Do you love to quilt AND love to read? I invite you to join the free, online Quilters' Book Club. Each month, we read a book, discuss it through comments on my blog posts, and then make a quilt block to represent that book. I research several potential blocks to go with the book's themes, setting, main characters, and events. And I find the patterns free on the internet, making it easy for everyone to access. Each member can choose the block or blocks they'd like to make.
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Our book to read and discuss during May 2014 is THESE IS MY WORDS: THE DIARY OF SARAH AGNES PRINE by Nancy E. Turner. It's historical fiction, but the author based the book on the life of her great-grandmother. Get the book from your local library or bookstore and join us! It's also available on Kindle right here.
The setting of this book is the Arizona Territory from 1881-1901. If you'd like to make a block to represent this setting, in my previous post there are links to several free patterns right here. But I have even more links today. You could make an entire Arizona sampler quilt if you wanted to!
Desert Corsage Quilt Block
Desert Flower Quilt Block
Prickly Pear Quilt Block
Sage Bud Quilt Block
Saguaro Cactus Paper-Pieced Quilt Block
Summer's Sun Quilt Block
Sun Rays Quilt Block
When you think of Arizona, what three words come to mind? Inquiring minds want to know!
You might also enjoy reading my previous blog post Cowboy Boot Quilt Block and the Setting of These Is My Words.
I love that block!
ReplyDeleteDry Sunny Retirees. I have never been there so this may be way off base.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous quilt block, Susan! When I think if Arizona I think hot, dry, desert (though I know it's not all like that). And the Grand Canyon, of course.
ReplyDeleteSunsets, summers, cactus
ReplyDeleteMe too! So cute.
ReplyDeletehot, cactus, sun
ReplyDeleteI have lived in Arizona for 14 years now. The Grand Canyon takes your breath away with its vastness and majesty. The history of the west is interesting and still in view in places. The wildlife and flowers are unique.
ReplyDeleteOf course the Grand Canyon and the Petrified Forest and the Pueblo Indians. I once drove from California to Ohio and on the New Jersey passing through Those places ... three kids and a husband sleeping as I drove. The stops were a wonderful opportunity to get out from behind that wheel and stretch my legs.
ReplyDeleteStark, hot, orange.
ReplyDeleteHot, desert, Grand Canyon.
ReplyDeleteSun, mesas, horses....
ReplyDeleteHot! Dry! Uncomfortable!
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