Area Modern Quilt Guild members as part of a challenge started in 2011.
Each participant made 1-2 blocks, whose names started with the designated letter of the alphabet, each month. In December 2012, we were to bring the finished tops to the group to show. Our intention was to show the finished quilts as a group at the San Mateo County Fair in 2013.
Most of the blocks were made from patterns in the Around the Block series of books. Blocks include: A – Air Castle – Around the Block Again, pg.27, B – Basement Window – Around the Block Again, pg.32, C– Cake Stand – Around the Block, pg.41, D – Double 4 Patch, E – Eva’s Delight – Around the Block Again (pg.60), EQ 7, F – Flock of Geese– Around the Block, pg.61), G – Glacier Bay – Around the Block Again (pg.68), H – Hovering Hawks – Around the Block, pg.76), I – Indian – Around the Block, pg.77, J – Jewel Box – Around the Block Again, pg.104, K – King’s Crown – Around the Block, pg.80, L – Lincoln – Around the Block Again, pg.84 , M – May Basket – Around the Block, pg.86, N – Northwind – Around the Block, pg.91, O – Ocean Wave – Around the Block pg.91, P – Peace & Plenty – Around the Block, pg.97, Q – Quilt in Light & Dark – Around the Block Again, pg.99, R – Rolling Stone – Around the Block Again, pg.104, S – Simple Flower Basket – Around the Block, pg.108, T – True Blue – Around the Block pg.118, U – Underground Railroad – Around the Block, pg.120, V – Variable Star – Around the Block Again, pg.119, W – Wampum Block – Around the Block, pg.122, X – X Quartet – Around the Block, pg.127, Japanese X (from Badskirt tutorial via Doodles and Designs Friday Reveal), Y – Yankee Puzzle – Around the Block, pg.128, Z – Zipper – Judy Martin website, 2003, http://www.judymartin.com/Images/2003augBOM.jpg
The fabrics were solids from the Art Gallery Pure Elements line and Zoe Pearns’Sweet Nothings (C5005) from Riley Blake Designs)