FOLLOW ALONG WITH ME ON THE UQG BLOCK OF THE MONTH JOURNEY! Introduced in March for the celebration of International Quilt Month, is the NEW Block of the Month! The patterns are being given by Kathy Bruckman who is the Social Media Chairwoman for our Guild. I gather that this is a bit of a Mystery Quilt from Kathy’s first Block installment since the only information given is that the first Block is a Nine-Patch. This is to be Scrappy to compliment Quilt Fest’s It’s a Scrappy World After All theme. I like this because you get to do your own thing - no worries about light/darks and a certain number of fabrics. But, scrappy quilts can become a bit of a ‘mess’ if a theme or a controlled color palette isn’t chosen. Some quilters resolve this by pulling fabric from the same fabric designer. Kaffe Fassett and Lori Holt are examples. We tend to buy fabric that appeals to us the most and wh...