March Exchange blocks

And here are a couple more Exchange Block photos from March.

Two of the blocks I made for Terry in March.

The blocks that people have made for me so far. This quilt is going to be fantastic!

I also sewed a block for Daisy, but I don't seem to have a photo of it. It is brown (of course) with a bright orange and yellow center.

BE 2015 Daisy's Block

This year, we're making a nine-patch block for Daisy.

She will provide eight 4.5 inch squares of brown and beige fabrics (I guess she has enough fabric too).

The center square should be the main color of the quilt that we're doing this year.

Kits from Daisy will be ready to go in February.

Size: 12.5 inches square

Beginning to sew BE blocks

I've started sewing my Block Exchange blocks for this year.  Here are some photos:

 I spy with my little eye - a tiger and a bear and a fox and a dalmation and a penguin and Sally in her car!  My contributions to Louise's I Spy quilt (they're in-the-mail to you, Louise).

 This block is actually for the Charm group's charity quilt, not Block Exchange, but I thought I'd post a photo of it anyway.  Carol Schon designed the pattern. I didn't have many plaids in my collection, but I tried to use "manly" fabrics for the pieces to go with the man-quilt theme. [Beth - this block is in-the-mail to you.]

  Daisy's floor tile block - I managed to sneak in a dog print in honor of Gracie. [Daisy - this one is in-the-mail to you.]

Cindy's block - pieced and uncut and in-the-mail to Cindy.  You may have noticed that I started with the easy blocks first!

I was also happy to receive my first BE block in the mail, too.  Thanks, Cindy!

I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's quilts progress.

Labor Day Weekend

I sewed some more block exchange blocks this weekend.

Dorothy's blocks - fun to add another Grinch from my Dr. Seuss fabric!

Jan's block - it took me two tries to make this seemingly simple block.  My first try was 1/4" too small.

Lisa's flower block - a fun way to use the snowball block.

Phyllis's block - I used fabrics that Phyllis likes, including the red cabbage fabric from her vegetable garden quilt, a pink from Terry's Vermont fabrics, and of course a bird so that she'll know it's from me.

Daisy's brown block - I managed to sneak in a dog print. 

Linda's batik block - love how it glows (and I also managed to sneak in a dog print).

I miss hosting block exchange at my house, but I'm glad that I can still participate from afar.

Love to you all, Ruth

Update from Linda

Linda's been pretty busy already. 

She's been working on blocks for Daisy, Cindy, Jan, Beth, Lisa, Beth and Georgia.

To read more about Linda's work, visit her blog.

Daisy's block

This is Daisy's block. It's an on point 9-patch.

Here are the instructions that Daisy gave us (along with the setting squares and the center fabric):

Start with a 12.5 inch 9-patch and become a 9-patch on point with the triangles 

to each side of the original block.

The colors of the nine patch are blue and brown, with brown in the four corners, 

a provided 4.5 star fabric for the center, and the other squares in a medium blue.