Welcome to another week in the Fat Quarter Quilt Along, Sewcialites. Are you ready for a new block that will possibly challenge you a bit?

This week our host for Sewcialites is Sherri McConnell from A Quilting Life. Sherri is sewing since she is 10 years old. She is a grandmother now, which means she is sewing for a long time already. Her grandmother gave her a “gentle push”, as she says herself, to start quilting. We can all be grateful for her grandmother because Sherri is making fantastic quilts ever since. The block she made for us this week is called Wisdom.

I made this block in blue and white from my fabric collections Spotted and More Paper. I love how the blue pops and almost pushed the block forward.

When you want or need some more inspiration, go watch Kimberly from Fat Quarter Shop making this block on the Livestream of her YouTube channel. She is live every Friday at 9 am CDT. Or you could pop in the Facebook group the Sewciliates Lounge to look at all the magnificent blocks your fellow quilters are making. Give them some love and share your own progress. I bet you get a lot of likes and comments on your blocks as well! Wanna quilt and win some prices at the same time? Go post your block on your Instagram page with the hashtag #SewcialitesQAL. You could be the winner of this week’s goodie from one of the contributing companies.

Good luck, fingers crossed, and happy quilting!

Get the instructions for Block 5 here

SEWIALITES SEW ALONG, BLOCK 5 - free quilt along hosted by Fat Quarter Shop. This block is called WISDOM, brought to you by Sherri McConnell of A Quilting Life. Fabrics used in this block are SPOTTED and PAPER by Zen Chic.

Don't miss the other designers involved in this project:

This is the Zen Chic version of the free SEWCIALITES Sew Along, hosted by Fat Quarter Shop. My layout is inspired by Tracy Bes from the Sewcialites Lounge.

Other posts from the Sewcialites QAL

Sewcialites Final Layout à la Zen Chic

Can you believe the Sewcialites Quilt Along is almost over? I almost say, because even though the free blocks are all shared in the quilting community, we still have a quilt to make. In this blog post I am giving some tips on how to put together the final layout I created and what materials you will need for it. And last but not least, let's take a look at what the other quilters made of this beautiful sampler quilt!

Sewcialites Block 36, the final one - KINDNESS by Corey Yoder

Welcome back to the last block in the Sewcialites QAL. This block is by Corey Yoder and has such an appropriate name being the last one: Kindness. I feel that every quilter and designer that contributed to Sewcialites has been so kind by donating a piece of their creativity. They enabled us to practice more techniques and add to our sewing skills and to connect with like-minded people. That’s what this QAL was all about and I’m glad I was a part of it.

Sewcialites Block 35 - COMPASSION by Anne Sutton

Welcome to week 35 in our Sewcialites Quilt Along. This is already the penultimate block for our sampler quilt! Can you believe it? It was designed by Anne Sutton and she named it COMPASSION. In this post you can read all about what Compassion means and how it relates to the quilting community in my point of view. I tell you more about Anne and what her specialty is and you can win amazing prizes again.

Sewcialites Block 34 - PASSION by Carrie Nelson

I’m sure you are probably as passionate about quilting as I am. And so is our designer of the week for our Sewcialites sew Along, Carrie Nelson. Fittingly, she created a block called PASSION for our sampler quilt. Wanna find our what else Carrie is passioned about? Read more about her in this blog post.