When award-winning quilter and designer Sarah Bond first posted photos of her Tiger Moon and Tiger Melon quilt blocks to social media, she encouraged people to describe what they looked like. There’s something animal about them, and there’s something vegetable about them. Are they coffee beans? Dinosaur eggs? Footballs? To Sarah, they looked like tiger-striped melons, so the name stuck. In this class, Sarah shows you how to paper piece two classic quilt block shapes – a melon and a round moon – each with tapered stripes that allow you to experiment with colors and fabric, dark and light, sun and shadow. You’ll get all of Sarah’s tips for paper piecing and sewing curves, and these quilt blocks are a great use for fat quarters, yardage, or large scraps.
![Cartoon of a smiling man with a large mustache, short dark hair, wearing a teal jacket and a white turtleneck.](https://glensidepld.org/files/Jon-150x150.png)
![Abstract art featuring black and white stripes with red and black circles, arranged within a pink-bordered circular frame.](https://glensidepld.org/files/Tiger-Quilt-Block-5.jpg)
![Two colorful quilt blocks: one with a pink frame and black-and-white stripes, the other with red triangles on a dark background.](https://glensidepld.org/files/Tiger-Quilt-Block-1.jpg)
![Hands working on colorful fabric quilt designs on a cutting mat, featuring bold pink, black, and white patterns.](https://glensidepld.org/files/Tiger-Quilt-Block-4.jpg)
![Abstract artwork with black and white patterned ovals on a bright yellow background.](https://glensidepld.org/files/Tiger-Quilt-Block-2.jpg)
![Abstract black, white, and pink fabric pieces and a blue rotary cutter on a white surface.](https://glensidepld.org/files/Tiger-Quilt-Block-3.jpg)