She's the mastermind behind their free Block-of-the-Month series. She does these wonderful video tutorials each month for a sampler quilt that will have you stitching like a pro.
If you are like me, you learn better when someone shows you a new technique which is why this series is a great idea. You get to watch Amy make all the blocks and learn from her.
Her designs are modern and fresh and utilize lots of different techniques. You definitely need to check things out!
Amy's had a great blog hop to help spread the word for her BOM series and you can check out all the posts and giveaways here:
Feb 24 - Miss Print
Feb 25 - Hoosier Toni
Feb 27 - Fresh Lemons
Feb 28 - Qubee Quilts
Feb 29 - Amy's Creative Side
Mar 2 - mon petit lyons
Mar 3 - Mel's Own Place
Mar 5 - Breakfast for Dinner
Mar 7 - Sew Paint Create
Mar 9 - SoChick
Mar 10- Spin the Bobbin
Mar 12- Diary of A Quilter
Mar 14- Ellison Lane
Mar 16- Old Red Barn Co
The Block-of-the-Month series features 2 new block lessons per month (20 blocks total). The last 2 months will cover layout, sashing/borders, basting, quilting, and binding- encouraging students to finish their quilts. There are THOUSANDS of quilters all over the world participating. Isn't the online quilting world cool?
There's a very lively discussion forum (3000 threads) where students can ask questions, and receive answers from both Amy and other students. Most of the students post photos of their finished blocks, or fabric choices in the gallery or their discussion thread- very similar style to a Flickr group.
I personally love Amy's slashed blocks- what a great way to start off the series!
You can jump in at any time and get started yourself.
You can jump in at any time and get started yourself.
The Fat Quarter Shop has graciously offered a $25 giveaway for each stop on the Craftsy BOM Blog Hop-just for checking out things over at Craftsy!
To enter to win the giveaway, check out the fun at the Craftsy BOM series and then come back and leave a comment letting me know what you think.
For an extra chance, become a follower of Ellison Lane Quilts. (For those of you already a follower, please leave me an extra comment letting me know that too.)
Be sure to leave your email address in your comment if you are a no-reply blogger! If I can't get in touch with you, you cannot win.
Good luck and have fun checking out the Craftsy Block-of-the-Month!
xo,
Jennifer





320 comments:
1 – 200 of 320 Newer› Newest»I was afraid to commit to this course, but it sounds like so much fun that I may go ahead and do it! The blocks are just fantastic!! Thanks for the giveaway - love FQS!
It looks awesome! Love the modern blocks :)
I am already a happy follower!
this looks like so much fun!
i follow you already
Wow!! fantastic!!
I am a follower
I was just looking at this course a few minutes ago! I've got to get a handle on my bee blocks before I jump into this but I'm definitely interested :)
I've been merrily following along.
I recently signed up for Craftsy newsletters - love what they are doing over there! Thanks for the giveaway!
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I subscribe to your blog through Google Reader :)
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I am really excited about the interactive format of this program. I feel much more confident potentially enrolling in a craftsy course in the future because I already understand the format. My
I am already a follower :)
I signed up for the class in January and have watched all the videos so far! I love it :)
I am a follower of your blog.
Looks like fun! I'm looking forward to July for the dresden plates!
And I follow your blog!
I am a follower.
I have been to Craftsy and receive the newsletter. The videos are wonderful!
I am already a follower!
I folow you :)
-annabelle
I signed up! Looks like a lot of fun!
I'm a follower! Thanks for the chance to win!!
Craftsy is great. I joined Amy's BOM and love how she presents everything. I have my fabric but HAVE to get started putting things together.
Craftsy offers great courses and I've purchased several of them and have not been disappointed. They also have workshops and now have patterns available from lots of people.
GO Craftsy!
I'm loving it but making myself finish some other projects before I start really working on it :)
thank you
-annabelle
This series looks awesome! It's cool to see other people doing this in video since I'm self-taught and just do it the way I feel is right.
I'm an Ellison Lane follower.
