Spring churn dash 12.5 block swap
#762
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Kwyltaholic received your beautiful blocks today.
Ladies I have received everyone's blocks, but one person who i have been trying to contact so If I don't hear anything from her today then I will start swapping out the blocks tomorrow.
I am thinking about hosting another swap with the block being a star with free choice of colors. Any star block will be welcome, what do you all think. I am open to suggestions also for a blocks swap theme.
Ladies I have received everyone's blocks, but one person who i have been trying to contact so If I don't hear anything from her today then I will start swapping out the blocks tomorrow.
I am thinking about hosting another swap with the block being a star with free choice of colors. Any star block will be welcome, what do you all think. I am open to suggestions also for a blocks swap theme.
#763
Kwyltaholic received your beautiful blocks today.
Ladies I have received everyone's blocks, but one person who i have been trying to contact so If I don't hear anything from her today then I will start swapping out the blocks tomorrow.
I am thinking about hosting another swap with the block being a star with free choice of colors. Any star block will be welcome, what do you all think. I am open to suggestions also for a blocks swap theme.
Ladies I have received everyone's blocks, but one person who i have been trying to contact so If I don't hear anything from her today then I will start swapping out the blocks tomorrow.
I am thinking about hosting another swap with the block being a star with free choice of colors. Any star block will be welcome, what do you all think. I am open to suggestions also for a blocks swap theme.
I love the idea of a Star Swap. Everybody can practice on keeping those points sharp. Stars are my favorites next to the churn dashes.
#764
I like participating in swaps, so I'll make a reply about the 'star swap' idea. I like a swap that involves sets of 6 or more blocks using the same pattern and fabric. If I sew blocks that are 'all-different,' just to swap them for someone else's 'all-different' blocks, then it seems like I might as well save the postage and use my own blocks in the first place. That's what I chose to do for this swap...
Some of you were wondering about using sashing or not with your Churn Dash blocks. Here's how that looked for my initial blocks with the WOW. My sashing was cut at 1 1/2", the setting triangles used a wide stripe sewn to a WOW triangle, the inner border was cut 2 1/2", the outer border was cut at 4". It made a good sized twin top.
When cutting the stripe for the setting triangles, I was left with the reverse piece from the stripe, so I decided to make the quilt again using the same setting triangle technique. I've got that top sew as far as rows. For it, I've used a blue background instead of white, so it's quite different looking! Then, enjoying the Churn Dash pattern so much, I made a baby quilt for my new grandson, who was born at Christmas time. Just love this pattern now! :-)
Some of you were wondering about using sashing or not with your Churn Dash blocks. Here's how that looked for my initial blocks with the WOW. My sashing was cut at 1 1/2", the setting triangles used a wide stripe sewn to a WOW triangle, the inner border was cut 2 1/2", the outer border was cut at 4". It made a good sized twin top.
When cutting the stripe for the setting triangles, I was left with the reverse piece from the stripe, so I decided to make the quilt again using the same setting triangle technique. I've got that top sew as far as rows. For it, I've used a blue background instead of white, so it's quite different looking! Then, enjoying the Churn Dash pattern so much, I made a baby quilt for my new grandson, who was born at Christmas time. Just love this pattern now! :-)
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I was thinking of using green grunge fabric for sashing between my blocks.
I like the idea of a star block. Since I am just getting started quilting, this was my first attempt at making a block with points and I would enjoy another.
Emily
I like the idea of a star block. Since I am just getting started quilting, this was my first attempt at making a block with points and I would enjoy another.
Emily
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I have some blocks that I have done from a shop hop that I participated in FL a few years back I will try to press and then post a picture.
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I've been itching to do something with black and white/white on black. Maybe black and white star blocks? One block would be black on white, the other white on black. Each person could sign up for a certain numbers of pairs, maybe?
That's just one thought. I'm open to ideas, but I wouldn't participate in an "anything goes" color scheme. I'm afraid I'd end up with blocks that clash (ie if some were patriotic and some fall, and some floral, you get the idea).
That's just one thought. I'm open to ideas, but I wouldn't participate in an "anything goes" color scheme. I'm afraid I'd end up with blocks that clash (ie if some were patriotic and some fall, and some floral, you get the idea).
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