I think it’s safe to post these now as I think almost everyone got their blocks now (maybe not the internationals?) anyways, with a delay and a hiccup in the swap, the blocks were here and finally sorted! I show them on the wall in groups with each pair next to each other, from the …
The 7 wishes Ahhhh block swap has started I ordered the “kit” at Hillbilly Quiltshop The pack arrives with a BIG print out and also a “blank” one inside for you to color! VERY CLEVER!! With each participant, we all chose what colors we wanted for the hexagons/diamonds and triangles and we each make 7 …
Who’s up for an English Paper piecing Block swap? You’ve seen me make these Ahhhh’s before. An online friend who also love ahhhh’s were suggesting that we try a block swap. I was thinking an “easy” one, like this one I WISH I MAY You would need to purchase the 7 wishes set from Tonya’s …
Who wants to join a Swoon block swap? This sample is 16 1/2” and SUPER easy to make (I’ll post directions later) I’d like 12 participants for a 3 x 4 quilt layout. Each person picks their 3 favorite colors they’d like the swoon block to be made in. 1 background color and 2 more …
I’ve been working on blocks for my local quilt guild for BOM’s for next year, I just get one month as my block and the other ladies will vote on which block to use…. anyways, as I was making these blocks to show them I thought of a block swap here? What do you think? …
I’m still here just working slower, lots of stuff going on, I can’t show yet, but here’s a few pics I made another fabric bowl/ basket my son picked red white and blue as the colors. Plus he’s been very creative lately too. We got introduced to a tile board game called carcacone or something …
If you haven’t signed up yet for this swap, there’s more info here Here’s how to make the block. Pat also has a tutorial on FPP here First download the templates from here Print AS IS! don’t shrink to fit…. that’s very IMPORTANT. Print out the whole file – 4 pages ( in our case …
I figured I’d show some ideas on what to do with block swaps (or at least the ones I participated in) either way, maybe you can get inspired. Now with this I used EQ7, gotta LOVE EQ!!! First I showed you the RED and WHITE HST… all 96 of them! here’s some EQ ideas for …
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I’m having fun showing more EQ layouts this one I can’t remember why or what inspired me to do this one, maybe just the fact that it’s on point. This black and white one was actually for a b/w swap I was part of and I just used the block I made to show a …