This week, we are continuing to create blocks! Here's a look at where we've been and where we are headed. Note, if you missed any of the previous weeks, you can click on it below!

• April 5 - Week 1: Plan
• April 12 - Week 2: Cut & Organize
• April 19 - Week 3: Create 4/5 Blocks (HST & Flying Geese tips)
• April 26 - Week 4: Create 4/5 Blocks
• May 3 - Week 5: Create 4/5 Blocks
• May 10 - Week 6: Create 4/5 Blocks
• May 17 - Week 7: Sew Blocks Together

If you are creating the Square Throw, you'll be making 4 blocks each week. If you are making the Large Throw, create 5 blocks per week.

How are those blocks coming along?? Seeing everyone's beautiful creations reminds me of how amazing this hobby (and this community) really is. We all have different backgrounds, nationalities, preferences, life experiences, occupations, etc….yet through our love of making something with our hands, we are bonded in such a unique way. Seeing how everyone is willing to give tips and advice to each other when someone asks a question reminds me that even though there are miles in between us, we are connected. We are making the world a more beautiful place through our desire to create something together. It's truly humbling experience when you stop and think about it. So if you're reading this, thank YOU for being here. Our community and this world is richer, more vibrant because of you!

I don't have anything new and exciting to share this week, other than two awesome prizes and this really neat embroidery idea that someones shared in the Facebook group! 

Dana is turning her Nightingale blocks into a traditional friendship quilt. She's honoring her medical and nursing friends by embroidering their names in the center of her blocks. It was such a thoughtful and creative idea that I had to share! Thanks for the inspiration, Dana!

Facebook group

Things are bustling inside the Lo & Behold Patterns Facebook group!  If you have any questions, or if you simply want to see everyones progress, we'd love to have you join! :)

Note that you must answer the membership questions in order to get approved! :) (this is to keep the creeps out!)

week 4 WINNER

The winner the $50 gift card to Elizabeth Bolten Studios and the DIY Rope Basket Kit (+20 yards of extra rope) from Mountain Thread Company is…….

@nogdorastudios !!!!

Congrats! Please reply to this email! :)

week 5 PRIZES

This week, your task is to create 4 blocks if you are making the Square Throw, or 5 blocks if you are making the Large Throw. Share a photo to Instagram and be sure to use the hashtags #nightingaleQAL, #nightingalequilt &  #loandbeholdpatterns and you'll be automatically entered to win this week's prizes! You have until next Monday, May 10th at 8am EST to get your entry in! The winner will be randomly chosen and announced in the Week 6 newsletter!

This week, we have two prizes! One lucky winner will receive:

• A $50 gift card to Saltwater Fabrics! Find all sorts of yardage, bundles and notions through this curated online shop! Just scrolling through their website leaves me so inspired!
• A copy of the Emilie Quilt Pattern from the Stitch Saloon, along with a 9 piece FQ bundle! This pattern is so classic, I love it!

These are two really awesome shops so be sure to give them a follow on Instagram!

grand prize

We have two grand prizes! One lucky winner in both the USA and Canada will win free long-arm quilting! American quilters will have a chance to win edge-to-edge quilting from the Henhouse Quilting. Canadian quilters will have a chance to win edge-to-edge quilting from Matante Quilting! To enter, you'll need to participate in each week of the QAL by sharing your progress photo each week (with the hashtags!). One winner will be randomly chosen from the USA and Canada at the end! 

(Canadian participants, there will be a separate hashtag that you'll use for Week 7. I'll share about that when the time comes!)