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How to JOIN quilting block swaps Australia

Hello and thank you for visiting. This is a community group for all Australian quilters to join or just follow. Membership is FREE and you are partnered each month and we make each other a 12 inch quilt block based on our preferences which we swap. (12.5 inches raw edge to raw edge) The emphasis of the group is on friendship and sharing. To find out more or register to join email me on quiltingblocks@hotmail.com This purpose of this blog is to chat and showcase blocks and quilts made by members, kind of like a show and tell . Yours in stitching, Sue



Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Ohio Star for Carol King

Carol King requested Ohio star in purple, mauve and yellow-gold for November swap.



October 2019 - Courthouse Steps

Julie Jose requested Courthouse Steps in 1930s fabrics with scrappy grey fabrics for the October 12" swap.


Wednesday, September 18, 2019

September 2019 swap

Wendy Spicer was my September B Group partner whose request was Churn Dash in 1930s fabrics on a solid white background.


Wednesday, August 28, 2019

August 2019 swap with Roma Groth

Roma's swap request was Card Trick block in Burgundy and Pink florals on a cream tone-on-tone background.



August 2019 swap with Robyn Callaghan

Robyn's swap request was Folded Corners block in Blue, yellow with dark block folded corners on a cream tone-on-tone background.


July 2019 swap with Carmel Grashuis

Carmel's request for July 2019 was Folded Corners block in greys, yellow on a solid black background.


June 2019 swap with Rosalee Hoysted

June 2019 swap blocks for Rosalee Hoysted whose request was ShooFly block in blue on a solid white background.




May 2019 swap blocks for Pam McDonald

May 2019 swap with Pam McDonald whose request was Friendship Star in blue and yellow.



Monday, April 8, 2019

April swap blocks for Kerrie Shalley

Kerrie requested "scrappy" Friendship Star quilt blocks with a solid white background. The last photo of 3 blocks together shows the "secondary" pattern that the joined blocks will create when stitched together.




Monday, February 25, 2019

Funky Chicken applique

Another block stitched for Heart2Heart Quilts - this time a "Funky Chicken" applique


Sunday, February 24, 2019

Frisky Fox applique

I stitched this Frisky Fox applique using fabric scraps - it is a block for Heart2Heart Charity Quilts.



Wednesday, February 13, 2019

February 2019 swap

February 2019 - Lauren H requested Cactus Pot block in solid white background, yellow and black.



January 2019 swap

January swap blocks for JulieM who requested Antique Tile in Autumn tones on a white tone on tone background. Both blocks used Australian Indigenous fabrics.

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

December 2018 swap

Wendy Spicer requested a Maple Leaf block in autumn colours on a cream tone-on-tone background.


Sunday, November 4, 2018

November block for Pamela Hawkins

Pamela requested Antique Tile Quilt block in shades of a single colour. I stitched, Grey, Orange and "Old Gold". 


Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Jacob's Ladder for Michelle

October swap blocks for Michelle Stacy Bailey whose request was Jacob's Ladder block in greens. If not suitable, let me know and I'll remake. The light green "dotted" fabric is Aboriginal.



Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Antique Tile block for Carmel G.

Carmel G requested an Antique Tile block in black, grey, yellow and white. I also stitched a ShooFly block in the same colours.



Card Trick block for Elizabeth

Elizabeth Koch's September request was a Card Trick block in shades of blue on a solid white background.

Carmen's August Block

Carmen B in USA requested a "Gaggle of Pinwheels" block in shades of purple.

Wednesday, August 8, 2018

August 2018 swap block

Courthouse Steps block in blue and white fabrics stitched for Debra Ellen Clifford.