The journey begins, now! October marks the official kickoff for Fat Quarter Shop’s Dragon Fruit Block of the Month, exploring the vibrant world of brilliant color and timeless quilt blocks. If you aren’t already a fan of paper piecing or Tula Pink’s modern fabric, get ready to develop a taste for both!
The Dragon Fruit Quilt is queen-sized, finishing at 84.5″ square, and inspired by the beautiful Hibiscus flower. Suitable for intermediate to advanced quilters, getting accurate points will be a cinch with the help of our foundation paper pads! To join the Dragon Fruit Block of the Month and quilt along, you’ll need:
- Dragon Fruit Block of the Month Kit (pattern and papers included)
- Backing Set for Dragon Fruit Block of the Month
- Kimberly’s Foundation Paper Piecing Starter Kit (available exclusively at Fat Quarter Shop)
This Fat Quarter Shop Exclusive kit includes Pint-Sized Prints & True Colors by Tula Pink for FreeSpirit Fabrics, and the first shipment will include the set of the exclusive paper pads, and the detailed cutting guide.
Livestream Kickoff with Kimberly
Kimberly will be kicking things off with a tutorial for the first block on the Livestream this Friday, October 18 at 9:00 AM CT on the Fat Quarter Shop YouTube Channel. You can also see how Kimberly uses Fat Quarter Shop’s Foundation Paper Piecing Pads by watching our Foundation Paper Piecing Tutorials Playlist. You will be sew ready to hit the ground running with the Log Cabin, Courthouse Steps, Square in a Square, Economy, Flying Geese, and Snail Trail Foundation Papers used in this club.
The Dragon Fruit Quilt Schedule
The Dragon Fruit Block of the Month runs from October 2024 to June 2025. Each month, you will receive the fabric you need to complete that month’s blocks, and the full schedule and pattern are included in your first shipment. For the first eight months, you will be on this brilliant paper-piecing journey, and in June 2025, the ninth month, you will add your border and finish the quilt! To stay up to date on all things Dragon Fruit, follow the hashtag #DragonFruitBOM or join Kimberly’s Stitch Squad on Facebook.
If you haven’t already signed up for your Dragon Fruit Block of the Month, don’t worry. The journey of the Dragon Fruit Quilt is still waiting for you! Sign up today and start receiving your boxes now!
Who is Sewing Along?
You know we had to invite some friends to join us for this tropical journey! These talented quilters will be sharing their progress along the way, so be sure to follow them on social media for inspiration and tips.
- Afton Warrick, Quilting Mod, (@quiltingmod)
- Francine, Buffalo Flatts Quilt Co, (@buffaloflattsquiltco)
- Gina Tell, Thread Graffiti, (@gina_tell_threadgraffiti)
- Jennifer, NW Quilted Cat, (@nwquiltedcat)
- Jeresther Thorpe-Page, (@Sew_Sweet_SeeBee)
- Melanie Call, A Bit of Scrap Stuff, (@abitofscrapstuff)
- Melissa Corry, Happy Quilting, (@happyquiltingmc)
- Reece Ortolani, Hurricane Quilty Stitches, (@hurricanereecequiltystitches)
- Sarah, Stitch Mode Quilts, (@stitchmodequilts)
- Vickeidy Plybon, Sewspicious, (@sewspicious)
Join Us for Dragon Fruit!
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We also made a Facebook group specifically for this Quilt Along! Be sure to join in on the quilty fun and share your updates with the group!
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11 comments
Can you purchase the pattern and the papers but use your own fabric? I really don’t care for Tula Pink fabric nor really bright colors. I love your papers and have used them to make Christmas ornaments. Thanks you.
I’m glad you love the papers and want to make the Dragonfruit Quilt! The pattern for the quilt is only available through the block of the month club, which does come with the Tula Pink fabric. The pattern includes fabric requirements so you could always gift the fabric that comes in the box to a Tula Pink fan that you know and use your own fabric with the pattern and papers!
Do you recommend pre washing or starching the kit fabric before cutting it?
Hello Shelia! You can definitely starch the fabric in this kit! We love working with starched fabric but it’s not necessary if you prefer working with unstarched fabric.
So excited for this! Thanks!
This is cute! Are there monthly “how to videos” with tips for each block?
There won’t be monthly videos, Kimberly is just doing the blocks for the Livestream for this first month as a little teaser for the rest of the club. All the instructions are included in the pattern!
Jill, I am doing this quilt and it isn’t super hard but you would benefit from watching some of the tutorials that are available on the Fat Quarter Shop YouTube channel. There is one for a quilt “Fullcolor” and while it isn’t exactly the same, the technique is similar. I made that quilt too and that tutorial was very easy to follow and made it so much easier to work with the paper piecing method!
Is there a X-STITCH patterns with Dragon Fruits? I think it would be a great mate & sewing colorful!
Hello Nancy-Katharyn! There is not a cross stitch pattern for this quilt, but I agree that the colors would look amazing!
Ok so when do we take the papers out? I have finished Month 1 and 2 and put the blocks together but papers are still in bc I couldn’t find the answer.