This morning I put 3" borders on the guild blocks of the month I won in January. I think the name is Ribbon Star. As usual, there were a few blocks that just didn't go with the others and there were two blocks that were smaller than the asked for 12.5" square. I decided to go with individually sashed blocks to help create unity and adjust some of the sizes to make them all uniform.
I like it! The outer border is a print with birds and poinsettias, and I'll probably put a dark green binding on. Now I need to figure out what to put on the back and put it together before taking it to Marie for long arm quilting. It should look very nice with swirly quilting, and I think I'll give it to someone (undecided yet) for Christmas.
My online friend Debbie has been sending me ideas for future swaps, and we finally decided on 8" bow tie blocks. These will be due at the end of September, and anyone in our online group that wants to join in will need to make at least one for each other person. I am making Debbie 10 (they are unbelievably easy to make), and I hope she makes me 10, too. For the others I will probably make 2 each. Here's a sample.
We settled on cream for the background, and most of mine is a dull muslin. I'll probably have to shop (gasp!) for a few nice cream on creams for the rest of my blocks.
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I remember winning the blocks at a guild thing once and yes none are created equal there is always one or two that are smaller than the rest and need a border added or something to make it the same size as the rest.
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