Sewing exchange blocks

Here are the first exchange blocks I've finished this year.  Next up, I'm tackling Terry's block!

 Cindy's block.

 Bonnie's blocks.

Carol's block.

BE 2015

This year's block exchange is equal parts partial seams, small blocks and colorful fabrics.

Regardless, by September, we will all have a pile of blocks that will be screaming 

to be put into a beautiful quilt. 

Just a note: I've found that if you bag up those blocks in a plastic bag, 

you can't hear them screaming so loudly.

It's fun to see everyone's hopes for the year in a quilt block. 

Even though we're all very different, we enjoy the company and camaraderie of all being quilters. With so many other parts of our lives demanding attention, it's special that we take the time once a month to share a meal, stories, updates, advice (which I seriously appreciate), fabric and quilt blocks.

Each person's block is in a different entry so you don't have to read through a single entry and find that person's block.

Before we shared our block plans this year, we did a bit of show and tell, as seen here:

This is Louise's quilt. It's a cool hexagon, eye-spy quilt.

And this is Cindy's disappearing nine-patch quilt from last year … I guess she didn't have any plastic bags to stick those blocks in …

Thanks for hosting, Cindy!

BE 2015 Jan's Block

This year, we're making blocks full of triangles for Jan.

She says it's a two-year quilt top. 

We provide the fabrics here … She's looking for prints that read solid, combined with white-on-white fabric for the background.

We will make six blocks for her.

Size is 4.5 inches square.

Jan will also take a 4 inch square of your colors that you used, if you're willing to provide.

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

BE 2015 Terry's Block

Terry's block is called Cleopatra's fan. 

She provided the background fabric and we're providing the other pieces.

Terry is looking for elegant art deco, Asian-influenced fabrics in black, grey, turquoise, navy, green, blues, tans and purples.

Looks like a hand-piecer's dream!

BE 2015 Ruth F.'s Block

Ruth F. has us doing a 16-patch block this year, 

with lighter prints in the middle and carder around the outside.

Pieces are 2 inches square. 

Size: 6.5 inches square.

BE 2015 Dorothy's Block

Dorothy's block is so easy this year. I might do it twice.

She's looking for 4.5 inch squares of either red or dark green -- four or five.

If they're different, we should sew them together. If they're the same, don't sew them.

She'll use these for borders for two finished quilts.

I didn't have a picture of red and green fabric, 

so I found this one of Dorothy from a couple of years ago.