Destination: Quilt Along - Block 7

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

The weeks are flying by! It's already week 7 of the Destination: Quilt Along, and this week's block is a city skyline!

City Skyline quilt block

This week, Karen and Kathleen have teamed up to create the pattern for Block 7! Hop over to their blogs to get the pattern!

Destination: Quilt Along

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The city skyline pattern is so fun, because you get to create your own! Since I live in Missouri, I definitely wanted to include the Gateway Arch! I actually sewed this block up while on vacation! Yes, of course I brought my Juki, Oliso mini, and wool pressing mat with me!

Vacation sewing

I picked all solid gray fabrics for my skyline and used Lite Steam-A-Seam 2 for all the applique pieces.

Raw edge applique

I used 50wt Aurifil thread for piecing the background and stitching down the buildings. This time, I used colors #2600 Dove, #2620 Stainless Steel, and #1246 Dark Grey.

Behind the seams

The blocks are looking good all together!

Destination: Quilt Along quilt blocks

Want to quilt along?? Get the pattern for Block 7 HERE or HERE! (All the blocks patterns are FREE during the QAL!)

The QAL is divided into three segments. Complete all four blocks from Segment 2 (only blocks 5-8) by 7:59am ET on September 14 to be entered to win prizes! Be sure to share a picture of your finished blocks in the Facebook group! If you're posting on Instagram or Facebook, you can use the #destinationQAL when you post a photo!

Segment 1
July 6 - Block 1 - Sandy at Sandy Star Designs
July 13 - Block 2 - April at JANDA Bend Quilts
July 20 - Block 3 - Abbie at Sparkle On!
July 27 - Block 4 - Jennifer at Inquiring Quilter
August 10 - Segment 1 prize winner announced

Segment 2
August 10 - Block 5 - Kathleen at Kathleen McMusing
August 17 - Block 6 - Jennifer at Inquiring Quilter
August 31 - Block 8 - Laura at Slice of Pi Quilts <---That's me!
September 14 - Segment 2 prize winner announced

Segment 3 
September 14 - Block 9 - Karen at Tu-Na Quilts
September 21 - Block 10 - Becca at Pretty Piney Quilts
September 28 - Block 11 - Sherry at Powered by Quilting
October 5 - Block 12 - Bobbie at Snowy Days Quilting
October 19 - Segment 3 prize winner announced

November 16 - Grand prize winner announced!

Destination: Quilt Along prizes

The segment 2 prize is a one-year subscription to Online Quilt Magazine and a free pattern from Inquiring QuilterKathleen McMusing, and Slice of Pi Quilts!

Be sure to check out all the different versions of Block 7 made by the QAL hosts!


Destination: Quilt Along

Join the fun! Let's quilt along!

5 comments:

  1. The grays make a great city skyline.

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  2. Your cityscape looks great! You have a knack for choosing the perfect fabric for each block.

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  3. Love your version - the grays are perfect. And, your blocks are looking fabulous. Another fun quilt coming together.

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  4. Your blocks do look good together! Love your cityscape! :)

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  5. Your solids create a great dramatic effect. Very pretty. I was born in St. Louis County, so I would definitely want to include the Arch, too.

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