Hi everyone... I was in this swap during the fourth year. I took last year off so I could use up some of my candies. I’ve had 30 packages ready for months. Yesterday I added four more so everything is cut and packaged for this year.
I finished my first quilt on my birthday in 2010. It took me a year. It was a queen-size bedspread of my own design that I hand quilted. The only sewing I had done before that was a seam to make curtains.
I find following a pattern much harder than making what comes out of my head. I love to make show quilts. My ultimate goal is to have a quilt juried into Houston. I may try submitting my current quilt that uses many candy squares and my Valentine Candy block (see tutorials). All I have to do is finish it successfully. That’s a tall order! I keep running into problems.
I like all colors of candy. I keep the swapped candies in a shoebox. A separate shoebox holds the candies that I cut from my leftover fabrics.
I’m looking forward to a fun year with all of you! 🙂