120. Friendship X and +

 This all started back in October of 2013.  year? Carla Timberlake (from Kansas City) and Susan Snooks (from Australia) came up with a plan for a block swap that sounded like too much fun. We were all in a bee exchange group I had started called Mid Century Modern.

It involved choosing a partner and between the two of you, choosing a palette of colors to work with and then swapping  x and + blocks--we used the tutorial by Badskirt Amy.  I barely had finished reading the guidelines when I quickly sent an email to Carla Fawcett (in Canada) and she agreed to partner up with me. Together we chose this palette:

Every month we each made a set of blocks for ourselves and an identical set for our swap partner. We decided on a total of 64 blocks. This was my first set--four for me, and an identical set for Carla.

It was so much fun to choose the fabrics for the blocks each month, and to open that package from Carla to see what fabric choices she had made.

At some point she showed a peek at the fabric she was going to use for the backing. It was a simple texty print with all the months of the year--perfect. I ordered the same thing! ("8 days a week" by Ampersand Design Studio for Windham Fabrics, in case you are curious).

Title: Friendship X and +

Pattern by: X and + block

Completed: 2014

Quilted by: Me