Looks cool! I will check it out again once we move and settle into our first house. Right now we are packing and cleaning like crazy...so basically not having any fun. Maybe this will be my reward.
im an avid ellison lane follower!
I'm looking forward to this, i'll hopefully participate as much as possible!
Just signed up for the Craftsy BOM series and already watch the introduction. Can't wait to get started!! Thanks for blogging about it :)
I'm already a follower, and enjoying your blog :)
I've been looking at that course over on Craftsy but I already have SO many things going, do I really want to start a new project? YES!
I am also a follower. :)
I joined Craftsy BOM with Amy! The tutorials are fantastic and her blocks are so cute. I am a bit behind but that is one of the great things about it...you can watch the tutorial anytime you have the time. ♡
I'm a follower of Ellison Lane Quilts!
It looks like a great class!
Sooooo tempting, I may have to join in!
I'm a follower!
I am a follower :)
Looks very interesting! Have to finish my Swoon first. But I've bookmarked the site. :)
This looks awesome! Can't wait to start...but of course, I need just the right fabric ;)
I'm a follower!
I love how Craftsy uses videos- I learn best from watching and this is pure genius! Amy is a marvelous teacher and so getting to watch her explain a block makes all the difference in the world :)
It looks like a lot of fun, but I have so many projects in my head and on my table that I can't add one more at the moment.
I'm a follower. :)
I've signed up for the BOM and have enjoyed watching the videos. Now if I can just get to the sewing part!
I follow your blog.
Looks great. Like others, I have a lot on my plate right now, but am a follower of Craftsy, so am keeping up with what's new.
I'm also a follower of your great blog!!
What a great idea! I could really use something like this, since for whatever reason I am the worst at following patterns! ;)
I'm a follower!!
I signed up for this series earlier and think it's great. Kathie L in allentown
I am one of your followers. Kathie L in Allentown
I follow you around:)
I just signed up for this today. It looks great! There are even a couple of classes I would be willing to fork over the $$ for!
These look fresh and modern
I already follow you via GFC
I am following along with the BOM and really enjoying it. Amy is fantastic!
I am a follower. :)
I'm already a follower, but I haven't started the Craftsy BOM yet.
I am a Ellison Lane Quilts follower.
I follow Ellison Lane.
I love the series, can't wait to finish up some stuff so that I can start this project.
Just signed up!
I am already a follower
I signed up for this class last month. I never knew that some of those complicated looking blocks were so easy to make!
I follow Ellison Lane Quilts.
I am a follower!
The blocks look very modern in the series.
I signed up since the course looks like fun (and I'm a visual learner!)
~Terry~
I already follow Ellison Lane Quilts :o) ~Terry~
I've joined in on the Craftsy BoM and love it :) Great way to learn new skills and quilty tips and tricks.
I'm a follower :)
Thanks for the giveaway!
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Videos looked interesting I watched a few minutes. Sadly I am a look at a picture and go try to replicate it type of guy. You know guys instructions what the heck they for.
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I am a follower
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I've joined Craftsy and think it's great and have already signed up for a class. Would love to win this giveaway!
I've been following Amy's BOM on Craftsy, but haven't actually made any of the blocks...yet. I've enjoyed it very much. The format is great, and Amy of course is wonderful!
I follow your blog via google reader, Jennifer.
I love the modern aesthetic of the blocks! Lovely!
And I am a follower!
I love the videos and have signed up for the course. It has been really great so far.
I'm also a follower of your blog.
It looks like the class will be very popular.
I'm a happy follower.
I love that you get to see it "in person" like you would at a LQS or such!
Looks like this will be a lovely modern sampler :-)
I'm a follower too
I love that you get to see it "in person" like you would at a LQS or such!
I'm a follower too :) Thanks FQS and co!
I have signed up for Amy's BOM. How great to have the class online, have Amy as the teacher and it's all free! Love that you can go at your own pace, learn new techniques and can communicate with Amy or other folks on Craftsy. Great site!
Thank you and FQS for an awesome giveaway and a chance to win. How wonderful FQS is for Supporting and Sponsoring this blog hop. FQS Rocks!
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I'm a follower of Jennifer's blog.
