United.
I saw this quilt and a block exchange on Instagram yesterday.
I have not done a block exchange in many years.
I still have many lovely blocks from many fun block swaps over the years
that are waiting to become finished quilts,
so I had thought I was retired from swapping.
Then I saw this ...
For all the information to sign-up and participate click on the link below:
United Block Exchange 2024 @ OlieandEvie
Contact Person: Rhonda @ OlieandEvie
I follow
which is where I heard of this fun block exchange.
Participants must make 50 small flag blocks for the swap.
Unity is something very near and dear to my heart,
so I knew I wanted to participate.
I downloaded the information sheets, emailed Rhonda
and found my flag block fabrics in her shop.
You do not have to purchase fabrics there,
but you have to have sufficient yardage to use the same fabrics for all your blocks
and would have to send photos of your fabrics for approval,
so I just ordered mine there to speed the process
and as a way of saying thank you for hosting.
The pattern may be purchased here:
I have plenty of fabric in my stash to sew the heart and star blocks
and I found this background fabric that is a lovely shade of light blue gray
that should work well for all the fabrics
that will be in the swap flag blocks that I receive.
I looked at the all the pretty blocks and quilts #unitedquilt on IG
to decide what I might want to use for my background fabric.
I stashed many yards of this Free Spirit Dakari light blue grid fabric
when it went of deep clearance four years ago.
I like to buy my background and backing fabrics
when I see something I like for the right price.
It has been very cold, even in the sun and nothing has melted.
returned yesterday in the cold and wind for a handout.
On warm days he sleeps on our porch in the sun and visits with my indoor kitties.
He is quite the fighting tomcat and chases all intruders out of our yard.
Yes, we fed him,
but we do not let him in as he fights though the door with our Nutmeg.
This is Luka who has been a stray cat on our street for many years.
I know he sleeps in our neighbor's heated garage and they feed him.
When we did not see him for a couple of weeks,
Mr Scrapatch asked our neighbor
if they had seen him.
Turns out he was bitten by a dog or something
and they had to take him to the vet,
give him meds and keep him locked in.
Fortunately, he has healed well under their care.
You can see the fur growing back in on the patch on his side.
Lucky Luka.
The life of a stray cat is never easy, but Luka is loved.
Yesterday's temperature tree block shows it did not get above freezing.
Today is not much warmer, but the wind has calmed down.
It is clouding up now for snow flurries tonight.
The rows have 15 units each and measure 71" across.
My kitties and I hope you are happy and well today,
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Happy Thursday!
1 comment:
You are using beautiful fabrics for your projects. The temperature trees are lovely. I am so happ y the stray cat is being so well care for. What a lucky fellow.
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