I know, I'm almost not here, but I keep trying to do better. Now Mom has some medical problems, so two more kinds of doctors for me to interact with. But they are nice, and things are looking up for her very infected toe.
What theme do and colors do you think we should consider for the Winter Swap. This is the Winter Season and not any holiday that falls in that timeframe. We do this so many various outlooks feel free to join in and have fun.
There have been snowflakes, snowmen, fir trees, etc. Often the colors of hunter green, crimson, cranberry, gold, white, etc have been used.
What would you guys want to focus on, the design of the block or the colors or both?
And I will try to be here more, but I have to say all of you are doing great helping each other. Especially the old hands at doing this. We are all grateful for you.
I like the tree theme too. We could combine them with our own houses later - kind of like a "Cabin in the Woods" theme which would be cool!!! I have a brother which would LOVE a quilt like that!!!
So the biggest majority wants some kind of trees.
Several want a few colors to be in all the blocks.
So what are the colors?
Several shades of green,brown(trunks).
What is another color to be agreed on?
Quilters do blocks they are comfortable with.
Do I have the basics?
Size?
Mo Nothing is set in stone yet. We're just talking about it. Angie will give the final rules for the swap before we start it. Normally our blocks are 12.5 square. That allows for a 12 in. block with 1/4 in. seam all the way around. I made a pine tree block for the Hostess last winter I think and it was VERY easy to put together. A person could be very creative with their trees too as to the backgrounds (ground, sky etc.) Pinterest always has a lot of good ideas. The sky is the limit with creativity!!!! I personally would like to know the particulars as soon as possible so that I can be thinking about the possibilities...
I went to Hobby Lobby and JoAnns today and didn't find a single piece of fabric with trees on it, except Christmas. So... if we go with a tree theme, I hope that will mean tree colours (varying shades of green and brown) and not actual trees. I do have a neat piece of fabric with packed leaves, so could possibly use that. But no trees.
Another thing, is the timing of the swap. I know several will disagree with me, but I'd like to recommend starting in November and finishing the end of January. My reason is I'd prefer swaps to end in the season they are intended for. This past year the swaps have gone over into the next season and overlapped with the swap before it. If the starting date is early to mid-November, that gives 2-1/2 months which should be plenty even with the holidays in the middle. If we wait until January, then let's please go only until the end of February, not March as this past year. Just my 3 cents.
Oh, Belfrey! I wish you were next door! I have SO much tree fabric. Truthfully, I collected it in my "someday" stash. Maybe we can do both the tree colors and the tree prints. I hope so. I am flexible with timing. You folks know better than I do about what works best.
Winter doesn't officially start until Dec. 21st I believe. I don't usually finish up my Christmas sewing for my family till Christmas Eve!!! LOL!!! We have Thanksgiving in Nov., Christmas in Dec. which means a multitude of family gatherings and dinners etc. I would prefer to wait until January 1st for the winter swap to begin. We could always end it on March 1st or the last day of February. By trees I took it to mean tree PATTERNS, tree colors AND tree fabric if you have it. I don't but am planning on a tree pattern if we choose trees for a theme. But remember that trees are not written in stone.
I would prefer to start in January and end it March 1st.
I have several family reunions coming up in November and December.
Plus working on Christmas Quilts and Christmas Quilts orders,repairing several hand pieced quilts.
January works so much better for me.
As for hopefully the trees are patterns, fabric or different tree colors is what I'm shooting for.
I've been researching trees, trying to see how they're made etc and if I can find a pattern or if I could wing freehand. You all sure 'stretch' me in amazing ways! TY TY TY!
I'm not in this exchange for sure yet, I want to know more details before I commit.
Why not have the sign up early? If you have time to sew over the holidays, go for it. If you don't have time then you can sew in January and February. Have the completion date of February 21st, get those squishies mailed to be received by February 28th the latest.
Dmm1976 - Prayers coming from my way too. He is a most precious gift from our Lord and I KNOW that his guardian angels will be with him today. You'll have to save this picture of him in the little green plastic car to show him when he gets old enough to REALLY drive!!! LOL!!!
A tree theme is a great idea!! I have several birch tree patterns on fabric and have seen many that i wanted to add to my collection. Just cause it's winter doesn't mean it needs to be a pine tree [emoji6] Years ago, I don't remember the swap theme, I made a pine tree block in green, blue and brown. It might have even been an extra block I kept for myself. I believe I did 3 rows of flying geese for the tree and the bottom row was the trunk. Very simple. I'll see if I can find a pic later.
Heidi
That's the one that I made last winter as a Hostess block I believe. Super simple and fast. I would LOVE to see a picture of the birch tree pattern Horsemom!
Eleanor Burns of Quilt in a Day has a couple of patterns for pine trees in her books, "Bears in the Woods", "Christmas at Bears Paw Ranch", and " Quilts Though the Seasons", .. If you don't have her books, You can find tutorial videos on her website www.quiltinaday.com by using the above book names under TV series.. My computer wouldn't let me access them yesterday otherwise I would have included the links.. I love Eleanor Burns.. I learned how to quilt using her books and TV series..
Thanks for your prayers everyone. We made it through fine, although coming out of anesthesia he was so inconsolable they had to sedate him . My poor baby.
But he did great the rest of the hospital stay and the Dr got all the data he needed. So we should have some results in a couple weeks.
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