Joy BOM

July was very Christmassy in my sewing room, between the Merry Mini QAL (I still haven't put the bindings on my minis!) and the Stash Artists BOM sample I was making that I'm finally taking the time to blog. Meet Joy 😊

The letters and the holly are each made up of a different classic quilt block, pieced in one colour (mostly) so the piecing stayed subtle. Designing this one took a long time because at first I tried to use a phrase, but it would have made a really big and oddly proportioned quilt. I tried a bunch of different variations before giving up on that version and switching to using joy instead.

If you look closely at the background, you may notice some of those squares are pieced, too. I love how the pieced squares add a little extra interest to the background, but that part is totally optional. I did some of each of the blocks in my white and cream scraps, but there was no rhyme or reason to how many I did of each block. It was honestly just however many pieces I felt like cutting at the time. 

Stash Artists members received the fabric requirements and instructions for the J in August, then the O at the beginning of September. The Y will be October's block, then the holly in November, and then assembly of the whole quilt top in December. So it's possible Stash Artists could have completed Joy quilts in time to display for Christmas this year. Will I have my own quilted by then? Only time will tell 😆