Fabric At Work Quilts for Quebec Mosque Block Pattern

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Update on Quilts for Quebec Mosque Blocks

After assembling a prototype (see below) I was looking at the other house blocks that were being submitted and I realized the block I had created did not really "fit in." Having assembled many group quilts in the past, I knew that the "quirky" blocks can create angst.

Happy to see other mosque blocks
being submitted

Not so happy with the way my block looks
in comparison with the other house blocks

Back to the drawing board..

Starting with a simpler image

Finding identifiable elements

Some fabric selecting, starching, pressing, cutting, sewing, pressing, sewing, pressing, sewing...

Twenty blocks good to go.

I made a total of forty, and will be using the others locally.

Quilts for Quebec Mini-Mosque Blueprint

Detail shots in the gallery below.

My sister (who had lived in Canada) forwarded me a "Call to Action" by the Montreal Modern Quilt Guild - they are looking for "house" blocks to make quilts for those affected by the Quebec City shooting. Since a house of worship had been the site of the shooting I drafted a "house" block based on the Mosque expansion in nearby(ish) Quebec. This is traditional piecing - just on a much smaller scale than I usually work.

Original architect's rendering Fabric at Work Quebec Mosque Quilt Block