swap blocks question
#1
swap blocks question
I have been in several internet block swaps but have only recently started using the blocks in quilts. I am wondering, do you give credit to the other block makers on your label? Sometimes I think I want to just as a reminder but others times I think I don't because I don't really know the people anyway so why bother. One wall hanging I have that is made of swap blocks I do have the others ladies names on the label, but they were quilting bee friends.
What do you do?
What do you do?
#2
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Recently, at a quilt show the label (show label) stated the blocks were from a block exchange. Can't remember if it said the exchange was from a bee. They were beautiful, intricate blocks though. If it were me, I would only list names of people I wanted to remember, as you mentioned, especially if it is for your own use.
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I made this quilt from a block swap here on the QB. By the time I had gotten around to actually making the quilt I had lost many of the little labels that contained the person's board name and some didn't even have their real name. In addition, I had only swaped 12 blocks (all 12" finished size) but as you can see by the quilt I used many more than that and mixed in some 6" blocks and 6 x 12" blocks so only about half the quilt contained swap blocks. The rest I made.
I did enter the quilt in a local show and I did mention on the entry "bio" that the quilt contained blocks from a swap done in an on line forum. I don't think I named the quilting board specifically and I did not name any of the peoples names. Other quilts I have seen at shows that were also from swaps only mentioned that it was from a block exchange or a swap. some named the organization, like the guild the swap was done in, but I have never seen all the names listed.
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I did enter the quilt in a local show and I did mention on the entry "bio" that the quilt contained blocks from a swap done in an on line forum. I don't think I named the quilting board specifically and I did not name any of the peoples names. Other quilts I have seen at shows that were also from swaps only mentioned that it was from a block exchange or a swap. some named the organization, like the guild the swap was done in, but I have never seen all the names listed.
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