Blocks in the mail

Sending out 7 blocks today, as I have a trip to go see my new great-grandson on Wednesday and want to have things done so I don't stress. Deana, Phyllis, Lucy, Tracy, Cathy, Daryl, and Betty, you should have them by the end of the week.

December Blocks to Swap!

I hope you all had a wonderful December and Christmas!  I am looking forward to lots of quilting and other good things in 2015 and hope you are too.

Here is how the random swap turned out for December:

There were a few places I had to switch because of someone drawing duplicate blocks or ladies getting their own blocks.  They are highlighted in the color I switched them with.  Ann drew two of her own blocks; Betty, Phyllis, Lucy, & Vickie drew their own blocks; and Cathy and Lorri drew matching blocks.

Di's block

Di has a block to swap too!

Deana: swapping 2 more

I have decided to swap two more blocks.  I want a little more variety in my fabrics for this row and swapping more will do just that.

Denise is done!

Denise made this cute little block to swap!

Finally Done

After a marathon day of sewing I finally finished all of these blocks.  I love them all.

And this one is to swap.

Cathy - Flower Blocks Done

Deana, my friend,  I love your designs, but these gave me fits!  Lol....always a challenge.  These are my first blocks.  I messed up using my 60 degree ruler and so they had to be trimmed to size.  Therefore,  I'll be keeping both of these blocks.

After that, I got the ruler working right and the centers are measuring a perfect 5-1/2" but those side triangles are not my friends.  But I think they'll work.  I'm keeping the top on of the next set and swapping the bottom. 

Today I tried again.  Same issues as last night.  But I can make them work.  I'm keeping the top left one and the yellow one under it and am swapping the rest.

I hope they work for whoever gets them!  These are making me nervous!  :)

Cathy

Lucy made 5 blocks to swap!

Lucy put yo-yos for her centers.  She is swapping 5 flowers.

Linda Th has a block done!

Here is a half look at Linda's block, but you can see what it looks like.

Cheryl's December Exchange blocks

Talk about just getting in under the wire....  I just finished my December exchange blocks.  December is a crazy busy month, then, when Christmas was over, I just couldn't get my mojo going to sew anything.  I did start these in December.  Thanks for extending the deadline.  Here are my 2 blocks to exchange.  I'm not keeping either of these, since, I can always make more.  I didn't do the 'alternate' blocks, since I used striped fabrics, and, I didn't think the stripes as the background fabric would look good, since they  would be going all different directions.  Don't worry, I didn't waste the extra triangles, I just can't show what I'm doing with them yet.

block #1 to exchange

block #2 to exchange

I still need to sew the buttons on, but, that won't take very long.  It gives me an excuse to watch a movie with hubby, later.

Cheryl

Trying the pics again

Yea!  it worked!
Trudie

Linda Te has a block ready to swap.

Here is Linda's block:

Edith made two blocks.

Here are Edith's lovely blocks!

Finished just under the radar!

I really enjoyed these fun little flowers.  Everything Deana creates is very thought provoking and versatile.  Her designs amaze me!  I will be swapping these two blocks.  Also thank you TRUDIE for the great iron you sent me last month along with the added gift.  That was a sweet surprise  that will be used often.  

Kathi's Flower Block....ready!

Lyn's flower block

Lyn has her flower block ready to swap.

Change my swap block.

Hello to all of you Quilter's Garden Members.  I hope your holiday season is wonderful.  Mine is not white - darn.

I have been bothered by this flower to swap.  It just isn' t good enough - not enough contrast.  I will keep it and probably not use it.  

I will swap this one instead.  I love it but have the match to it, so I can let it go.

Flower Blocks

I made one of the flower blocks and it came out okay, although the measurements are a bit larger on one side then they are supposed to measure and I am not sure what happened. I also had some trouble with marking the correct angles of some of the pieces and so I didn't make a matching opposite block because I screwed up the marking and cutting. I decided to try again and this time I had trouble with the center cupping like a mountain! I pressed it and it was better but not perfect. So don't worry I will be keeping that one. I finally figured out that with the cutting and sewing and re-cutting and sewing that my measurements must have gotten thrown off with each step. I was going to just give up and not bother with making any more, but decided I should try to just sew the triangles together and not make the inner spin pieces which would have involved more marking, cutting and sewing, and that I obviously am not be doing very well. I liked making these and they came out the correct size. Since these 2 blocks are different from the flower block choices that we could choose to make, I will keep them for myself. Anyhow here is what I ended up making~

The block above is the block I am swapping. 

This block came out cupped in the center! Arg. So I will keep this one.

I didn't add the center fabrics on this and the other block to keep it simple. This block was easier to sew and get right for me. I added a folded flower with a button for the center. I will sew those on after the quilt is completed so it doesn't get in the way of the quilting.

This is the opposite color placement.

Both side-by-side.

The folded flower with button and apparently the thread of the fabric got in the photo too, lol!!!

3 blocks to swap

Hello out there to wonderful blogland and all of you wonderful Quilt Gardners!  I have three Quilter's Garden flower blocks ready to swap.

Lorri's flowers

Lorri is swapping both flower blocks.