Monkey Business BOM – Block #1
Welcome to 2021! May the new year be better and brighter than the last one! Let’s start it off with some fun stuff, the first block of my brand new “Monkey Business” Block of the Month 2021. This year there will be 12 blocks once again, all of them featuring a monkey. The first block has a monkey that is doing something close to what we would consider “normal” monkey things. The other eleven blocks are all more cartoonish, with the monkeys doing all kinds of summer things and carrying accessories. Think along the lines of last year’s penguins, and you’ll have the general idea. The finished block size is 10″ again. I don’t particularly like going over 8″ because larger blocks won’t fit on a regular letter page but even though I don’t mind small details, there are limits, so 10″ it is.
The finished quilt size is approx. 52″ x 64″. I will provide the finishing instructions with the last block. They won’t be anything special, just plain old sashing and a border. Feel free to come up with something a bit more creative if you find that boring. I have decided to do the same layout for future BOM projects, it makes writing the finishing instructions easier and faster. I would still like to see your finished blocks though. I have already received a few pictures of finished Penguin blocks, and I will create a gallery for all of you to see them. Hopefully next week, so stay tuned. Remember that you still have three months to send me pictures of your finished Penguin blocks to get the finishing instructions for free!
On the cover page of the first pattern, you can find an estimate of the amounts of fabrics that you need if you want to use the same fabrics for all twelve monkeys. There is no need to do that, just dig into your scrap bins and have fun. The accessories will need a lot of small scraps in different colours, and the exact colours don’t really matter, so go with what you have and use some of those scraps. You know they will multiply anyway as soon as you turn your back 😀
The free pattern will only be available in English/Imperial again. There will be a German/metric version available for purchase later. The rest of the rules are the same as always, and I copied them from last year’s post:
A new block will be published on the first day of every month at 9 am Pacific Standard/Daylight Time. Any changes I might have to make due to unforeseen circumstances beyond my control will be announced here on the blog. Since I am in the Pacific time zone, it will already be the second day of the month for some of you. Please be patient and please don’t email me asking when the next block will be published. I don’t like to schedule posts to be published in the middle of the night. There can always be a problem with one of the pattern files, and I would like to be able to fix it within minutes instead of waking up to dozens of messages complaining about the bug. If you find an issue, then please don’t hesitate to contact me, so I can fix it ASAP.
Each block will be available for free download during the month of its publication. It will be moved to the store section when the next block is published. If you miss a block, you can still purchase it for a small fee. Please do not email me asking me to send you the pattern for free. I will ignore these requests. I only charge $2 per block (and that’s Canadian dollars – as I write this, this amount equals approx. 1.55 US dollars and a bit less than 1.30 Euros – you can’t even get a coffee for these amounts anymore!), and I will make bundle packs available again for three or six blocks, once we get there, that will give you an additional discount. Please respect my copyright and don’t pass your copy of the pattern on to your friend who might have missed the free download. This will just result in designers not offering free patterns anymore.
Thank you for reading all this, and without further ado, here is the download link for the first block. Enjoy!
EDIT: If you missed the free download in January, the first Monkey block pattern is now available for purchase in the pattern store.
EDIT: Monkey Business Block #1 ist jetzt auch auf Deutsch und in metrischen Maßen als Kaufmuster erhältlich.
CATEGORIES: Block/Pattern of the Month
TAGS: Appliqué, Quilt
18 responses to “Monkey Business BOM – Block #1”
Leave a Reply to Sally Murray Cancel reply
This looks like fun. Thanks for the pattern.
Fun to see this cutie in my email first thing this morning. Good start to the new year! Thank you for sharing your monkey business. 😉
Thank you! I’m always making baby quilts for gifts and this will be a fun pattern to do.
Thank you for your generosity. Wishing you a Happy and Healthy 2021.
Hi Beatirce,
Happy New Year ! Best wishes for 2021 !
Hope you all had an enjoyable Winter/Christmas break with snow!
Looking forward to what this funky munkey will be doing in 2021 !
take care,
Joanne
Happy New Year to you and Yours.
This looks like it will be another fun year of BOM
Thank you for making these so special and fun.
I look forward to this BOM this year.
Happy New Year. Thank you for sharing these wonderful BOM with us. I look forward to seeing the adventures this little monkey will have.
May you have a safe and blessed New Year
adorable thanks so much
Happy New Year..thank you for the cute pattern
Happy New Year. What a fun series this will be. Thank you!
Thank you so much for the adorable pattern. This is going to be a fun BOM.
Happy New Year to you and your family.
too cute, thank you
This is adorable! I haven’t finished the penguin one yet but, I will. Thank you for sharing your talents with us
Thank you so much for sharing your darling designs with us yet again. Happy new year to you and yours!
Thank you, so cute!
Thanks! I didn’t think anything could be as cute as the penguins, but I could be wrong!
So fun block.Thanks for sharing!
Thank you. May your 2021 be blessed.