It is time for another block in my Grandma Town BOM series. This month is one of my favorites, an ear of corn. You can imagine it as field corn, but I prefer sweet corn. I love, love, love some delicious Iowa Sweet corn.

We would pick it right out of the field, husk it and give it to Grandma to throw in a giant pot of boiling water on her stove. I and my siblings would roll them in a stick of butter and eat the tender, juicy ears. There was nothing like eating it fresh.

This ear of corn block is pieced I used a solid yellow for the corn and used lots of bright scrappy greens. They look good enough to eat! You will need to make one row of 10 blocks.

A comprehensive pattern and directions for the Ear of Corn block along with the whole BOM is currently in development.

Enjoy!

Grandma Town Block of the Month

If you are new to the Grandma Town BOM, this row by row quilt was a labor of love to celebrate my Iowa roots. I spent my childhood visiting my Grandparents on their farm just west of Des Moines in Earlham, Iowa. It is especially a tribute to my dear Grandma.

When my sisters, brother and I were little and my parents would drive us to my grandparents farm, my brother would yell, “We are going to Grandma Town!”. It was a loving tribute that stuck. This little quilt is full of those reminders of the farm and of Grandma, who loved to garden and loved to cook. Each block is a sweet memory of my youth growing up on that country farm.

I hope you will find some shared love for your family, a cherished farm or your own grandma in my quilt. You can make all of these sweet blocks or pick and choose the blocks you like the most to make something special for yourself or a dear loved one.