Thanks again for a chance to win.
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Was already following these courses. I haven't made any blocks yet but still enjoying the videos
These blocks really look like fun. Hmm, what fabric shall I use? Yes, I think I'll join in !
I am your follower!
I already follow you on google reader. Tiko_84{at}gmail{dot}com
I follow your blog through Google reader.
I signed up for the course.
Hope to find some time to learn some of the thins shown
I can't believe it is for free..
Greetings,
Tina
I signed up for the course.
Hope to find some time to learn some of the thins shown
I can't believe it is for free..
Greetings,
Tina
And I follow you, of course
I signed up for the Craftsy BOM but I have only watched the first series. Love the idea, hope to get back to it soon!
Thanks!
I am a FB follower too!
Thank you!
September's lesson -- curved piecing -- looks intriguing. That's something I've always wanted to master.
I've joined Craftsy BOM but I've only done one block so far. I'm hoping to catch up this weekeend.
I follow your blog on Bloglovin. I hope that counts!
I love the Craftsy BOM because it introduces a new technique each month and the videos are like tutorials that I can watch as many times as I need to get it right!
I'm one of the thousands doing the BOM on crafsty :)
I follow your blog too!
My first BOM is Amy's and I"m loving it! I can't imagine how much work it is for Amy to keep up with all the participants, but I guess it just proves how awesome she is!
I follow your blog!
Wonderful blocks so far. Di xo
I am a blog follower
I have signed up for this BOM, but haven't had a chance to watch any of the videos yet, this is just the reminder that I need!
Hi Jennifer! That looks so great and fun and Amy seems to be so sweet person!
I'm your follower!
I've been a member on Craftsy for a number of months now, LOVE THEM! Although I had you in my Google reader, I think I've become a follower via email as well.
Thanks for the chance to win, love FQS!!
I think it's a terrific course, especially for beginning quilters, but still fun for the rest of us.
This BOM Does look like fun, and even doable for a beginner like me! I have really enjoyed looking around at the other courses and info to offer at Craftsy too!
I'm an Ellison Lane follower! Thans Fat Quarter Shop, for such a nice giveaway!
Great blocks! The slashed block is my favourite - I'd like a whole quilt made of these!!
I'm a happy follower!
The slashed blocks look so fun. I might have to make those. Wouldn't that be a fun quilt?
I am a follower. Thanks for the chance.
I'm already doing the Craftsy BOM and having so much fun! Your right Amy makes it so much easier - I can vouch for this since I've never quilted a block before January. Thanks for the chance.
I'm already a follower of your blog through my feed. Love it. Thanks for the chance.
This is one of those things on my 'to do' list, however I've noticed that a bear making friend has signed up and is sewing along, she did say something about me nudging her into something recently, guess that was it! She's having loads of fun anyway :o)
I follow you too :o)
I’m loving this Blog trail – makes me want to stop work and start sewing though. And it’s only 9:58 am!
I'm following too!
I'm loving the craftsy bom blocks - they're great :) thanks for the giveaway !
thanks for the extra chance Jennifer - I follow by rss :)
What can I say except, the series looks PERFECT for me at the moment!
I am a follower
That's exciting, I'm signing up because it would be a nice thing to do- once I've got my other projects out of the way of course.
And I follow you :)
The course has been great fun. I'm making 2 quilts to give to friends.
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The Craftsy BOM series is a great idea, I love the slashed block too!
I follow ELQ :)
I signed up for the Crafty BOM and love the easy to follow videos.
I am a follower.
Love the craftsy blog of the month. Now I am a follower of your blog too.
I have been following the BOM over at Craftsy since February. I love the series. I also have a class I am working through. I really love Craftsy.b
I am a happy follower of Ellison Lane Quilts.
I think this is a great series, especially for beginning quilters like me.
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I've signed up the class.. Thanks!! I think the BOM will create a modern quilt.
I'm a follower!
some of the blocks are so different from one another it will be interesting to see them in the finished quilt. I don't love them all so I'm picking the ones I like the best, making them and then coming back to the others later--it's great that you can go back and not have to do it quick before the video's gone--very cool.
i'm a follower
For the most part I am a self taught quiter...or should I say, an internet blog taught quilter. The Craftsy BOM is a great way to expand my skills. Now to find the time!
