Thursday, October 27, 2011

Birthday Swap Block - Blackford's Beauty

I have another Birthday Swap block to share today.


This block is called Blackford's Beauty and is for my friend Mary. Mary's request was for any 12" block in a purple and green palette which are two of her favorite colors. This is such a fun color combination. Above is my version of the block. I really like how this one turned out and think I'm going to be making more of this block. For me, this is a more challenging block because there are a lot of pieces requiring a lot of seams to be matched.

This block was found at the Quilters Cache site. Are you familiar with Marcia Hohn's site? It is a great site with tons of free block patterns as well as reference tools. If you haven't browsed her site, please click on the link and scroll to the bottom of the page where there are several useful links to choose from.

So tell me, what have you done lately?

4 comments:

regan said...

I'm loving this block.....and those colors are great! She will surely love it!

Thanks for the link....I'm headed there now!

webbsway said...

O my Dena- just thinking about how I could ruin that beautiful block is mind-blowing! How gifted you are. : )

JoAnn ( Scene Through My Eyes) said...

Pretty pretty block - glad you are getting some sewing time in.

Roslyn said...

Love that block Dena both the design & your color combo. Your friend should love it.