Adjourn Quilt Along
February 13th - April 17th
Hello quilty friends and welcome to the Adjourn Quilt Along! I am so excited to be hosting my very first quilt along and I know this will be such a fun pattern to make with you. The Quilt Along officially begins on Monday, February 13th, but all the information you need to get started is right here in this post.
The Adjourn Quilt is an intermediate quilt pattern with 3-color, fat quarter, and scrappy options. If you saw all the gorgeous tester versions of this quilt, along with my own samples, you know that this pattern has limitless possibilities for colors and creativity! Want to see them all? Check out my release post here.
The Adjourn Quilt Along will feature weekly blog posts filled with techniques, tips, tricks, videos, and community support. Plus, there will be fabulous prizes to give away each week provided by our amazing sponsors! Check out some of the details here:
Who: You! Sign up here to stay up to date!
What: We will be making a throw size Adjourn Quilt. You can make any size you want, but the schedule is written with the throw size in mind. Purchase the PDF pattern here and use the code ADJOURNQAL for 15% off through February 20th!
Where: Everything for the quilt along will be shared on this blog and on Instagram. Make sure to follow and use the hashtag #AdjournQAL to see what everyone is making! (This hashtag will also be needed for prizes!)
When: February 13th through April 17th, 2023 (plus a few bonus weeks!)
Participate and Win Prizes!
Each week, one or more of our amazing sponsors will be awarding a fabulous prize to a lucky participant! To participate, all you have to do is share your progress that week by posting to Instagram using the hashtag #AdjournQAL. Don’t worry if you fall behind, all progress is celebrated!
Adjourn QAL Sponsers:
Bookends Quilting
Brown Eyed Quilter
Great Heron Thread Co.
Lamb and Loom Fabrics
Pasadena Quilt Studio
Piece Fabric Co.
Rosie Girl Quilting
Treehouse Quilting Co.
Zahm Co.
ADJOURN QAL SChedule
The Adjourn QAL is officially a 9 week event, running from February 13th through April 17th, but you may notice in the schedule below that there are bonus weeks! If you’re anything like me, once the quilt top is done, I tend to need motivation to get it basted, quilted, and bound. What better motivation than to finish your quilt alongside friends? So, if you want to join in on an extra-long QAL, make sure to check the box in the sign up form to continue to receive content through May 8th.
(No worries if you need more time to finish your quilt or decide to join later, all content will be on my blog, so you’ll always have access to it!)
The Adjourn QAL schedule will look like this:
(alternate schedule listed for the Twin size)
Week 1, February 13th: Cutting Fabric, Strip Piecing, and Layout
Week 2, February 20th: Blocks 1-2 (Twin: Blocks 1-4)
Week 3, February 27th: Blocks 3-4 (Twin: Blocks 5-8)
Week 4, March 6th: Blocks 5-6 (Twin: Blocks 9-12)
Week 5, March 13th: Catch-up Week
Week 6, March 20th: Blocks 7-8 (Twin: Blocks 13-15)
Week 7, March 27th: Blocks 9-10 (Twin: Blocks 16-18)
Week 8, April 3rd: Blocks 11-12 (Twin: Blocks 19-20)
Week 9, April 10th: Sashing and Assembly
Bonus Week 10, April 17th: Backing & Basting
Bonus Week 11, April 24th: Quilting
Bonus Week 12, May 1st: Quilting
Bonus Week 13, May 8th: Labeling & Binding
Adjourn FabrIC Requirements & Recommended TOols
The Adjourn QAL officially begins February 13th, but I suggest you start thinking about fabric now, especially if you plan to purchase fabric online. The Adjourn Quilt is fat quarter friendly, so if you like a scrappy look, find yourself a fabric bundle you love (you’ll need at least 8 fat quarters or 24 fat eighths) plus coordinating Color A and Color B fabrics. Need some help picking out colors? Get the original cover colorway here from my shop or check out the beautiful quilt kits available from these shops:
This pattern can really be done with whatever tools you have on hand, there’s nothing special required! However, this is a very intricate pattern with lots of little pieces, and there are a couple tools that might make your life easier!
The first is the Stripology XL Ruler by Creative Grids. This one will make cutting all those little strips a breeze!
The second is the 6-1/2 inch Square Ruler by Creative Grids. You can definitely use any ruler larger than 6-1/2 inches to square up pieces on this quilt, but pairing this ruler with the rotating cutting mat below will make it that much easier.
And last is the 14 x 14 inch Rotating Cutting Mat by Fiskars. As mentioned above, pairing this with a 6-1/2 inch square ruler will make trimming your squares go (nearly) lighting fast!
PRO TIP: If you use multiple ruler sizes for the pattern, I highly recommend using all rulers of the same brand. Every brand measures a tiny bit different and I’ve found that, for this pattern in particular with all it’s tiny pieces, incremental differences in dimension can throw things off quite a bit.
Last, but certainly not least, below are the Adjourn fabric requirements so you can start planning your quilt now!
Can’t wait to quilt along with you!
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