I am a follower. Thanks for the chance at your giveaway.
I am participating in Craftsy's Block of the Month class. It is fabulous!
I might have to jump in ok this since I've just finished up my wips. Looks fantastic!
I follow.
I have been following along with Amy's BOM and just love the way she's teaching and the blocks so far. Having access to the videos as well as written instructions works great for me. I'm one that is a very visual learner but also love to have instructions near me to follow along step by step so with her BOM it's the best of both worlds.
I have been to your site many times and was sure that I was already a follower but the GFC showed that I wasn't. I am not as I've clicked that little button and am for sure a follower now. Thank you for the giveaway.
i'm so excited about the craftsy bom! i finally have my fabric and plan to get started this week. turns out the fabric i wanted was at my lqs all along, but i kept looking further afield. oh, well, at least i have it now. :)
i'm a follower! u know how much i love your blog.
I'm taking Amy's course and love it! My favorite so far is the slashed blocks too! Of course, I need to do this month's blocks. :)
I'm a new follower!
I'm a follower
I'm also already participating in the Craftsy BOM - it's awesome!
I think Amy's BOM program over at Craftsy is awesome - I wish I had the time to commit to doing it - maybe next winter. Thanks for the chance at a FQS GC....
I am a follower of Ellison Lane Quilts - always something good going on here. Thanks for all you do.
Enjoying the blog tour and BOM class. Hope to win at some stop..maybe this one.
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Thanks so much for sharing this! I had never heard of it before and I can't wait to get some new ideas and tips! christina112358 at gmail dot com
Also, I'm a follower.
It looks wonderful and I'm now signed up for the BOM, yay!!
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction and for the wonderful giveaway :)
Of course I'm already a happy follower here :)
I subscribe to Craftsy emails etc, but I am too tight to pay for anything, as the web has so much else for free, sorry Craftsy x
Of course I follow - silly question!
I love the idea of this BOM - I definitely learn better when I can watch someone rather than just reading about how to do it. Thanks for spreading the word about this!
I'm already a follower.
I love following this hop along! I am actually signed up for this course...though I haven't started working on the blocks yet! I did watch the first couple videos. I think it will be very helpful as I learn new techniques and especially the finishing parts!
I am also a lurker, now turned follower! :) (I read blogs, sometimes comment--always forget to join--even though they are bookmarked!)
I'm a follower.
I think this sounds like a great course! I actually signed up for it right away, I just haven't started yet. Still trying to decide on my fabric :)
The videos are awesome!
This sounds like a lot of fun. I've never tired to learn by video before but will check it out during some much needed me-time.
Thanks for the opportunity to win.
I just subscribed to your blog, too :)
What a great resource, love it - thanks for sharing.
Looks like a great idea. I have to go check it further next.
I'm a follower
I already follow you.
Love Craftsy - our quilt guild is doing the block of the months!
I have been doing this BOM and am really enjoying it. Allthe blocks are ones that I haven't done before.
I think BOM clubs are such a good idea - I've been working on a kingsize quilt for months now and I like to take a break and do something quick and different, so I don't get bored. Of course...my spring quilt may not be done until August!
I'm a new follower!
I have already signed up for Craftsy BOM-love Amy and what she is doing here! Such talent!
And or course, I'm a loyal ELQ follower :)
I follow :)
Susanne
I love those videos. It gives more help than plain tutorials and pictures. Also it is more personal :)
Susanne
Love it! The blocks she's chosen are great ones to work with and Amy's personable style makes them very easy to watch and understand.
I'm a follower!
Craftsy is a wonderful concept and I love the BOM videos! Thank you for a chance to win. :-)
I'm a follower. :-)
I am so signing up for this course! Thanks!
I already follow you!
I found Amy's BOM and began at the start. She has great ideas and a group of us are having a great time making the blocks. We can't wait for each month's new one to come up.
You're right, the web has been the best for discovering new creations!
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