Chicken block swap due June 15th

[katsdar]

Oh a nice surprise. Wilbur is coming to live at my house. Thanks swappers. I'll take good care of him.

you will have to give him a new wife

 

[Kassaundra]

Sounds good to me. I like those colors and I think she did a really nice job on that quilt. Thanks for sharing Anna! Now to pick my block.

ETA: the one in the lowest right corner... star within a star... whatever its called.

That one is north star I believe

 

[Anna6]

That is awesome! Is your second one the same color family?

Some of the blocks are the same and or similar. I am making a very large Cal King so it has a little less pinkish. Also unfortunately I have no more of the border fabric. I had bought the end of it from clearance years ago and meant to use it on the one for DH and I but ended up using it for my daughter since hers is done first. No idea what I will do with the Cal king border or back.

All the fabrics came from older style Civil War FQs and similar fabrics.

 

[Anna6]

you will have to give him a new wife

Hahahaha I was thinking the same. I was the one that made the rooster in the soup pot and I noticed others made also made roosters. I might just need some more hens overall. I also really like ducks and might just design and add some. Can't wait to play with the blocks and dream of designing the quilt layout, one of my favorite parts of quilting. I hope others will share what they are doing with the blocks.

 

[Anna6]

That is awesome! Is your second one the same color family?

How this swap work? Will each of the participants make 12 blocks the same of a block to get assigned?

 

[Anna6]

Yes I'm in! Think we will have to stick to the simpler blocks , carpenters wheel will be too big and the wagon wheel would be a big challenge . It will work so long as the more experienced take the harder ones.

I could do the wagon wheel maybe. Just thinking. But since there are 12 slots and I already did this quilt it might be nice for other people to have a turn and chance. The one good thing with the wagon wheel is that it is super easy to square up for size afterwards. Also Elanore Burns uses a different technique making it easier to make. I actually hated making the block with all the little squares on point.

 

[Kassaundra]

How this swap work? Will each of the participants make 12 blocks the same of a block to get assigned?

What I think Katsdar has in mind is the participant picking one of the blocks and doing her (or his) blocks in that one design. Once that design is chosen others will need to choose a different design, then when we get the blocks back each participant will have a complete set of 12 diff. underground RR blocks.

 

[Lacy Blues]

I could do the wagon wheel maybe. Just thinking. But since there are 12 slots and I already did this quilt it might be nice for other people to have a turn and chance. The one good thing with the wagon wheel is that it is super easy to square up for size afterwards. Also Elanore Burns uses a different technique making it easier to make. I actually hated making the block with all the little squares on point.

There are probably other blocks that would fit in with these just fine... I don't know if there are only 15 underground railroad blocks or what but I, for one, would love to have you participate. I know you've made it before and I was thinking about that last night, hoping you would still participate.

As far as having it be less pink, that would be fine with me, maybe lean toward maroon (brownish red) instead but still use the confederate blues and warm greens and cream/tan colors to balance it all out.

 

[Kassaundra]

In the researching I've been doing I've only seen about 16 RR blocks each had a special meaning or instruction to fleeing slaves.

 

[Lacy Blues]

I was just checking and that is the number of blocks I've seen as well. However, the carpenter's wheel was not among them. When I looked for images of the North Star underground railroad quilt block, I got all kinds of results... among them the carpenter's wheel named as the north star. I think I'll stick to the simpler version for the 12 blocks.