Perfect HST BOM Block 2: Wellington Star

Happy February, you guys! I admit I’m glad to put January in the rearview, especially after last week’s -50 degree temps and days and days of the kids being home from school due to the snow and cold. February feels just the tiniest bit closer to spring—maybe not a lot closer, but I’ll take it!

At any rate, February’s block for the Perfect HST BOM dropped this morning for subscribers! This is Wellington Star—named after one of the streets I lived on in Chicago in the early 2000’s. My husband and I spent a few of our pre-parenting years living in Lakeview, on Wellington between Clark and Broadway. Every morning, I walked west to the Wellington El stop for my commute to work, and every evening I walked east to take my dog for a romp in Lincoln Park and along the lakefront. Such fun years in a beautiful city, and great inspiration for this month’s block.

A little recap if you’re unfamiliar with the Perfect HST BOM: It’s a beginner-friendly block-of-the-month program that uses my best-selling Perfect HST templates, so that you won’t have to trim or square up a single half-square triangle! And no, it is definitely not too late to join in—we’re only on block 2, so catching up will be easy-peasy! Just $24.99 gets you all 12 monthly block patterns, plus access to subscriber-only email newsletter and private Facebook group, bonus patterns, and much more! (Since the January and February block patterns have already released, they will be available to you instantly upon purchase.) Join us! Click here to subscribe!

Wellington Star is a fun, modern take on a star block that I think you’ll enjoy putting together. And it’s great seeing the colors start to come together now that we have more than one block done. Honestly, some of the color combinations I’m using within the individual blocks look a little strange to me on their own (that’s especially the case for this block). But when all of the blocks are together in the finished quilt, they really sing!

The Perfect HST BOM includes:

• A new block pattern delivered to your email on the first Monday of each month, beginning Jan. 7, 2019—12 block patterns total
• Complete finishing instructions to make a 52″ x 62″ quilt
• Three free bonus patterns for extra HSTs
• Complete fabric requirements, including suggested Kona Solids colors (a limited number of fabric kits will be available at www.sewtopia.com)
• A BOM Program Guide, which includes the block release schedule, ways to prepare/get organized for the quilt-along, practice lessons in using the Perfect HST templates and accurately piecing completed HST units so you can get the hang of it before the BOM begins, tips for beginner success, and more
• Access to a closed Facebook group where you can ask questions, get advice, and connect with other quilters
• A monthly subscriber-only newsletter with tips and tricks, examples of completed blocks, etc.

(Please note that the Perfect HST Templates are NOT included with the BOM subscription. If you don’t already have the Perfect HST templates, you need to purchase them in order to make this quilt. Click here to purchase the templates—they’re currently on sale for just $6.99, to celebrate the release of the BOM! To see how the templates work, click here.)

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