sharon b

well but it would have to be the snowball square :wink: LOL

sharon b

white in the center Christmas/ holiday fabrics in the corner

http://www.straw.com/quilting/articles/snowball.html

Aurora

I like a snowball for the Holidays and how about a star for summer.

turtlerouge

HiSharon b, that's a great idea, seriously thinking on it. Hi Aurora, do you have any stars in mind that are easy to make? Don't forget these should be around the 6" block size or less.
Could you please help me provide very easy to follow, step by step directions to making those?
I can do another swap starting in June for the summer swap, when would you suggest starting the Christmas swap?
i think i'm going to open to the 1st 100 for summer swap, and if that goes well, then open is unlimited.
How does that sound?

lreade

Turtlerouge--
Your can go to this site and get just about any block that you want.

http://www.quilterscache.com/

turtlerouge

Thanks Linda, I love that site, unfortunately, there really are not a lot of easy siggy block styles to choose from. We already did the signature blocks. Most of the 6" blocks on there are paper piecing, which i don't know how to do and I'm sure there are others who don't know how to pp either. So, it has to be very easy with step by step directions and 6" or less, 6" was very much requested.

Thanks for coming up with that link, Linda!

letsquilt

the friendship star is a good one and pretty easy to do.

Aurora

How about the star we did for the "Just One Star" block, It was easy and finished around 6 1/2" but could easily be squared to 6". It was my first star and it was very easy for me.
The instructions are on the Moda Website, as are the free instructions for the quilt they are making using the star blocks.

http://www.unitednotions.com/LA_just_one_star.pdf

Kathy N

I love the idea of a Christmas quilt with the snowball block. fun and easy to do!!

turtlerouge

HI Aurora, I can't bring that hyperlink up. Can you try to pm me with another way? Thanks :-D