{"id":71352,"date":"2026-06-24T07:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T14:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=71352"},"modified":"2026-06-20T16:14:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T23:14:50","slug":"bam-bom-may-and-june-blocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/bam-bom-may-and-june-blocks\/","title":{"rendered":"BAM BOM May and June Blocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_71343\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71343\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260619_213530_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-71343\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260619_213530_wm-sm-300x296.jpg\" alt=\"X Plus block #2\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260619_213530_wm-sm-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260619_213530_wm-sm-768x759.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260619_213530_wm-sm.jpg 812w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-71343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">X Plus block #2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I finished the second of the May\/June blocks the night before they were due. I try to make them before or as soon as we announce them, but I didn&#8217;t this time. As a result, I almost didn&#8217;t make the deadline.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, I ended up remaking the X Plus\/Lozenge block. Now I have two of them. I&#8217;ll use the first one on the back. I don&#8217;t want to make it into something else, because the piecing is less than stellar, but it will look fine on the back of the quilt.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_70663\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70663\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260421_172750_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-70663\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260421_172750_wm-sm-300x297.jpg\" alt=\"BAM BOM Drunkard's Path\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260421_172750_wm-sm-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260421_172750_wm-sm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260421_172750_wm-sm-768x759.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260421_172750_wm-sm.jpg 811w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-70663\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BAM BOM Drunkard&#8217;s Path<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I made the Drunkard&#8217;s Path\/ Quarter Squares right away. I was in the frame of mind with <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/chaos-with-a-twist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chaos with a Twist<\/a>, so took the opportunity to make a few more in my BAM BOM fabrics.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_71356\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71356\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260620_1343131_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-71356\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260620_1343131_wm-sm-300x102.jpg\" alt=\"May\/June BAM BOM Participants\" width=\"300\" height=\"102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260620_1343131_wm-sm-300x102.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260620_1343131_wm-sm-768x262.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260620_1343131_wm-sm.jpg 997w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-71356\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">May\/June BAM BOM Participants<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A lot of people are participating, which made me really happy! There were some fantastic blocks shown.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I finished the second of the May\/June blocks the night before they were due. I try to make them before or as soon as we announce them, but I didn&#8217;t this time. As a result, I almost didn&#8217;t make the deadline. In addition, I ended up remaking the X Plus\/Lozenge block. Now I have two &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/bam-bom-may-and-june-blocks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BAM BOM May and June Blocks&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[558],"tags":[137,349,72,331],"class_list":["post-71352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-558","tag-bamqg","tag-blocks","tag-group-project","tag-piecing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71352"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71357,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71352\/revisions\/71357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}