Quilting Precious Tyes: More Beautiful Original Butterflies!!!

I have many passions in life and one of them is quilting. The others are reading, knitting,
crochet, cross stitching exercise and being a mom which are all precious tyes to me.
This blog will be about all of these things but mainly about quilting and how it is tied into my life.
The above wall hanging was designed by me and published into a pattern called Homespun Memories.

My blog is also about my Nifty Fifty Quilting swaps which are 50 state quilt block swaps that I started organizing over 10 years ago when my husband was going through depression. It helped me through a very difficult time. We have swapped over 70,000 quilt blocks during this time with many stories that traveled across the country along with our state quilt blocks. Our groups also make charity quilts for Breast Cancer Awareness.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

More Beautiful Original Butterflies!!!

Two more beautiful butterflies flew into my mailbox today. Iowa and Illinois came today and they are georgous!! I love the unique shape of the Iowa butterfly and the colorful batik that Diane used.

We are doing 2.5 signature squares for our swap instead of actually signing the quilt blocks. The signature squares only needed to have the quilters name and the state that they are representing in our Nifty Fifty State quilt block swap. Diane has gone way above the requirement and has not only taken on extra states in our swap but she has drawn the shape of her states on each of her siggies. These unique siggies make a very nice label for the back our Nifty Fifty Quilts. Here are photos of a few of Diane's siggies and her unique Butterfly blocks from Iowa and Illinois: