Monday, April 5, 2010

A New Month ... New Scrappy String Swap Blocks


A new month means it is time to sew and send April's swap blocks. Here are the Scrappy String Blocks I made to send to Betty on Block Central. Betty chose "deep dark gold" for the center strips for her blocks. Swap requirements stipulate that it must be a solid or "read as a solid" fabric. I looked through my stash and did not find anything that I thought fit the color and other criteria so I bought a 1/4 yard strip of a beautiful dark gold Fusion from a nearby quilt shop. These blocks are a great way to use of those long thin strip scraps left from other projects. I had a lot of fun making these and hope Betty likes them, too. May she make a lovely quilt with all the "squishies" that will find their way to her mailbox this month. I now have a pile of envelopes to mail and need to get to the post office very soon!


... back to my sewing machine ... :-) Pat

5 comments:

Magoo said...

i love all the colors, what a great combo and fun project!

Rebecca P said...

Oh Pat, your blocks are so pretty. I have mine ready to go for Betty too. Can't wait until it's my turn.

Delia Moran said...

Ooo, I like Betty's choice. It seems to go with all the colors, no matter what they are. That's going to be very nice when it's done.

Scrapatches said...

Thanks. my quilty pals. I liked this choice for center strips a lot, too. Betty is such an experienced quilter she just knows what will be a good thing. I did pull a lot of my oriental scraps from the pile and those with metallic gold as I know she loves these fabrics.

My month is next!!! I picked "medium country green" for my center strips. I love green!! I am looking foward to seeing what everyone does with this color choice ... and to getting the squishies in the mail!!

:-) Pat

Nanette Merrill said...

Great stuff pat, just catching up here, fun to see what you've been up to.