Group Exchange Quilts

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• Total submissions: 30
• Total countries: 7
• Total provinces: 3
• Total states: 12

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2011-2012 Batik Club Block Exchange (55" x 48")
By: Connie Haynes, Massachusetts, USA

This quilt is the result of a block exchange with members of the Batik Club at my LQS. We all made blocks for everyone else using their focus fabric/colors. Since no two blocks were the same size, figuring out how to put them together was a challenge.

All in a Row (60" x 72")
By: Maria, Australia
Blog: Life on the Block

Our Patchwork Group had fun doing this secret Row by Row. My theme was Bird Houses.....

All my friends are stars (82" x 82")
By: Julie Fukuda, Japan
Blog: My Quilt Diary

Twelve members of my quilt group were given 1 meter of the feature fabric and asked to make 12 blocks using that and their own choice of fabric and pattern. The finished blocks were then given to each member with the challenge to make a quilt.
Each quilt was so unique and holds memories of the past

Autumn Friendship Quilt (48" x 48")
By: CrafteeCC, Australia
Blog: Cathy's Sewing Room

This quilt was finished in 2012 using some of the first swap blocks I have ever received whilst being a member of two Swap Groups, QBSA & BSA, during 2010 and 2011. I love it that all these blocks have come from different parts of the world and look so great together - Thanks to my swap partners!

Birthday Blocks (55" x 70")
By: Judy MacLeod, Ontario, Canada

I took part in a Birthday block swap back in 2004. July 2012 I finally put my blocks together and quilted it, using skills I'd learned in the 2012 FMQ Challenge hosted by SoCalGirl, on Facebook. I'm thrilled with how this quilt came together and my quilting of it! I have a treasured memory quilt now

black and white (31" x 40")
By: Věra Panáčková, Czech Republic

My first blog swap - theme was black and white blocks. My friend recomend me to add and extra colour and I realy love the result. Everything is hand-quilted.

Double Friendship Star Swap (100" x 100")
By: Rhoda Forbes, British Columbia, Canada
Blog: aRt by Rhoda Forbes

I participated in a Facebook Swap called Double Friendship Star. I received fabric to make the block from friends all over Canada, USA, Australia, Germany and Sweden. It has so many memories each block is very special. I sashed it with small white stars twinkling all over the world.

Fab Hearts for Norm (43" x 72")
By: Cynthia F, British Columbia, Canada
Blog: Cynthia F

I wanted to indulge my husband Norm in a quilt made just for him. I'm hosting the Fab Bee, and my month was first! So Norm helped me choose the theme of hearts, and colour scheme, and I asked each bee member to make a heart block of their choice, any style, any size!

Fall Fun (60" x 72")
By: Gwen Windham, Alabama, USA
Blog: In My Own Little Corner

Hand quilted Autumn leaf quilt using charms from an online swap. I chose to add appliqued blocks of Sunbonnet Sue playing in the leaves with her loyal sheltie puppy, Tom Turkey and a pumpkin with Autumn fruit! The quilt has a scrappy Autumn leaf binding. Fall is my favorite time of year! :-)

Geisha Surrounded (85" x 85")
By: Claire Witherspoon, California, USA
Blog: cspoonquilt.blogspot.com

The Bourgoyne Surrounded blocks in Amish colors were won in a BOM drawing at my quild. The blocks varied a lot in size because they were so big, so rather than sew them in a matrix I used them as a border. I designed the center to go with the border, rather than the other way 'round.

international border exchange quilt (90" x 108")
By: mim spencer, Maine, USA

I started the center block. It traveled to england, france, south africa and canada. Each of us received back a full sized quilt. The work and the colors are amazing. I love the bright fall colors. The maple leaf block is the bud of the national fllower of south africa, the protea.

KayeWoods Group Siggie Swap (43" x 54")
By: Pam in KC, Missouri, USA
Blog: Quilting and Stuff by knitnoid

In 2006, members of the kayewoods-quilting-friends Yahoo! group did a signature block swap. We each received a block signed by Kaye Woods (center name). The center came together easy, but it was my husband pushed me to work outside of my comfort zone to finish the piece in a non traditional manner.

Keeping Kool (36" x 50")
By: kwiltnkats, California, USA
Blog: kwiltnkats

2009 Sunshine Quilters of San Diego, CA Row Robin Challenge. Started with my row of Dancing Sea Gulls and grew both up and down another six rows. The exchange started in November 2009 and finished in June 2010. Finished Keeping Kool February 2012. Much of it is 3-D!

Kokeshi Dolls (43" x 53")
By: quiltabeast, California, USA
Blog: confessions of a serial quilter

Friends and I saw this in Quiltmania Magazine and HAD to make it - each of us took one section of the quilt and made 9 of those blocks and we exchanged. Different styles and skill levels but all the blocks and the quilt turned out wonderful.

Love Bugs (69" x 69")
By: Barbie K in NC, North Carolina, USA

Golden Girlz mini group V-Dub Blocks finally assembled after ten years with my sashing design, border design, machine quilted on domestic machine. I enjoyed quilting each block to remind me of the quilter or to go along with the block itself. Joni Pike designed the V-Dub Block designs, Buggies #801.

