BoHo Heart BOM Schedule

Starting in February 2026, Happy Quilty People + the Artsy Girl Gang are hosting a block of the month sew-a-long for Jen Kingwell's scrappy heart sampler quilt. We want to start with the easiest blocks and learn as we work toward the more difficult blocks.

This quilt is an intermediate level quilt, and meant to be pieced with a sewing machine. If you are a beginner level quilter, we will help you along with tips and tutorial videos. We also suggest that you could make this project easier by treating it as a patchwork and including whole blocks of fabric instead of pieced blocks.

You will need to purchase the BoHo Heart Pattern Booklet.

Below is the schedule we will follow. We will make about a dozen blocks per month for 9 months, then end with a month for heart layout and assembly, a month for adding background strips, and then getting it quilted by February 2027!

Month 1 February 2026 Framed Squares, Four Patch.

Start gathering your fabrics: 4.5 yards of a variety of fabric for blocks

4ish yards background fabric

Instructions for Framed Squares p. 28

Simple Framed Square p. 11, make 2

Small Framed Square p. 24, make 3

Mini Framed Square p. 27, make 2

Four Patch p. 26, make 5 (strip piece these)

Month 2 March 2026 Checkerboard, Courthouse Steps

Checkerboard p. 13, make 1

Little Checkerboard p. 24, make 1

Nine Patch p. 25, make 2

Instructions for Courthouse Steps p. 28

Courthouse Steps p. 6. , make 4

Courthouse Steps p. 4, make 1

Intersection p. 5, make 1

purchase fabric if you plan to participate in 3" block swap

Month 3 April 2026 Square in a Square & Fabric Swap

optional 3" block fabric swap - details to come; these can be used next month for HST's

Instructions p. 28

Spools of Thread p. 24, make 1

Square in a Square p. 12, make 2

Square in a Square p. 26, make 15

Plus with a Square in a Square p. 16, make 1

Month 4 May Half Square Triangles (HST's)

Instructions p. 27

HSTs p.13, make 1

HST p. 27, make 3

Half Square Triangles p. 8, make 1

Sashed HST's p. 17, make 2

Shoo Fly p. 17 make 1

Churndash p. 10, make 3

Windblown p. 4, make 1

Month 5 June Pinwheels

Pinwheels p. 16, make 6

Fancy Pinwheel p.5, make 1

Pinwheel in a Courthouse Step p. 7, make 1

Gardenvale, p. 3, make 2

Present, p. 16, make 2

Month 6 July Flying Geese

Instructions for regular Flying Geese p. 29

Flying Geese p. 23, make 4 (use 4 at a time method)

Flying Geese p. 8, make 1

Saw Tooth Star p. 6, make 2

Small Saw Tooth Star, p. 23, make 2

Framed Ohio Star p. 9, make 1

X's and O's p. 13, make 3

Month 7 August Dresden & Circle Applique

Templates on p. 35 & 37

Mini Circles p. 26, make 6

Centered Dresden Square p. 10, make 1

Offset Square Dresden p. 4, make 1

Dresden Fan, p.14, make 1

Small Framed Dresden Plate p. 6, make 1

Month 8 September Applique

Templates p. 36-37

Wonky Flower p. 23, make 3

Medium Heart p. 18, make 2

Mini Heart p. 25, make 2

Owl p. 12, make 1

Orange Peel p. 10, make 1

Month 9 October Hexies and the last blocks

Grandmother's Flower Garden p. 11, make 3

X Plus p. 8, make 1

Four Links p. 14, make 2

Fancy Log Cabin p. 15, make 2

Plus Signs Embedded in Background p. 25, make 2

Month 10 November Layout Heart and Assemble Heart

Assembly Guide p. 31-34

Cut background "hole" patches (see . 29-30)

Layout Quilt on a design wall or flannel tablecloth.

Note: Work in sections as you begin to sew. If it seems easier to add background strips as you go, work on having half the quilt assembled this month.

Month 11 December Background Strips

Instructions p. 29

Optional: using Layout Map p. 30, you can cut your background strips wider than the suggested 1 1/2". Each square on the grid is 1". Remember to add 1/2" seam allowance to each strip.

Design note: The heart touches the top and sides of the quilt. You could increase the background top height and sides by 3" so that your binding will not touch the heart.

Month 12 January Quilt it!

Quilt as desired. You could do straight line, free-motion, or hand quilting. This is such a special project that you shouldn't hesitate to have it professionally quilted.

You did it! Enjoy your beautiful handiwork.