Circus Cabin: Week 4 Blocks + Quilt center

Once you get started with this quilt, the momentum quickly builds. The blocks are easy and fun to sew, and when one is finished you lean easily into the next. I think we might be coasting at this point! A finished quilt top is just around the corner.

To find out how to join the Circus Cabin sew-along, click over to the master sew-along post. It’s a digital pattern, so you can grab it in a flash and sew right along. You can see lots of great quilts in progress at #CircusCabinQuilt.

Week 4: sew 5 blocks

If you’re following along with the quilt-along schedule, you will have finished all 16 blocks for the quilt center by the end of this week. Only the border remains for next week, a set of partial blocks which frame the quilt center.

Last time I couldn’t resist working ahead, so I have actually just three log cabin blocks left for this week. Here they are, cut and ready to sew. I still have stacks of sorted scraps at the ready in my winter palette. Good thing we still have the border left and thus a chance to sew through some more. I wonder how your scrap reserves are holding up?

I do find these blocks pretty cute at every stage of development, don’t you?

Soon my last three blocks were full-grown and ready to slot into the quilt.

Enjoy sewing together the 4 x 4 block grid for your Circus Cabin center this week. You might like to put your favorite blocks in the very center of the quilt, where they draw the most attention.

Cheers to what you’ve created so far. Next week it’s going to get even better!

Week 4 Sew-Along Goal: Sew 5 blocks

Complete all 16 normal log cabin blocks and sew them together as the quilt center.

Grand PRize announcement!

Each week of our sew-along, I’ve been giving away a popular Tales of Cloth pattern called the Hexie Handbook. Next week is the last week of our sew-along, and we’re going to finisht things off with a special grand prize.

and the grand prize is - - -

membership and all the trimmings for the Hexie Harvest Club!

One lucky Circus Cabin sew-along participant will win:

Hexie Handbook pattern pdf
EPP Kit includes all the paper shapes required
Acrylic Template set includes 14 templates
Triangle Paper Pieces for the optional joiner triangles

What a haul! You’ll find photos and details about the Hexie Harvest Club products here and club sign up here. If you’ve got a hankering for a hand-sewing project, this hexagon sampler quilt-along is for you.

Share to win!

Last week’s winner is @Knj314. Kristen’s quilt top is almost finished. Her darks are super saturated and moody, which has such a cool vibe. I love the scrappy squares for block centers too.

This week share a photo of your progress with hashtag #CircusCabinQuilt.

Your photo enters you into a giveaway for the Hexie Handbook pdf by Tales of Cloth. It's the Hexie Quilt pattern to cover a multitude of hexie quilt patterns!

The Hexie Handbook includes a basic 3" hexagon quilt pattern, 14 extra 3" hexagon block designs to create whole new quilts, and The Hexie Harvest Sampler Quilt! You can also join the 2023 Hexie Harvest Club to sew-along with others making the sampler quilt.

Winner will be announced next week and giveaway is open worldwide.