To celebrate our layout I'm thinking about a winter bonfire! First I must tell you that I'm not sure I've ever BEEN to a winter bonfire, I've been to summer and fall ones but not winter. Several of you suggested and I agree it sounds like an amazing thing to do for Winter Fun! If you have a Winter bonfire tradition or maybe your town has one of these, tell me about it in the comments!
I'm VERY excited to have the layout today. Now we can have everything cut and sew the units as we go along!
****** NOTE ******
THIS WEEK IS THE LAYOUT. there is PLENTY of sewing and cutting
NEXT WEEK IS BLOCK #4
- FULL Project Details and Printable supply list
- Fabric I'm using
- Layer Cake
- Purchase 2 yds of a neutral you like (NOTE the ones I'm using will be back in stock soon)
- Purchase 2 yds for a border of the fabric you like. (NOTE the ones I'm using will be back in stock soon)
- ALL Royal Blue fabric
- I highly recommend my Aurifil Thread box for piecing, it's ON SALE
*** Border cutting Tip ***
- I'm cutting my border fabric 'length of fabric' so it does not need to be pieced.
- In order to be sure I don't mess up. I over cut a larger piece, then go back and cut the final border from that
- It's easier to handle the smaller piece and I'm less likely to make a mistake.
- Cut a 19 x 60 strip.
- I first measure out the 19"
NOTE – Do the same for the long inner border of the light fabric.
Article continues below these Amazon Goodies
- Then make a notch for the long cut
- Cut the length of the 2 yd piece x the 19" wide
- Now I cut the actual border strips
- The rest of the blue is used in the sashing units
- My pattern gives you the sizes
- If you have not upgraded your 24.5" ruler in a long time… today would be a great day to order a new one!
- Here are some of my sashings.
- The squares are cut from the other fabrics so they will be scrappy
Article continues below this Ad
**********************
*** DOWNLOAD the Pattern***
Download Pat Sloan Layout Winter Fun
Directions for 2 at a time Half Square Triangles
****************************
*** SHARE your BLOCK ***
It's so fun to see all your different versions, so share your block below!
16 Responses
I volunteer on my local GS Council’s Outdoor Committee and we run outdoor events YEAR ROUND for our girls. Most events include a campfire. I don’t know if you’d consider them BON fires, but they are quite sizeable for the the girls. There’s nothing like Smores in the snow!
We had winter bonfires some nights down by the pond where we would go to ice skate…I never really recall feeling any warm from it unless you were nearly in it..but it was fun and some time one of us would even think to bring some marshmallows to roast.
By the way, have you ever tried eating marshmallows with mittens on? HA HA, not a pretty picture…
cheers,
maggie
In New South Wales, Australia, when i was a girl we had a winter bonfire for Empire Day. Around end of May, maybe June the community gathered around a huge bonfire and let off heaps of fireworks; double bunglers, rockets, spinning wheels and lots more. When the fire was dying down a bit we could put marshmallows on long sticks and toast them. Lovely memories.
neat!
love it!
that is fun!
sounds like fun!
a great memory!
that is so cool! what town? I live in Wiesbaden for 4 yrs
Hi Pat, I grew up in a small town (on an island) in Germany.
After January 7th we kids would collect all the Christmas trees in town. Whoever
could “score” a promise from a business of a big tree was a “hero”.
Different streets would compete as to who would gather the most trees.
At a designated date we would have a winter bonfire , neighborhood by
neighborhood. If it was cold enough skating would be in the afternoon
and at twilight the trees would be lit. Great fun.
I grew up in the Southern California desert. We would have bonfires at least twice a month. Just friends getting together.
When our children were grown and making their own holiday traditions my husband I began a new one of our own and spent Christmas outdoors with a fire
Every winter the beach park by my house has a winter bonfire when the Christmas ship visits loaded with carollers. Lots of fun and a great way to get in Christmas mood. Usually is early December.
Puxatawny PA has a February Winter Fire for the emergence of Phil (the groundhog). I went one year, wooooo. Very cold! But it was still a fun trip.
ALWAYS hot chocolate and s’mores.
I shared in the marshmallow block the story about my daddy building a big fire to boil the maple sap. What fun that was! Now that I’m retiered we go south. Our southern friends have dog roasts all the time! They have a big fire pit on Little Lagoon! Back here in northern New York they have big bonfires fires to ring in the New Year! And, of course here in the north country the smell of wood smoke is always in the air because so many people heat their homes with wood! Nothing like sitting by a roaring crackling fireplace while the snow falls on a cold winter night!