Sunday, December 1, 2013

Block exchange


Are not these colors great?  I love the pure color of the cut pieces.  For the last couple of weeks I have been searching my stash, and cutting, fabrics that are bright colored fabrics. I cut all of these pieces today.  A bee in which I participate exchanged these blocks in October.  When I receive blocks from an exchange I enjoy looking at all the different fabrics in those blocks, of which many of those fabrics I do not own (believe it or not). 

The number of blocks we exchanged would make a lap quilt.  I want to make a twin bed size quilt, and I want to place these blocks on point. There is another block that goes with this four patch block.  The instructions we received were for the two blocks only.  I am now trying to figure out how many blocks I will need of each design to make a twin size quilt with the blocks on point.  When the blocks are placed on point, there is a strong design line moving up and down the quilt.  I love that vertical design element.  When I look at the bright colored fabrics I smile.  It makes me happy, happy, happy.

Hope you are all happy, happy, happy, too.

Happy Quilting