My Round Robin Quilt (50" x 50")
By: Helen Simpson, Australia
Blog: Patchy Work of Mini Grey

This was a round robin quilt with 3 other quilters from around Australia. We each sewed the centre of our quilt and then posted it off to the next person to add a border. This happened 3 times before coming back home to me. Went from February - December 2010.

My Treasured Quilt (56" x 72")
By: Isabell, United Kingdom
Blog: ColourinStitch - Flickr

In December 2010, Anita who lives in Holland invited me and seven of her friends to take part in a Robin Rowers Row Swap. The themed rows were swapped with friends from Australia, Canada, USA, Holland and UK (my own row) The rows hold many memories, I made the rows into my quilt in February 2011

Night Owl (48" x 48")
By: Mandy Stokes, Texas, USA
Blog: Bobbidink's Doings

This quilt was made in a Round Robin Bee.I made the center block and then never saw it again until it was all done. Then I got to quilt it. Great experience with great ladies. It is called Night Owl because my kids were little when then and I had to do most of my work at night after they went to bed

Pinwheels and Patches (88" x 104")
By: Nancy Myers, Michigan, USA
Blog: Patchwork Breeze

This was a guild pinwheel block exchange weused a particular fabric as the smaller pinwheel in the block. The 20 blocks weren't all the same size. To detract from the size variations and make a larger quilt so I made patchwork blocks and added sashing.

Pond Challenge (40" x 30")
By: Becky Ray, Tennessee, USA
Blog: Sew Help Me Quilts

I challenged 11 members of the "Love of Art Quilts" group, on Quilt With Us online community, to recreate a 10" square section of a photo with me. They could use any techniques they chose, but did not see the entire photo beforehand.

pops of color log cabins (48" x 60")
By: svetlana sotak, Illinois, USA
Blog: s.o.t.a.k handmade

this quilt was made by our Trust Circle of do. Good Stitches. I asked the ladies to make log cabin blocks using blue and aqua colored fabrics, plus adding one contrasting solid colored fabric in the middle. We all love how this quilt turned out and it's going to be donated a child in foster care.

Psycho Deco Fleurs (32" x 41")
By: Nellie, Tennessee, USA
Blog: Nellie's Needles

This wall quilt is made up of a collection of "flowers in a container" blocks sewn by Thursday Bee members of the Smoky Mountain Quilt Guild. Sashing and border fabrics give an art deco influence to the piece. "Silk" flowers and old buttons decorate the surface.

Rockin Robin Row Quilt (74" x 86")
By: Denise Schillinger, Minnesota, USA

The pattern for this quilt was found on the internet, and was last years challange at my quilt group. Every month we did a diffrent row.

Seven Friends In The Country (36" x 70")
By: Christine M, Australia
Blog: MacDonald's Patch

This is a Row By Row Friendship Quilt.

Each row had a theme. Row 1 was "Own Choice". Row 2 was "Stars". Row 3 was "In The Garden". Row 4 was "Hearts". Row 5 was "Home". Row 6 was "Nine Patch" and Row 7 was "Going North".

I added the appliqued flower border to finish it off.

Some of my favorite things (23" x 40")
By: Sheila, Nova Scotia, Canada
Blog: Sheila's Quilt World

This row quilt was a RR that I took part in with gals from Australia , the US and other parts of Canada .Each person was to make a 6x18 row to represent the theme we each chose . For me it was some of my favorite things , the top row was made by me the rest were by the other members in the group .

Steam-punk Time Travel (20" x 20")
By: Erilyn, New Zealand
Blog: Sberrymum

My group of 6, each had to make a 10" block for everyone, theme was our choice. I received the top left hand block and have made 3 blocks that depict a vortex (painted and quilted with colour changing thread), a steam-punk time machine and parts used for making a time machine (from an old computer)!

Summertime and the Livin' is Easy (45" x 35")
By: Bette Gove, Virginia, USA
Blog: Sew Much Fun With Bette

This was a Round Robin quilt my Bee did. Participants were Linda P., Sharon C., Linda R., Dottie W., Dianah B., and myself. Each of us started the first block of our quilt, and decided the theme and provided any fabric we wanted. After all blocks were passed around we got ours back to finish.

Test Pattern quilt (85" x 85")
By: Andi, Australia
Blog: PatchAndi

I asked each member of my bee to make a large block using the solid fabrics I provided. The style was suggested as "improv log cabin". I got back 11 amazing blocks and made one myself. Leftover fabrics were used to pull them together and found that they ended up looking like the old TV test pattern

The Vitamin F Quilt (55" x 80")
By: Judy Stone, Michigan, USA

Our good friend was undergoing chemo and radiation. This quilt was made by 4 of us as a get well wish for her. It was designed and quilted by Barb who also made one of the panels. Liz, LaVerne, and Judy made the other 3 panels.

Tuesday round Robin (36" x 42")
By: Pat, Michigan, USA

This was made by a group of friends there was a "map" for the size of the blocks. I made the Flower pot in the lower left corner. I asked for blanket stitch applique. It holds a special spot because 2 of the 6 friends has sinced passed on!