Sewcialites 3 Block 8 - Beacon by Amy Smart - The Jolly Jabber Quilting Blog

Welcome back for week 8 of the Sewcialites 3 Quilt Along as we celebrate our amazing quilting community! Each week, one of the 25 oh-sew-talented designers we’ve teamed up with is bringing you a new block pattern. This week, we’re excited to introduce the bright, shining Beacon Block by Amy Smart!

Beacon Block by Amy Smart

This week’s designer, Amy Smart, is a fabric designer with Riley Blake Designs and is the pattern designer behind the Diary of a Quilter patterns. This week, she brought us the beginner-level Beacon Block. Made with basic half square triangles and flying geese units, this block will shine with the joy of quilting. You can join Kimberly for a live sewing tutorial of the Beacon Block on Friday, April 10th, at 9AM CT, in the Behind The Seams Livestream on the Fat Quarter Shop YouTube Channel.

Amy is sewing her Sewcialites 3 Quilt with a combination of Confetti Cotton Solids and Hush Hush 5 low volumes from Riley Blake Designs!

Beacon Block Pattern and Recommended Paper:

Sewcialites 3 Block 8 – Beacon by Amy Smart Free PDF Pattern
Sewcialites 3 Information Packet Free PDF
1.5″ Half Square Triangle Paper
2.25″ Half Square Triangle Paper
1.5″ x 3″ Flying Geese Quilt Block Foundation Paper
Visit the Sewcialites 3 Quilt Along Supply Page for the patterns for Blocks 1-7

Take a look at the Beacon Block in all three size options, using different collections! Kimberly sewed the 6″ block using Lyda Rose by Bunny Hill Designs for Moda Fabrics, Gina Tell (@gina_tell_threadgraffiti) made the 3″ block in Wild Honey by Lella Boutique for Moda Fabrics, and Pat Sloan (@quilterpatsloan) pieced her 9″ block with Rosie by Fig Tree Quilts for Moda Fabrics.

Three of our Quilty Staffers are joining in and making the 9″ blocks using Blueprint by Camille Roskelley for Moda Fabrics, American Gatherings III by Primitive Gatherings for Moda Fabrics, and In the Garden by Corey Yoder for Moda Fabrics.

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Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for updates, and share your progress with the #Sewcialites3 hashtag so we can see and share your work! We hope to see you back here on the blog on Friday, April 17th, for the ninth block release of our Sewcialites 3 Quilt Along!

Happy Quilting!