My black and white swap blocks arrived in the mail the day before yesterday. They're awesome!
I have to admit though, I laid them all out on the table and no inspiration hit, no master plan lept into my head, I was worried! Black and white is not really my thing, but I thought that when they were laid out something would come to me. It just wasn't happening though.
So while I had dinner I sat at the computer and googled "black and white quilt images". I was scrolling through with nothing really jumping out and grabbing me, when halfway down the page amongst all the black and white quilts I came across a bright purple bird of paradise picture, with beads and all sorts of embellishments. I'm sitting there thinking "that's gorgeous but what on earth is it doing in my search results"......
And inspiration lept off the screen and whacked me over the head!
I raced into my sewing room, and three hours later......