{"id":72481,"date":"2026-09-25T07:27:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T14:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=72481"},"modified":"2026-09-23T15:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T22:47:12","slug":"more-bam-bom-blocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/more-bam-bom-blocks\/","title":{"rendered":"More BAM BOM Blocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_72447\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72447\" style=\"width: 294px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260920_160538_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-72447\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260920_160538_wm-sm-294x300.jpg\" alt=\"BAM BOM Flying Kite\" width=\"294\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260920_160538_wm-sm-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260920_160538_wm-sm-768x782.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260920_160538_wm-sm.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 85vw, 294px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72447\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BAM BOM Flying Kite<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These are the last blocks for the BAM BOM 2025-26 project. I know I showed them on Tuesday, but they turned out not to be the last blocks. I decided to re-make the <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/bam-bom-friendship-star-wreath\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Friendship Star Wreath<\/a> block with the darker background.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To make these Flying Kite blocks, I used the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.fatquartershop.com\/wishes-quilt-along-flying-kite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fat Quarter Shop directions<\/a> from a sponsored 2014 (2013??) sew-a-long. I thought the directions made cutting pretty easy, despite the leftovers generated.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_72446\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72446\" style=\"width: 294px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260920_175032_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-72446\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260920_175032_wm-sm-294x300.jpg\" alt=\"BAM BOM Flying Kite\" width=\"294\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260920_175032_wm-sm-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260920_175032_wm-sm-768x782.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260920_175032_wm-sm.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 85vw, 294px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BAM BOM Flying Kite<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I have made this block before and it was always a pain to piece, so I was willing to deal with the leftovers \/ waste \/ extras if the cutting was easier. I have a lot of respect for people who figure out how to cut blocks out more easily.<\/p>\n<p>I cut a few extra pieces and decided to make a second block for the top. I may make more, but for the moment I need to finish all the &#8216;required&#8217; blocks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I also wanted to show all of the blocks I have made for this quilt.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-72481 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/bam-bom-2025-first-blocks\/20250914_182504_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250914_182504_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"BAM BOM HSTs\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-67917\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-67917'>\n\t\t\t\tBAM BOM HSTs\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/bam-bom-month-2\/20251116_184210_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251116_184210_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"BAM BOM Month 2 blocks\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-68770\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-68770'>\n\t\t\t\tBAM BOM Month 2 blocks\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/bam-bom-month-2\/20251204_134308_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251204_134308_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"BAM BOM Checkerboard, month 2\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-68987\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-68987'>\n\t\t\t\tBAM BOM Checkerboard, month 2\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/bam-bom-month-3\/20251206_210930_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251206_210930_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"BAM BOM Friendship Star\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-69018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251206_210930_wm-sm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251206_210930_wm-sm-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251206_210930_wm-sm-768x765.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251206_210930_wm-sm.jpg 805w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-69018'>\n\t\t\t\tBAM BOM Friendship Star\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/bam-bom-flying-geese-month-4\/20260208_161131_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260208_161131_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"BAM BOM Month 4: Flying Geese\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-69706\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-69706'>\n\t\t\t\tBAM BOM Month 4: Flying Geese\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/bam-bom-sawtooth-star\/20260212_144954_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260212_144954_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"BAM BOM: Sawtooth Star\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-69781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260212_144954_wm-sm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260212_144954_wm-sm-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260212_144954_wm-sm-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260212_144954_wm-sm.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-69781'>\n\t\t\t\tBAM BOM: Sawtooth Star\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/bam-bom-friendship-star-wreath\/20260216_151307_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260216_151307_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"BAM BOM Friendship Star Wreath\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-69794\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-69794'>\n\t\t\t\tBAM BOM Friendship Star Wreath\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/bam-bom-qsts\/20260322_153733_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260322_153733_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"BAM BOM March QSTs\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-70185\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-70185'>\n\t\t\t\tBAM BOM March QSTs\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/bam-bom-may-and-june-blocks\/20260421_172750_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260421_172750_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"BAM BOM Drunkard&#039;s Path\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-70663\" srcset=\"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-300x297.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-70663'>\n\t\t\t\tBAM BOM Drunkard&#8217;s Path\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/cleaning-up-misc-projects\/20260619_185337_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260619_185337_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"BAM BOM Lozenge Plus\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-71329\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-71329'>\n\t\t\t\tBAM BOM Lozenge Plus\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/bam-bom-bow-tie\/20260814_153119_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260814_153119_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Bow Tie - BAM BOM\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-71963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260814_153119_wm-sm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260814_153119_wm-sm-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260814_153119_wm-sm-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260814_153119_wm-sm.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-71963'>\n\t\t\t\tBow Tie &#8211; BAM BOM\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/most-recent-bam-bom\/20260829_121856_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260829_121856_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"BAM BOM Birds in the Air blocks\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-72135\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-72135'>\n\t\t\t\tBAM BOM Birds in the Air blocks\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/various-piecing-sunday\/20260920_175032_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260920_175032_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"BAM BOM Flying Kite\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-72446\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-72446'>\n\t\t\t\tBAM BOM Flying Kite\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/various-piecing-sunday\/20260920_160538_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260920_160538_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"BAM BOM Flying Kite\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-72447\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-72447'>\n\t\t\t\tBAM BOM Flying Kite\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I looked over the <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/playing-with-the-bam-bom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">combinations my sister and I worked on<\/a> to get some ideas about a top. I don&#8217;t know if I will try to finish a top before the Layout Party or if I will work with everyone else on my layout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are the last blocks for the BAM BOM 2025-26 project. I know I showed them on Tuesday, but they turned out not to be the last blocks. I decided to re-make the Friendship Star Wreath block with the darker background.&nbsp; To make these Flying Kite blocks, I used the Fat Quarter Shop directions from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/more-bam-bom-blocks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;More BAM BOM 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-72481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-558","tag-bamqg","tag-blocks","tag-group-project","tag-piecing"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72481","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=72481"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72498,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72481\/revisions\/72498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}