The first one was from the ALQS8. It is called Mason’s Whirl and was made by Marie (no blog) in NH and I really love her design and use of colors. As I have said before, this is a fabulous swap each year.
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My second mini quilt came from Sharon as she was my partner this round in our Sewing with Friends swap. Her work on this is perfect and I love how this little quilt says “spring” through and through.
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This past year I have been a member of a Japanese X&+ block swap. Our group sadly fell apart along the way and we were only left with a few members. I hated to see the blocks that I had received not be put to good use so I have slowly added more blocks over the year as I made exchange blocks for others. I think I now have enough to make a top with them. After looking at the photo of the blocks, I see a few that need to be changed, but this will be my goal for April’s ALYoF.
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One last March project that was finished was a feedsack challenge. Emily provided us with a vintage feedsack to repurpose and this is what I decided to do with mine.
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I cut up some old denim jeans, used an orphan quilt block and used the feedsack to create a pillow for the sofa. It has a nifty pocket on the back to store the ever lost remote control! Thanks, Em, for the chance to play with the feedsack.
Now.......onwards to April!