One day a week ago a post caught my eye at
Jane's Fabrics and Quilts.
Jane was telling about this lovely block swap she had found.
I followed the links to ...
This wonderful swap is being hosted by
Carla @ Lollyquiltz
and
Susan @ Patchwork Play
Click on either of the blogs above for all the details.
The tutorial for how to make these blocks may be found in this link:
Amy @ BadSkirt
These blocks are fun and easy to make!
As Jane says ... "just one click" ...
and may you be on your way to making a friendship quilt with your
"invisible friend" !
Susan and Carla have offered to help you make a new friend for this swap.
When I read about this swap and thought of all the lovely quilty "invisible friends" that I have made online over the last few years, one name stands out.
So I sent an email to
Dorian @ Ridge Top Quilts
and said "Will you be my friend?
Happily she agreed!
Dorian and I have decided to make throw size quilts,
8 blocks x 9 blocks.
As the blocks measure 7.5" when finished,
our quilts will be 60" by 67.5" without added borders
We are going to make six blocks per month and send three for one year starting at the end of this month and next year for Christmas we will have pretty new quilts to snuggle under with a good book and a cuppa.
Rather than choose a special design seed palette, we have decided to make scrappy quilts using whatever scrap fabrics we have in our stash.
After comparing scrap stashes, we have chosen to make our blocks using one gray fabric as a neutral somewhere in each block to give the eye a little rest and tie the blocks together. The other colors we have chosen as guidelines are
green, yellow, pink, blue, orange and purple
with the gray.
Here are the fabrics I pulled from my stash when I was looking for what to use to make my first month's blocks. There are more than a few Kate Spain fabrics here as she is my favorite fabric designer. The rest are very random selections. Most of them are less than a fat quarter pieces and some are only strips and will only appear once or twice in my blocks.
For more pictures and info on this swap visit the Flickr Group that Carla and Susan have set up for this swap.
Hope to see you finding a friend and joining in this swap!
~ <3 ~
