INTRODUCING our 2023 BLOCK OF THE MONTH! See Block #1 in 3 color ways and plans for the finish!

This year we are making a Basket Quilt! There will be twelve different 10" finished basket blocks set on point. The blocks will be rotary cut. There will not be any templates to worry about. Each month you will see the block made in three different color ways: 30's Reproduction Prints, a Red & White traditional look, and Christmas. There will be at least three different ways to finish the quilt blocks at the end of the year. You will see in the video the different ideas I have for the finished quilts, but you certainly can finish them off any way you want! The easiest finish will measure either 43" x 43" or 43" x 56". Adding borders, sashing or spacing blocks can easily make this a much larger quilt. There will be directions at the end for at least three different ways to finish off the blocks. Fabric Requirements: 3 1/2 yards for the background fabric for all the blocks, the setting squares, corners, and setting triangles. For the baskets 12-24 fat quarters will be plenty or just raid your fabric stash! For the 30's fabrics that you will see me use all year, we have a fat quarter bundle available on our website, see the link below to purchase! thequiltedforest.com/kits/products/513/Twenty_Fat_… All the blocks will have directions for 10" finished blocks but also give the measurements for a 5" finished block. You will also see a finished block in the video. I hadn't planned to make the 5" blocks in each of the color ways but the first one went together so quickly and was so fun to make that I just went for it! We hope you'll join us for a fun year of baskets! Consider joining our facebook group called "The Quilted Forest Friends" to have access to pdf's of the Block of the month 2023 patterns you can print at home! Here's a link to the group: www.facebook.com/groups/348191223475240 The Quilted Forest is located at 205 North Clark in Forest City, IA. Our phone number is 641-585-2438. We stock patterns, books, notions, batting, and fabric for sewing and quilting projects. Our shop is filled with finished quilts and smaller projects to provide plenty of inspiration. We are open Monday - Friday, 10am to 5pm, and 10am to 4pm on Saturday. We are in the central time zone. www.thequiltedforest.com/ Please like, comment, share and subscribe to our channel! We are adding videos once or twice a week. Our YouTube channel is growing and we hope you will find the videos helpful. We do tutorials, product reviews, shop tours, mystery quilts and more! Thanks for watching and Happy Quilting! #quilt #fabric #quilting #project #projects #blockofthemonth #piecedtreepatterns #thequiltedforest