The guild will be starting a fun round robin type program. It is called
BLOCK IN A BOX and will kick off at the August meeting. We have 13 people already signed up. If you have not signed up and would like to participate you may sign up at the July meeting.
We will use the months of July & August for everyone to choose their fabrics and block pattern and make their own block. Please bring your box to the AUGUST meeting and the rotation schedule will be made so you will know who you pass the box to.
Block in a Box
2013 Charlotte Modern Quilt Guild Exchange
Each person participating is responsible for buying
their own fabric:
Dark - 1 yard
Medium - 1
yard
Light - 1
yard
Background - 2
yards
Accent - ½ to 1 yard
Place in a sturdy box (like a Sterlite or Rubbermaid
one with a lid). Wash, dry and iron your fabric if you normally do so.
There needs to be a list in your box indicating how
your fabric is to be used (which one is medium, dark, accent, etc.). Some people cut a small swatch from each and
tape it to a 3 x 5 card and label it. If
you have no preference please tell us.
You may choose to include a spool of thread
(optional).
You may also choose to include a fabric label in your
box so that each participant can sign your quilt.
Label your box with your name and phone number on the
outside of the box! You may also include
your email address if you have one.
Choose a pattern for a 12” finished (12 ½ unfinished)
square. You will make this same square
each month out of the fabric in the box you receive.
KEEP YOUR BLOCK PATTERN A SECRET!
Make your block out of your own fabric. Label your square with your name by pinning a
piece of paper to it and set it aside in your sewing room.
Now you are ready to begin the round robin exchange.
The round robin works like this:
A list is made of all the participants.
Boxes are passed in order: 1 to 2, 2 to 3 and so on
with the last person passing to the first.
When you receive a box you will take it home and make
one square from the material in the box using the same pattern you used to make
your first block. (Remember, you are
making the same square each month, just using different fabric). Label the square with the name of the person
owning the box. You may also choose to
put your name on the label so the recipient will know which block was made by
whom. Set this block aside with the
other one you made. Put all of the fabrics, lists, thread, etc back in the box
so it is ready to pass on to the next person.
At the end of the rotation we will get our original
box back and will exchange our blocks.
When we do so, each person will have a block made by every other person
on the list, made out of their own fabrics.
We will use the months of July & August for
everyone to choose their fabrics and block pattern and make their own
block. Please bring your box to the AUGUST
meeting and the rotation schedule will be made so you will know who you
pass the box to.
ENJOY!
