What would we do without “Friendship”…

IDo you have a lot of friends? Or maybe not a whole lot but at least a few good ones with whom you can share your life and life challenges. Maybe you even have a circle of quilting friends. These days, with the pandemic still going on we can use a few good friends, right?

And that’s why these Quilt Alongs are so important. The community we have on Facebook, the Sewcialites Lounge is filled with like-minded people. We all enjoy fiddling around with fabrics and making beautiful patterns with all kinds of blocks.

The block for this week is a perfect addition to the sampler quilt we are making here. You know why? Well, this block is called Friendship. So appropriate, right?

The Friendship block is made for us by the designer of the week, Carrie Nelson. Maybe you’ve seen her name before on the Moda website, where she writes posts. Or you have her on your bookshelf. Cause Carrie has written a few quilting books which you can find at Fat Quarter Shop.

And you know what else Fat Quarter Shop has? A life-stream every Friday on their YouTube channel. A perfect place to meet up with your quilting friends and make that block together. Remember to tune in at 9 am CDT and you can ask questions, chat, and see the progress Kimberly makes with this block. Fun, right?

When you finished the block share it with us in the Sewcialites Lounge on Facebook. Or use the hashtag #SewcialitesQAL on Instagram. If you do so, keep your fingers crossed, because you might win a nice prize. Each month Fat Quarter Shop is giving away a prize sponsored by companies like Creative Grids and Moda, just to name a few.

I hope you have a lot of fun, making this Friendship block. Happy quilting!

Get the instructions for Block 16 here

SEWIALITES SEW ALONG, BLOCK 16 - free quilt along hosted by Fatquartershop. This block is called FRIENDSHIP, brought to you by Carrie Nelson. Fabrics used in this block are SPOTTED and PAPER by Zen Chic.

Don't miss the other designers involved in this project:

This is the Zen Chic version of the free SEWCIALITES Sew Along, hosted by Fat Quarter Shop. My layout is inspired by Tracy Bes from the Sewcialites Lounge.

Other posts from the Sewcialites QAL

Sewcialites Final Layout à la Zen Chic

Can you believe the Sewcialites Quilt Along is almost over? I almost say, because even though the free blocks are all shared in the quilting community, we still have a quilt to make. In this blog post I am giving some tips on how to put together the final layout I created and what materials you will need for it. And last but not least, let's take a look at what the other quilters made of this beautiful sampler quilt!

Sewcialites Block 36, the final one - KINDNESS by Corey Yoder

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Sewcialites Block 35 - COMPASSION by Anne Sutton

Welcome to week 35 in our Sewcialites Quilt Along. This is already the penultimate block for our sampler quilt! Can you believe it? It was designed by Anne Sutton and she named it COMPASSION. In this post you can read all about what Compassion means and how it relates to the quilting community in my point of view. I tell you more about Anne and what her specialty is and you can win amazing prizes again.

Sewcialites Block 34 - PASSION by Carrie Nelson

I’m sure you are probably as passionate about quilting as I am. And so is our designer of the week for our Sewcialites sew Along, Carrie Nelson. Fittingly, she created a block called PASSION for our sampler quilt. Wanna find our what else Carrie is passioned about? Read more about her in this blog post.