Tuesday, May 04, 2010

Pretty 9-Patch

 
Blustery, chilly weather outside made this a perfect day for sewing.  Karleen and I enjoyed working on 9-patch quilt blocks together today.  They will be used as part of a quilt block swap where they will be exchanged with blocks stitched by eighteen other participants from around the world.  The simple 9-patch design is  pretty and was quick to stitch.  Packages of blocks have been arriving in my mailbox all month long.  Once all the blocks arrive, all 378 of them will be sorted and organized into new sets and mailed back to each one who joined in this project.  It's fun to think of the quilt blocks you made becoming a part of 20 other quilts.  Each participant made one extra block which will become a quilt for charity.  Although 20 coordinating quilts around the world is fun to think about, I couldn't help but imagine what one large quilt of 378 quilts might look like as well!  Can you imagine?  

7 comments:

  1. this reminds me of one I made for a friends baby. Mine was blue with a very dainty baby print for the light colored blocks.
    Yours is quite lovely

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  2. Wow - how cool! Now I am wishing I had have participated in this quilt block exchange thing. Oh well there was a lot going on at the time. I can't wait to see a photo of the blocks put together.
    Lisa :o)

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  3. Wow! Good for you, La Tea Dah, knowing how to sew, quilt,etc. You are a crafty critter! I'll bet the final quilt will be gorgeous. Sincerely, Susan

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  4. Wow, how big would that be if they were all sewn together instead of individual quilts? A mind boggling (but rather fun) thought! :)

    What a great project to organize these quilts!

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  5. Dorothy, if my math is right, I think all the blocks would make one huge quilt that was 42' feet square! What a thought!

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  6. It will be such fun to see how the different blocks compliment each other once they are put together. I think this is such a wonderful swap idea. Looking forward to seeing the other squares.

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  7. I love quilts of all kinds but nine-patch is my all-time favorite! I have a wonderful quilt made by my mother-in-law before she was married. It incorporates nine-patch and she didn't even know how much I loved that when she gave it to me.
    ~Adrienne~

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