Tin Can Blocks
 

My guild is doing a tin can block exchange this year. Everybody puts half a metre of fabric in an opaque container (a large coffee can works, hence the name). Label the outside with your name and desired block size - most go for 12" finished. Each meeting we take someone else's can and make two blocks using some of the included fabric. When the cans go home to the owner there are enough blocks to make a quilt.

The can I currently have has been my favourite so far. The owner put four smaller pieces of coordinating fabric and I love the blocks created from them. Each time around I think the challenge gets harder and harder as I take it a challenge to coordinate with the blocks already made. Here are the blocks in the can. Mine are the two on top. I have no idea when the green was added!

My Bee has done something similar in new pizza boxes. It is a fun group project. I love the warm colors of the one pictured.

My ipad doesn’t show any green? All the blocks are wonderful so far, what a challenge to out do the previous ones!

Love your top block on the left...thought it was flying geese at first glance, but it's not. What pattern did you use to make this block please?

This is the same concept as the Boom Block (Boomerang) exchange here on the Quilting Board. Check it out. Folks send fabric of choice and make a blocks for others and in the end each swapper has enough blocks for a quilt made from their fabric. A new round of Boom Block Exchanges will begin in January I believe. A well run exchange and very conversational and encouraging. Look at one of the past threads to see the lovelies.

I wish my quilting guildl/group would do something like what your group is doing. It sounds like more fun than a BOM and allows for individual creativity in the final sampler style quilt.

Love your two blocks the best, simple but yet intricate too. They don't look to be easy blocks to make either.

Also a lover of your two blocks and would love a link to the patterns. This would be too challenging for me as every "can" would send me scurrying through my patterns and trying to decide what to make different LOL

Your two are some of the prettiest. The geese look to be paper pieced. I don't think the green fits in, so I guess what I mean is I don't like the addition of the green with these colors. Good job!

The first block is "Circles of Geese" by Piece by Number. It's available for purchase at PiecebyNumber.com.

Sewbizgirl, now I know where you got your great Teenysaurus block pattern that you so beautifully made for me in the recently over Squirrel BOOM!