ALL THE RAGE Quilt Top Completed
Posted By drsao on March 6, 2008
Last April (2007) I decided to participate in an ALL THE RAGE QUILT BLOCK OF THE MONTH bit of fun.
Quilter’s Corner - still my favorite quilt store in Midlothian, VA - promised a beautiful ALL THE RAGE quilt at the end of one year of participation (how hard could that be, self, I asked?) I had only learned to quilt a few weeks before (March 10, 2007 - to be exact) but since the pattern was free and the only cost was for the material, I decided that a NEWBIE quilter HAD LITTLE TO RISK - so I took the plunge and joined the fun.
So starting April 1, 2007 and each month thereafter until March 1, 2008, a 12 1/2″ block featuring a different black, white-on-white, and a third fabric color that would be different each month appeared.
True to myself (whether it be quilting or cooking - always having fun making my own rules!) I decided that I would make my blocks black, white-on-white, and red (instead of multi-colors.) I looked forward to getting the MYSTERY PATTERN each month - sometimes almost camping on the doorstep of the Quilter’s Corner to get my pattern and fabric on the first day of each month! 
Here are some close ups of my favorite blocks!
I also decided that on the months that I really LOVED the block that I would make two, so that at the end of the year I would have a larger quilt. Of course I tend to LOVE almost everything……
TA DA - March 1, the last pattern came out and I happily put my years worth of 12 X 2 (actually I ended up with 20) ALL THE RAGE blocks together.
I really LOVE IT!
The top is all put together and has been delivered to my longarm quilter, Valerie, at A NEEDLE RUNS THROUGH IT!
I made it for someone special, but I won’t say who yet - it is a surprise!
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