International Exchange Round #3

The photos of the blocks from the third installment of the International Exchange I am participating in with Kathy, Desley and Bronwyn are in!  It is always so exciting to see every one's take on the theme, which is Flying Geese this time around.

I made this Wild Goose Chase block.  At the 12" size it had some yucky quilt math, and I resorted to templates, but it was worth it in the end!  This time I chose to use the floral fabric as the background.

Desley made this lovely one with the flying geese going around the perimeter of the block with a beautiful fussy cut center.

Bronwyn made this block with a unique layout.  I love how she featured our fabric in the largest triangles.

Kathy made this circle of flying geese.  I have always loved this block and briefly considered making it too.  I am glad I went a different way so we didn't end up making similar blocks again!

Here you can see the focus fabric and blocks from our first two rounds - Log Cabin and Dresden Plate.  I love seeing the variety and am looking forward to seeing what everyone comes up with for our next theme - curved piecing!

Scrappy Trip Around the World and International Exchange Round #2

This is another beautiful quilt that Reneta has made from her scraps.  She followed Bonnie Hunter 's "Scrappy Trip Around the World" free pattern.    For this one Reneta dug into her scrap flannels.  It is amazing how all of the different theme fabrics work together in this format.  In this little section you can see pine cones, flowers, Noah's ark, trees, bugs, fish, plaid.....

All this quilt needed to finish it off was a nice even textured panto.  You can't see if too well on the front, but the Lithe panto is a very nice compliment to this quilt.

If you dig into your flannels and add this many seams, the quilt will feel quite heavy for its size!

March 1st meant it was time for the reveal of out second blocks in our International Exchange with our Australian friends.  The theme this time around was Dredens.  The only requirement was the the floral fabric was used somewhere in the block.  

This is the one I made.  I don't usually go quite so scrappy, and I was excited to find 20 different fabrics to use in the Dresden blades.  I used our focus fabric in the centre.  I had never tried doing a Dresden with points on both ends, so this was fun.

Deseley made this one. I always love when someone does something I could never dream up!

Kathy and I were once again on similar wavelengths!

And Bronwyn used a mix of curved and pointed blades in hers.

Looking forward to our next assignment - Flying Geese!