2024 Block of the Month Game-September - books
Welcome to September BOM! This month, in honor of our last “Quilt Your Book” challenge, we will work on “books”. As in “books on a bookshelf”, and not as in “book cover” (that would be the theme of the challenge!)
We will prepare a block of books without a bookshelf- and leave it to the winner of this collection of BOM to add one. Thus, the winner has the final say on the design.
The way to go is simple enough. Books are rectangles. On a shelf, books can stand upright, be placed horizontally, or lean on other books. It’s the book leaning on its side that may need a bit of thinking. You may be able to stitch a leaning book, or need help and get inspired by this tutorial:
When choosing the fabric, you may decide to go with solid colors or prints. The size of the book is also up to you. As we have seen in this year’s challenge, every book is unique by its cover. In real life also, book covers don’t necessarily match! I recommend preparing a 12” block by adding as many books of any size as you want, on a white background. Feel free to appliqué or stitch in some details, book titles, and designs!
This month, I opted for a brown/cream palette, hoping for an imitation of leather.
Here is an example of books I have prepared in the past.
Mail me one block in one envelope with one stamp before September 19, and I will enter your name for the draw of all the block received!
MarieF
President
South Florida Modern Quilt Guild