Book Club: Hand Pieced QAL Week 2 Link-up

Book Club: Hand Pieced QAL Week 2 Link-up

This link-up will be open for one week – until Thursday, April 2 (4 am ET/1 am PT). You are welcome to share any and all of the blocks you completed this week. When this link-up closes, a new one will open (magic!) so please don’t worry if you fall behind.

For tips on piecing the Jane block, check out this post.

Book Club: Hand Pieced Quilt Along

This week’s prize is an Aurifil 80 weight thread pack called Calm, in beautiful neutral colors.

Aurifil is the most popular thread in the quilting industry. Available in many different thread weights and dozens of colors, the superior, long staple cotton thread boasts high tensile strength and a wonderful silky touch.

Aurifil thread

Photos can be shared from a blog, Flickr, or Pinterest and much include a link to Elm Street Quilts or Simple Handmade Everyday. Photos can also be shared via a public Instagram and must contain the tag #handpiecedqal and/or #bookclubqal.

Don’t have a way to share? You can also email them to handpiecedqal@gmail.com.  Need instructions on how to link-up?  Here’s the tutorial!

Blocks shared must follow the guidelines below to be eligible to win a prize.

We hope you take a few minutes to visit others and make new friends!

Please note – sharing a photo in the link-up gives Elm Street Quilts and Simple Handmade Everyday permission to feature a photo of your block on their sites. Full attribution will be given.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Guidelines

  • Blocks must be entirely hand pieced.  
  • Block must visually match a block from the Book Club: Hand Pieced QAL pattern. Blocks can also be made a different size.
  • Finished blocks can be shared in any link-up but can only be shared once.  Duplicates will be disqualified.
  • Multiple blocks created by one quilter may be shared in the same link-up.
  • Winners will be chosen randomly and notified via email.  Winners have 72 hours to claim their prize – if we don’t hear back, we will draw another name.  Once winners have claimed their prize, the link-up post will be updated with the winner’s name.

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