2015 AROUND THE WORLD SWAP BLOCKS

Most of my blocks from our 2015 ATW swap have arrived.  There's just one more to come, and I haven't made my own yet.  So there'll be 14 total.

This is a swap where we each send a fat eighth of the same fabric to each participant.  Then they use it in a block that represents them somehow, and send it back.

I sent out the solid yellow and asked for yellow/white/black/gray only.  Love my blocks.  Now to decide what to do with them.   Hmm.......................

AROUND THE WORLD BLOCKS

I am participating in a swap with gals from all over the world, where we select a fabric that represents us, then send a fat eighth of it to each participant.  They in turn select a 6" block to make that represents them.

You then make a block representing you using fabric representing them.  It's a neat way to combine friendship in a quilt.

I chose the common blue fabric you see here.  I love blue and want a blue and white quilt.  I request that the others use any other blues with it, and white or white-on-white background if they chose.

So far five blocks have come back.  The Dutch block is from a Dutch quilter, etc.  I think they are playing nicely together so far.

There are 21 of us in the swap, so there will be many more blocks coming in over the next months.

AROUND THE WORLD SWAP

This is a photo of the first 9 blocks (of 20) that I've received back from the Around the World Swap.  I think this is going to make an awesome quilt!

ATW BLOCKS

I finished three more blocks for the Around the World Swap.  Here's the most recent 6 I've done.  So now I have 14 done,  6 to go when their FQs arrive.  I think this pattern, Patience Corners from quilterscahche.com would look super for an entire quilt, in coordinating colors of course.

AROUND THE WORLD SWAP

I've received four blocks back from the Around the World Swap.  These are blocks representing the makers, using my fabric plus theirs.  I love how they've each selected different colors to go with mine.  The yellow looking one, bottom right, is actually is light lime'ish green.

The top left is from an architecht/engineer, representing her skills, top right is Carol's star from Carol, bottom left is Dutchman's puzzle from a Dutch gal, and the other is a shooting star from Colorado.  Fun!

These are 4 out of 20 I'll be receiving.  Already have setting plans spinning through my head:)

AROUND THE WORLD SWAP

 

Here are my first 7 blocks for this swap.  It's my block, Patience Corners, with their fabric (and mine).  I am happy with how unique each fabric makes the block look.  So far 7/20 done, LOL!  The latest two will be in the mail to their owners tomorrow.

AROUND THE WORLD SWAP

Today I received my first block back, made with my fabric.  This is "Carol's Star" from Carol.  Love the way she featured my fabric, and the ones she put with it.  Great job on the star too.  You are a star, Carol.

Here's a collage of the ones I've made for others so far, featuring their fabric in my Patience Corners block.

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One of my yahoo groups does an annual Friendship Swap with signed blocks.  This year we voted to do something different, loosely based on a swap in one of Jennifer Chiaverini's books, The Cross-Country Quilters.

 

We each selected a fabric that represents us.  Mine is above.  I love the soft flower colors, and that's how my green thumb is -- in fabric, not plants!  We mail a FQ of the same fabric to every participant.

 

The receiver has chosen a block to represent her.  I'm making Patience Corners blocks, from quilters cache.  Any idea why I'd be needing patience, and how it might represent me???

 

Anyhow, I received Debbies FQ, a lovely floral with large roses.  I fussy cut them to make my first Patience Corner block, which will be sent back to Debbie.  I had the perfect (IMHO) fabric to go with it, green leaves, in my stash.

 



In the end, I'll be receiving back twenty 12" blocks, each containiing my fabric and whatever the others put with it, in blocks representing them.  It's a nice tie for us -- a fabric representing us, made up in blocks representing the whole group.

Our group is worldwide, hence the name, Around the World Swap.

It's already the 6th, and this is my stitching of the year!  But I have done some straightening in the studio, and that is much harder.  That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!