Happy blocks

I joined a short one-on-one swap a couple of weeks ago, and its block-of-the-week pace is just right.  I make one block in my colorway (red, white, black) and the other in Linda's colorway (pink, green, white).  I mail Linda's block to her.  Meanwhile, Linda is making slightly different blocks for herself and me in our colorways and mailing my blocks to me.  Here are my first two weeks' blocks (Linda's have gone in the mail already).

They finish at 15" so are fairly easy to make, and this swap, free and sponsored by the National Quilting Council (?), only goes on for five weeks.  We have blocks of the week to make for ourselves and our partners for four weeks, and the last week we receive a pattern for a fifth block.    We end up with 9 blocks for a finished center that measures 45" x 45".  Of course, it can be enlarged with sashing and borders, which I will probably add to get it up to a lap size.