Block Seven: Sydney Australia
Welcome to our seventh block from Pat Sloan in her FREE 2014 Mystery BOM! For July Pat is taking us to the land down under's largest city, Sydney! This month's block was inspired by Pat's dreams of visiting the beautiful city of Sydney. Let's explore the resources Pat has put together for you this month, and feel free to share on Flickr after you create YOUR block!
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Click Here to download the PDF of the pattern for Block Seven: Sydney. UPDATE: Pat has provided an updated version of the pattern to correct typos.
Pat Sloan on Block Seven
In July we travel to a new country and a city that is on my Travel Dream list. I've not been to Australia yet, but have had a love affair with the country and it's wonderful people for many years. We actually thought about moving there way back in the 80s! Why? I really don't know, but it seemed like it would be a fantastic adventure!
Scroll down to watch my video about the block!
Inspiration from the Beautiful City of Sydney
When I think of Australia I think of Sydney. I know there are a million other cities that will be amazing to see, but.. this is the one I want to see first. The harbor, the bridge, and the Opera House. It think of it like people coming to the United States for the first time, they usually don't want to come to Fairfax VA or Dayton Ohio. They want to go to New York city!
I'm sure once I get there I need to stay awhile, like maybe a year. I need to go see the red rocks and I want to hold a Koala bear. Yes.. the regular touristy things! But I also want to see the quilt shops and the quilters who I've met over the last 20 years. They are the people that bring their country to life for me. This is Jane Davidson and I goofing around! (visit Jane at http://www.quiltjane.com/)
Above are the two blocks, the blue and white is with Clothworks fabric Everything Blue. The Red and Grey is my Bobbins and Bits from from Moda
Please pop over to my blog to see what I'm up to.. I share a bit more there about Sydney!
http://blog.patsloan.com/sew_along/
Pat's Video for Block Seven: Sydney
More from Pat on Block Seven
I highly recommend that with dark/light quilts you prewash your fabric. I don't want any tears later when you wash that quilt and it runs blue onto white ..eep! The step of prewashing can be done quickly and then you are ready to rock and roll.
Many of you have joined me at my quilt group on Facebook called Quilt with Pat Sloan. We are sharing our Globetrotting blocks and MUCH MORE! Everyone has been showing the quilts they are working on, asking for help and advice, and having more fun than you can have at any spot on Facebook.. so join me by clicking the link above.
We have a Flickr page for sharing photos. Click the link below to go to the group page and become a group member for free, then you will be able to upload pictures of your own materials selections and the blocks that you create throughout the BOM.
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A good friend of Pat's, Debby Brown of Quilty Pleasures, has put together an excellent tutorial on Block One: Washington DC. If you have not yet begun work on blocks, be sure to take a look. Debby recorded videos of every step of the process. Click her block image to take a look! Also keep an eye out for even more on Globetrotting from this wonderful quilter. Thanks, Debby!Visit Her Website: Quilty Pleasures
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