Updated 3/1/13:
The blocks are headed back out in the mail today! So look for them to be arriving in a few days. I’ve been super busy and haven’t written up the instructions for the quilt setting I had originally shown with the swap. I’ll do that this weekend and post a copy of it in the files on TQP for those members so those of you who swapped can find it if you want to use it when your blocks arrive and also will post it on my blog for the nonTQP swappers to find so check for an update on this page with those instructions later this weekend.
There will be those I’m sure who will be a bit disappointed — I had to return portions of some swap packages unswapped — if you get some of your blocks returned unswapped it’s because the size was not correct. There were quite a few that measured more like 8.5 x 8.25 — not square. Or three corners would hit the mark but the fourth was short (looked like maybe the seam allowances when adding the corner pieces on that side were too deep) so one corner would be 8.25 so the block looked skewed. And one swapper’s set didn’t follow the pressing rules so they went back.
But there were a lot of lovely batiks and a really good variety of them – only a couple where more than one swapper had the same batiks as others and I “think” I managed not to give you one back from someone else if you had used the same batik in your set. But don’t hold me to that since after 3 hours of measuring and swapping my brain was getting addled.
Updated yet again 3/1/13 — Here’s the Pattern instructions for swappers to put together their swap blocks.
The center block pattern was only available to those who participated in the swap.
Hope you enjoy your finished quilt!
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Oh, wow. I just saw this. I am signing up. I love batiks.
thanks, Denise
Nancy B in AZ
Glad to have you joining in.
Hurrah! I am in (in case you doubted it)!
I had no doubts whatsoever! LOL
how do I sign up for this I have no EQ but could follow a normal block
irene vernon
YOu don’t need EQ for any of my block swaps or free patterns. If you read the swap rules you will have all the information you need.
I’ll be making these too…probably the max number
Are these blocks paper pieced?
Nope – super simple rotary cutting and piecing.
oh Drat just read you have to be in USA to partake in the swap. I,m from the U.K. Not to worry will make up the quilt for myself.
How many ended up in the swap? I had a list printed out but “someone” recycled it and I can’t find it on group anymore. Thanks! Jane
I originally cut off sign ups at 20 or maybe 21 people but there’s been a good number of them who have dropped out so I can’t remember off the top of my head what the final tally was.
Any updates on when the swapped blocks will be sent?
Thanks, jane
I was waiting to get emails back from a couple swappers whose packages I hadn’t received yet but I’ve now given up on them since they haven’t bothered to reply. Blocks should be swapped and back out in the mail sometime next week. As always, I will post an update when they have been mailed back out.
Hi Denise, I recently found your interesting blog through a friend’s direction, so I could make the darling birds you design. And I do thank you for those. However, the Batik Lifesaver quilt really caught my eye and you are finishing it up before I found your blog. I have tried to find the pattern for the squares, but I think you have taken it down. I did get the pattern for the setting and thank you. Is there any way you could put the block pattern back up, or am I just not computer savvy enough to find it today?? Thank you so much for your patterns.
Kathy
The block pattern was only available to those who participated in the swap.