Moda Blockheads Round 5 Kick-Off (plus September $5 pattern)

Happy Wednesday Friends!  This blog post is going to be full of so much information and photos so be sure to read all the way to the end so you don’t miss anything!

First of all, today is the kick-off of the 5th round of Moda Blockheads!  Yay!  Who all is joining in?  I have joined in on every round and have been one of the block designers starting in round 2.  It is always so much fun!  Here are the 4 Moda Blockheads quilts I have made over the last several years.

Year One:

Year 2:

And another Year 2 photo because…baby Frances!  You don’t get to see her as often as Tiggs on the blog.  She’s a little bit more elusive LOL. =)

Year 3:

And a prettier Year 3 picture but you can’t see the quilt in full:

Those first 3 years, I did a scrappy mix of my fabric lines which resulted in a bunch of sherbet-y goodness. =)  For the round 4 quilt, I stuck with only Cozy Up for a fall themed quilt:

For this quilt, I couldn’t find where I shared a photo of the finished quilt but I did share a video of the finished quilt and you can see it here.

I backed it with minky fabric and it’s such a cozy quilt.  It gets used often!  So, what are my plans for Round 5?  Well, I’m glad you asked!  If you are a member of my Coriander Quilts facebook group, I mentioned what I was thinking about using.

I am mixing together a combo of Blueberry Delight and Peachy Keen.  Blueberry Delight is by Anne Sutton and, Peachy Keen, by me. =)  They are both scheduled to be in quilt shops next month.  I think they look so pretty together!  I tore open my fat quarter bundles yesterday and chose the exact fabrics I wanted to use.  Of course Tiggs had to get in on that action! =)  I have a new assistant who took many of these fabric photos.  As I was talking to her, I told her that sometimes Tiggs has to come over and check things out.  Those words had no sooner left my mouth when there he was! =)  He’s a predictable fabric loving kitty…that’s for sure! =)

  I am planning a mix of the blues along with just a pop of the corals/peaches.

I’ll be using those low volume whites at the top for my backgrounds.

I think these two lines of fabric mix together beautifully.

I don’t have very many quilts that include a lot of blue…aquas, yes!—but not as many blues.  This will be a fun project to work on over the next several months.

We have our first block of this round, a bonus block, available for download today.  It is the Autograph Star block by Barb Groves.

She designed it to be used as a label for the back of the quilt.  I’m not sure that I’ll use mine for a label…I’m going to wait and see for sure.  But, it’s sure nice to have that option ready to go.  I am the worst at labeling my quilts!

You can find the pattern for the Autograph Star block here.

If you are unfamiliar with the Moda Blockheads program, you can find more information here.  I would also suggest bookmarking the Moda Blockheads 5 archive page.  It is going to be a wealth of information in the upcoming months as it will be updated to include new information each week including the block patterns.  I plan to post my blocks here weekly, as well, on Wednesdays just as I’ve done in years past.

Now, let’s move onto the second part of this blog post.  I told you it was going to be full of fun things! =)  My September $5 pattern of the month is Acorns. =)

You’ll find the pattern in my Etsy shop for just $5 for this month.  It’s available in either a PDF or Paper version so make sure to snag the one you’d like.  I also wanted to make you aware that my Etsy pattern shop will be closed from September 14-24.  So if you want to grab the pattern be sure to do so either before the 14th or keep an eye out for my shop to open back up on September 25 and grab it then.

Ryan & I filmed a video where I’m chatting about the Acorns quilt pattern and sharing a bit more of the quilt details.  I’d love if you’d watch!  You can find the video here.

Thanks so much for stopping by and happy sewing! Corey