Red & White happiness

Well I got stuck into the red and white quilt. I didn't end up doing the leadlight/stained glass block. I ended up making a scrappy crumbs block. All the blocks were supposed to be 8.5" but that doesn't always happen. Some were smaller and some I couldn't cut down to that... I decided to make all the blocks up to 9.5" by putting borders around each block.
So this is what I ended up with....

Red & White flower baskets friendship quilt

I also went to spotlight for the white& red fabric. Silly me. It cost a fortune... There was a super sale on Xmas fabric at 75% off. I couldn't resist...

6 teatowels and 2 packets of tissue paper & over 30 metres of fabric.
What a bargain.

My docket says a total savings of $275.30....,

Cute tea towels and tissue paper ready for next Xmas...

Look at these bargains

Such pretty fabric

Red & White friendship blocks to quilt top...

Over the past year at Heathcote Quilters we all worked on our friendship blocks. Each person asked for a certain colour / style / block. They were supposed to be 8.5 " square. Well that always varies....
These are the blocks I have started with...

15 blocks here....

https://jobutterfield.blogspot.com.au/2016/08/my-friendship-blocks-from-heathcote.html
I didn't know what I wanted to do with  them...
They were just sitting in a box....

Cathy from http://cathy-mysewingroom.blogspot.com.au/2016/11/i-miss-swapping.html wanted to do a swap with someone. I signed up and asked for a 12" red / white basket block to add to the friendship blocks. I wanted it as a centre. I have a vision of how I want my quilt to look. Or sort of anyway...
This is the block that Cathy sent me.

A beautiful basket

Cathy asked for a rainbow friendship star block. This is what I sent her....

I sent Cathy 2 blocks

So I have made Cathy's block bigger, pit it on point and used some scraps to make string block corners...

Border added, turned on point, string block corners make it a lot bigger

This is the layout I am thinking of doing.

My friendship blocks from Heathcote Quilters.
I seem to be missing one block.
I need to keep looking and I have to make my leadlight block

I might add some sashing once the blocks are trimmed. Then they will match my centre block...

My friendship blocks from the Heathcote Quilter girls...

Here is a photo of all my blocks I made for the Heathcote Quilting group.

There were 16 of us that participated. So here are 15 blocks that I made to show you. I haven't made the 16th one yet. That block is for me. We all had to write done a theme we wanted and a colour. So the list was made. Then with this list we had to choose a technique to make everyone's block in....

My technique was STAINED GLASS. It was a real challenge choosing everyone's themes and colours. There were Japanese, butterflies, free choice, Xmas, Autumn, houses, geometric and flowers... Look what I decided...

So here are the blocks I received.

My theme was baskets of flowers and red & white colours....

They are all supposed to be 8.5"....

RED and WHITE BASKETS OF FLOWERS

There are a lot of techniques. None of the members have participated in this type of swap before...

I am going to make my stained glass block about 20" with a basket on point and strips on the corners...