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I am so grateful to the Fat quarter shop for inviting me to participate in the 2024 Make a Wish charity Quilt-qlong. FQS have raised over $113k to give sick children and their families to make their wishes come true. Join in and help sick children to find joy in their lives by fulfilling their wish. The Ohio star is a favourite of many quilters and Release 2 of the moonbeams charity QAL features this popular block. All the details about when the requirements, blocks patterns, backing and finishing instructions will be posted are found at the Jolly Jabber FQS ...

Clear your sewing table and start dreaming of which fabrics you will choose for the Moonbeams Charity QAL and stitch-along. Starting March 1st, embark on this quilt or stitch along with the Fat Quarter Shop and the very generous quilting and cross stitching community that have supported this wonderful charity. When the quilt was published on social media I immediately searched the Fat quarter shop site to find Flower Farm by Keera Job (a fellow aussie). A bright, floral collection using my favourite colours of teal, orange, deep pinks, citron and navy. My background fabric will be a Christopher Thomas ...

 Block 15 of the Sew-a-Long 1930s Style is the Martha Washington Star. I have done a previous post on this pattern but it's worth looking at again.

 I am preparing to run a Block of the Week sew-a-long and I would love you to join me!

What's involved?  

The sew-a-long is based on traditional blocks from the 1930s. Everyone is familiar with the Kansas City Star newspaper that printed a patchwork pattern every week. The KC Star was certainly the first and the longest running pattern publisher, but did you know that there were dozens of syndicated columns with hundreds of newspapers also publishing patterns?  That is the inspiration for this sew-a-long.

 Each 6-inch block will be accompanied by some historic information, a picture of the ...