Originally Posted by givio

The link has two prints per block. Is that what you mean by two colors? I agree, using two fabrics per 6" block sounds great. If the 9-patch was made with nine different fabrics, that would be a whole different idea.

In addition, in order to streamline the process of making blocks, it would be helpful to make several alike, using the strip piecing method already mentioned. That could mean, that however many people are in the swap, we could make a set of that many, so that each person in the swap could get one of the set. For example, if 10 people are in the swap, we could sew 10 identical blocks using the strip method to sew them, then keep one for ourselves, and swap the other 9 to each other. Of course, a set could have different blocks, they wouldn't have to be identical.