November 15th Quilt Swap

[katsdar]

I think I have it, what about doing a two block in one, meaning 12 blocks total but 6 of one block and then 6 of another and the color scheme in earth tones? Not sure what is considered an earth tone here are some suggestions.

Earth tone is a color scheme that draws from a color palette of browns, tans, warm grays, and greens. The colors in an earth tone scheme are muted and flat in an emulation of the natural colors found in dirt, moss, trees and rocks. Many earth tones originate from clay earth pigments, such as umber, ochre, and sienna. Even egg plant purple,cinnamon and burnt orange

http://www.creativecolorschemes.com/resources/free-color-schemes/earth-tone-color-scheme.shtml

http://desktoppub.about.com/od/colorpalettes/l/blcpearth.htm

http://www.houzz.com/earth-tone-color-palette


it would not matter what colors are chosen for the blocks as long as they are earth tones they will match

so what do ya think?

 

[FeyRaine]

I think I have it, what about doing a two block in one, meaning 12 blocks total but 6 of one block and then 6 of another and the color scheme in earth tones? Not sure what is considered an earth tone here are some suggestions.

Earth tone is a color scheme that draws from a color palette of browns, tans, warm grays, and greens. The colors in an earth tone scheme are muted and flat in an emulation of the natural colors found in dirt, moss, trees and rocks. Many earth tones originate from clay earth pigments, such as umber, ochre, and sienna. Even egg plant purple,cinnamon and burnt orange

http://www.creativecolorschemes.com/resources/free-color-schemes/earth-tone-color-scheme.shtml

http://desktoppub.about.com/od/colorpalettes/l/blcpearth.htm

http://www.houzz.com/earth-tone-color-palette


it would not matter what colors are chosen for the blocks as long as they are earth tones they will match

so what do ya think?

The earth tones sounds nice esp. for working over the winter it will be warming to look at.
But I'm unclear on the 6 & 6 blocks idea - how would it work? what would we each get back?

I would say doing a wide range of earth tone colors that a block w/ 3-4 diff. fabrics would give us huge range of colors & a very scrappy look to the quilt, I like that look, but others might not.

Ok now I need to get back to the quilt I'm working on prior to the swap blocks, although I might switch over and do the swap blocks in the next few days just so I can get ya'll the pictures I promised... Also, I set 14 eggs last night, and 30 today, so I'm going to play beat the chicks to get both that quilt & the swap blocks done b/f they hatch

 

[katsdar]

We would each submit 12 blocks and we would get back 12 blocks, 6 of one style and 6 of the other, so if we get 12 people then I split you into groups we would get 12 back but not necessarily all the same.

this is what blocks I'm thinking of

http://www.quilterscache.com/R/RailFenceBlock.html

http://www.quilterscache.com/L/LogCabinBlock.html

if we end up with an odd number of swappers then I would just mix the blocks up so you get back different ones. That would work right, sometimes the brain doesn't compute

 

[katsdar]

Good luck on your hatch. Your going to make sure your girls are laying come spring.

 

[minniechicks]

Is it too late to join this one

 

[katsdar]

Is it too late to join this one

minniechicks read the very first post that is the requirements for this swap, if you are thinking the earth tones are this swap no that is a future swap in the making, we would love to have you join this swap as there are still openings

 

[FeyRaine]

mutli quote thing not working for me this am...

RE- upcoming Jan15 EarthTone swap sugestions
- I've not got enough coffee in me yet to picture how to combine rail fence & log cabin blocks to make a nice quilt but I'm sure it is possible. I'm not super excited about either of those, mainly b/c I'm doing a log cabin right now, but I see the point of both as no triangles beginner friendly blocks. Here are two other ideas I'd toss out there just as a thought to see how ppl feel.

(Idea A - what you said 6 rail fence 6 log cabin as per the link )

Or Idea B - switch the log cabin to court house steps - almost identical but pieces faster b/c you can really easily speedpiece the first 3 colors by sewing the strips then cutting also it would make it a tiny bit diff. then what I'm doing now.

OR Idea C -- make 1 block (rail fence) required do 6, the other block 6 of optional traditional block , this option would give us a wide range and have a scrappy earth tone sampler quilt look as I imagine most of us would pick diff. blocks, some stars perhaps etc allowing each of us to pick a block that is at our personal level of skill & time available.

RE- eggs I just set, yes I'm really really hoping to get to decent egg production this spring, my numbers are way less than I'd planed in 2013. So setting 48 shipped so best half hatch gives 24 chicks of which half are pullets so 12 laying in spring, wow I need to set more eggs!! Thanks for helping w/ the chicken math now to go explain to the DH why I need both more Fabric AND more hatching eggs pronto. HA HA & this is funnier than you can imagine as our local community center had an event w/ a quilt show yesterday which DH took me to, so I am now "outted" as a quilter on this Mtn & all the local quilter ladies are pressing me to join their weekly group which I can blame squarely on the DH -- he was a volunteer firefighter here for 4 yrs so when I showed up & they found out I was his wife they all pretty well pounced on me about joining (LOTS of local gossip/politics re the fire dept. you see....)

@ minichicks - welcome to the sage & pink antique tile block Nov 15 quilt swap! Glad to have you with us. This is my first quilt swap & I'm hopeful we can fill the remaining spots so I don't over volunteer myself ;> fabric math x chicken math = very busy

 

[minniechicks]

yes please sign me up for this one and I will prob get into the earth tone one too.. i love doing this

 

[minniechicks]

These are my colors so far, if they dont fit just let me know, sage is such a hard color to pin point lol thanks

 

[katsdar]

Those look like pretty colors to me,for future color help someone suggested getting the DMC floss and getting a fabric to match it