It Takes a Village

Moda is always thinking of customers, and it’s especially true during a pandemic.  The generosity of this company is so wonderful.  I’m sharing a gift from Moda that’s free on their website during this time.  The “Village” quilt pattern from Miss Rosie and Moda is one of my favorite quilts.  Isn’t it cute?

Link to Village Pattern

I’m excited about this pattern because I’ve wanted to make it since I first saw it.  So, I’m going to sew along with everyone else.  It may take me forever to finish this quilt,  but I’m joining in, and I think my assistant Sue is going to join too!  It’s so much fun to make these house blocks, and the fabric choices are endless. Join me and so many others as we stitch this quilt together!  Post your blocks on Instagram or Facebook using the hashtag #modavillage. Email some of your pictures to us, and you may see them posted on my blog in the future.

The Village quilt uses eight assorted charm packs and 3 yards of a solid for backgrounds and borders. I’ve pulled my stash of Three Sisters charm packs, and I’ve decided to use the soft pink Bella for my backgrounds and borders. I’ve added Moda Bella 9900 200, Off-White, Moda Bella 9900 98, Bleached White, and Moda Bella 9900 30, baby pink to our website in case you need some solids for backgrounds. You’ll find them under “specialty fabrics.”

Since I didn’t have enough “matchy” charm packs, I resorted to using a few layer cakes.  As I pull fabric from the layer cake, I cut it into 5″ squares.  I’ve found a way of storing my layer cake that makes me want to use every fabric.  I fold my layer cake into squares and store it in a little box.  I always see all the fabrics and can easily pull the ones I want.  If you have a box about 5 ½” x 7 ½” it’s the perfect size to hold folded layer cake squares.

I store projects in large photo storage boxes.  You can find them on Amazon.  I love the way the boxes stack, and I print a label for each box using my label maker.  As I’m working on the quilt, everything is right there, and when I’m done for the day, it goes back into the box for another day.  If it’s a current project, I leave the top of the box open, so I can see everything in it.  If I can see it, then I want to work on it.

I’ve also added a flying geese ruler for this quilt to our website.  It’s not a necessity for this house block, but it does make it easier to trim the roof sections.  It took me a few tries to figure out what I was doing, but now my roofs are going quickly.

You’ll find the free “Village” pattern on the Moda Website.  Be sure and download it now while Moda has it available for free!  Thank you, Moda!

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!

Anne