Monday, May 4, 2009

Christine's Nine-Patch Swap!

An exciting new swap that you will enjoy! If you are an Aussie resident or you are owed a favour by an Aussie, love Reproduction Fabrics and love making Nine-Patches - pop over to visit Christine of Once Upon A Quilt ... ! You will looove the quilt on her header and this will be a great swap to be in time-wise and the results will be stunning!

I participated in the particular swap Christine's quilt came from and just haven't got around to making them into a quilt - I'm sure a lot of you know that feeling!

This quilt top above is from another cottage-group swap, in which Christine and I participated many, many years ago - I actually made it into a top many many years ago, too - so far, so good! I could never get too enthused about it and have recently dragged it out and put it into my WIP stack and am now very fond of it with all the happy memories!
If you have never worked with reproduction fabrics, this will be a great opportunity to branch out and get involved and you will be delighted with the sparkle you can get with the right fabric selection and it should not take a lot of fabric and for those of you fortunate enough to have access to repro fabrics, just a little of two fabrics is all that is required!
No, I am not Christine's Publicity Officer, just a very dear friend!

13 Lovely People said ...:

Willow Grove - Kez said...

Your quilt looks great. It will be nice to have it finished. I havent done a nine patch before.

Julia said...

Love this quilt..
You really must finish it!...too nice to be in the cupboard..
Hugs Julia ♥

Janet said...

We'll all be friends after this swap, I'm quite excited by it, I love nine patches, there's so much you can do with them! Your quilt is lovely, I'm glad you love it now after putting it away for awhile otherwise I might have suggested you pass it on to me,lol.

Anonymous said...

You sure are a very dear friend nd thank you fo r your call earlier on.

hugs
Christine

Anonymous said...

Very pretty. I was just reading Julia's blog and wish I could join you all for Tuesday's get together!

Unknown said...

Lovely idea have lots of fun .

Jane's Fabrics and Quilts said...

Oh Nuts, I have so many 1930 repros, but I will watch it all unfold from your blog, have fun!

Chookyblue...... said...

yeh yeh I'm in.........lol.........

Nanette Merrill said...

Lurline I LOVE how you set the blocks. And I love your fabric that is the background gray/dark. I need to use more gray/darks in my quilts. This is really special.

RG said...

*giggle* Lurline!
What are good friends for?? *smile*
Your 9 patch is so lovely...so funny how we put things away, then see them in a different light.
Enjoy!!
hugs
Robyn xx

Myra said...

Just catching up here Lurline...

Your roses look absolutely lovely! Wonderful!

Great fabrics you've featured too!

Love your 9-patch flimsy! 8-)

Going over to check on Christine's blog now...

By the way Lurline, thank you for your continued visits and comments on my blog... They make my day! 8-)

Happy stitchings!

Unknown said...

Geepers Im a sucker for swaps - especially when I see quilts like yours and Christine's. I dont own a single repro print, but joined anyway! I think I see a trip to the quilt store in my future!!!

SueR said...

Oh, what fun--a 9-patch swap! Who doesn't love 9-patch blocks?! I like your quilt!