RBD Block Challenge - Block 1 by Lori Holt -

Welcome back to the RBD Block Challenge! This is our favorite sew along of the year and we are thrilled to be starting a brand new quilt with you all for 2025. If this is your first time hearing about the Block Challenge, welcome! It is a free, annual sew along hosted by Riley Blake Designs. To participate all you need to do is keep an eye out for the new block patterns to be released each week! Want some more details about the sew along, fabric requirements, etc.? Click below for our introduction post for 2025!

For the first time ever we are sharing the final quilt layout! Isn’t that lovely?

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Now without further ado, we have the first block pattern to share with you!!

Bloom & Grow by Lori Holt

Block 1 is called Bloom & Grow and is designed by Lori Holt. You can click below to download the quilt block pattern and sew along with us!

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Lori is sewing in her Piece & Plenty collection. Like last year, Lori is sharing a tutorial for two different sizes over her on her YouTube channel! See her video below.

This year, like last, we are sewing our blocks in both our Confetti Cottons™ Solids and Expressions Batiks. Check out the Batiks version of this week’s block!

Are you more of a visual learner or maybe just new to quilting? Cindy is showing you step-by-step how to make each block over on YouTube! Don’t miss those tutorials if you need help along the way.

We hope you’ll join our private FB Group just for this sew along! It is so fun to see what everyone is creating. Don’t forget to tag us in your posts with #rbdblockchallenge.