I was intrigued by posts Audrey from @cottonandbourbon on Instagram over the weekend. She was clearly testing out and working on a really cute quilt block and said she’d be making a special announcement on Monday. It’s likely you have already seen her special announcement: she put out a call for help building a village of FPP quilt blocks to make a group quilt she plans to submit to QuiltCon 2027. You can download the quilt block for free, in either the US Letter or in an A4 format, from Audrey’s shop. The pattern contains all of the information you need to know and follow if you plan to make a block to ship to Audrey for inclusion in the community quilt (she plans to use the first 100 blocks she receives that meet the requirements for the QuiltCon group quilt).
Life has been busy life-ing over here, and I hadn’t sewn anything for a few weeks (well, other than a single seam to fix an unraveling washcloth). I knew as soon as I saw this block that I would love to participate and that it would be the perfect thing to get me back at my machine. I had some time on Tuesday afternoon, so I downloaded the block and got busy looking through my solids scraps, which are required to meet the requirements set by Audrey for the group quilt.
Building a Village Block
And a few hours later, I had a finished quilt block (clearly my house block needed to be blue, right??). This is a foundation paper pieced quilt block, and it took me a little bit to get into the groove piecing it. I did have to rip one seam early on in the process.
Building a Village FPP Block
This sweet block finishes at 8″ square and is already in the mail heading to Audrey. As Audrey has noted, even if you don’t mail her a block, she hopes you enjoy the free pattern download wherever you call home. This is exactly the kind of joy and community I needed.
Thanks for the heads up I’m not adept at FPP but this is so cute I’ll have to try it. I love your block. The red center is perfect.
And I saw your post when it came through my reader, downloaded the block, and hope to get to sewing it in the next couple of days. What great inspiration your blog is — I’d love to contribute a little house block! (And I love the blue; mine may be in a similar vein.) Glad you were able to get to some sewing; it’s a restorative, for sure.
I jumped right on this myself! It should be a really fun quilt – such a great idea.
Super cute. It’s good to see the response has been so positive.
Wow, a house block w/FPP. Love it. Will start on this soon.
This block is awesome! I wish I had lots of solid scraps. Guess I need to invest in some solid fabrics. What’s your favorite brand? I do have some solid IB left, so I might see if I have enough that contrast for the house block. It’s really cute.
This is a wonderful project. Log cabin (of course!) with a roof (ingenious!) and yours is blue (of course!)
That block was a perfect way to get back into sewing. Sorry life has interrupted but glad you are getting back to some sewing.