ok Maybe on WEd I will have time to just play and read the manual on how to do the embroidery machine. I also have the stuff you put on the back for backing ....I think that is what it is called. I guess I am not that bad after all. I got mine in 2006. My BFF gave her embroidery machine to a friend out here in CA before she moved back to NH. The friend was suppose to pay her for it and she never did. My friend still has all the cards that go into a card reader. Have no clue about that as mine has a disc drive. One more set of winter blocks to do and then I can play.

Wow! Love your fabrics. Beautiful work.

Wow love all the new blocks. Love the gold snow flakes to!

We are going to have some pretty quilts with these blocks. Getting excited. Need to finish trimming up mine today and will get in mail tomorrow but no later than Friday, just in case I can't get it done right away. I know, you want photos, I am behind on that also. Will get there.

I trimmed up these three sets. Trimmed up my bells, but they need a border because the design did not fit neatly in the required package I had in mind. So need to add to them to get them squared up.
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Do you think they need bordered? They do fill up most of the space on the white. If so, let me know and I will border them. Will have to go and dig awhile in fabric to find something. Off to do some more later.

wow quiltermomma love those blocks they are beautiful!!!

quiltermomma, they are stunning!

The backing fabric is snowflakes which just adds to the motifs. Will post the others when I get a chance, they are in a tin now until I get home. They were bad because they did not "measure" up correctly.:D

You probably know more about it then I do, but when I did my applique blocks, I cut my background fabric 1/2 inch too large purposely, That way if they pulled and came out smaller I could still trim them to the size I wanted. Does that make sense? Leave them larger until after your pattern is embroidered on and then cut? HTH.

PS... love them all. Love the red especially.

That is what I did, but they design did not lend itself to the 9.5" size so I need to add borders to fill the block up and make it look nicer. It will look more complete. If I get the two quilts quitled tonight, then will work on them and post a photo for you.

My first block... a little bit of cowboy christmas.

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I love your cowboy christmas block.

Beautiful blocks QuilterMomma!!

I'm excited! The swap is closed now? Just 13 days to get them to you? Then.... swap and ship!! YAY! I'm very excited!! Any one else?

I'm beyond excited. I wish the blocks were already in my hands. We all will have a beautiful quilt! The blocks are all just wonderful I can't wait to see what I get back.

Really stunning blocks and I don't think they need bordering. Personally, I'd rather receive them plain and if they need to be larger for my design, would prefer bordering them myself.

Tracibug -- wonderful happy Cowboy Christmas block!

I will leave these as is then and get the one set bordered. RW will we be getting these back before Thanksgiving? Just wondering because if I don't get to go to Montana for the weekend, would love to work on this quilt that weekend while putting up Christmas decorations and such. Would just pull in the holiday spirit and my daughter has already been asking about it, she is more excited than I am. When you get that response from a receipient, you can't help but get to work on a quilt.

Oh, just lvoe that cowboy Christmas block.

Glad I live near you because if you put in mail on the 21st, I will have by 23rd then. That would be cool. If, I am not going to Montana. Won't know until they tell daughter if she gets her vacation time for then and DH may have to work. I did not mean to put pressure on you RW, just palnning my world of UFOs that are to be done if I need to occupy my time that weekend. I am using the Christmas tree for the Craft show so it will be set up anyway. That will really put us in the mood for the holiday. LOL You are such a dear Ronda.

Love the cowboy boots but then I love all the blocks:) What a week it has been here and it is not near over.We are doing major reno,s and well on the weekend my red nose reindeer took off with my Kaleidoscope blocks and the button for the snow cats can not be found:( I have looked everywhere. Will be mailing my blocks tomorrow without the reindeer if he does not show up:( Then I measure the joy blocks and they are only 6 1/4 so will not be sending them grrr will have to make wall hangings with them. Not been my week so far my truck also die and $3000 plus to fix it so it will be going to the graveyard for trucks.On the plus side I did get a new window that opens in a room that will be mt new sewing room.

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Pink Lady, those blocks are awesome!

Pink Lady beautiful blocks. Yep not much longer.

OH WOW!!! Absolutely Spectacualar!! I LOVE The Sleigh ride, it is to die for. The blue is perfect!!

Okay you everyone . . . I did my best on these squares. The "candy jars" are 2 blocks of the same print; the "mittens" are 2 blocks of the same colored mittens. At first I thought I'd draw a cording to connect the mittens but then I didn't feel I could do a good job, so decided to leave the mittens alone. Looks like I'll need to upload the other picture in just a minute :-)

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Here's the other picture :-)

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Your jars and mittens are adoreable! I like the jar with the Christmas lights in it. My niece has a jar like that. It's simple and cute decoration.

Oh I want one of each of those please............. Marlena would love those. i don't have any blocks like those. Please Please Please, ok I will get six sets done then so I can have one of those. Demanding aren't I.

I'm finishing my second set of 5 (and am thinking about making a 3rd set). Just curious, Ronda - - - how many people do you have signed up for this swap?

I'm ready for you to PM me your address anytime!

Jane

Katie, both those sets are fantastic!

Ok I finished appliqueing my last set. It is a Penguin. I will post a picture tomorrow as I have to put a frame around the blocks. Then they will measure 12 1/2. Then I will mail them off tomorrow too. I am sure that they will get there within the 12 days deadline. Yeah. I want one of those ornaments.....they are gorgeous.

I love QuilterMomma's embroidered sets. They are so pretty.

Ladies, Thank you for your kinds words . . . I might try to do another set of either the jars or mittens :-) before mailing them off to Ms. Ronda.