The start of a beautiful friendship!

Even though May signals 

the end of Autumn here

This month's colours are reminiscent Australian Autumn leaves 

It is also the end of the

 + and x Friendship block swap.....

So let the quilt construction begin!

Here are the blocks I sent to Carla....

in the rich colours of red, orange and brown.

And here are the beauties I received from Carla!

And here they are 'getting acquainted'!

Carla and I are intending to work independently on 

our quilt layout,

with a final reveal at the end of September!

It will be fun to see our 'fraternal' quilts...

Happy days!

SUZ

Halfway there...

with our + and x Friendship blocks Swap!

Carla and I were both quick off the mark for January,

sending these out within hours of one another.

Mine arrived first...

I tried to use a few wilder fabrics this time....

Here they are before their US cousins arrived...

Carla's were waiting for me when I arrived home 

from my interstate sojourn....

And the two sets together....

The colour combo Carla has chosen for February...

is aqua, orange and green- yum!

I can't wait to get cutting!

Happy sewing!

SUZ

December's + and x Friendship Swap Block

Another month of the + and x Friendship Swap 

has come to an end…

Carla and I are taking turns choosing the three 

colours we will use each month…

(It is going way to quickly for my liking!)

This is a reminder of the palette we have based 

our fabric choices on!

This month Carla chose red, pink and green!

Here are the blocks I sent Carla....

And a group shot before I 'packed them off'!

And here are the ones Carla sent me!

I will say it again -

Carla has THE best stash of fabric!

Aren't they Christmassy?

We are now up to month four!

Halfway!

For January I am choosing red, green and brown!

Each of the six colours will have been used twice at 

the half way point!

Do you get the feeling I like to be organised 

a control freak!?

Happy sewing!

SUZ

Separated at Birth...

The first month of our "Friendship X and + Swap 

comes to an end with the reveal of.....

these!

Carla has such a fabulous fabric stash....

aren't they pretty?

It is such fun making 'twins'.....

and sending four of them off 

to meet their American cousins!

Now it's time to make November's twins...

And my turn to pick colours from our palette!

I declare 'brown, aqua and orange' 

this month's colours!

Here are some fabrics I have chosen so far!

Welcome to Sandra and Heidi 

who are playing along now too!

Happy sewing!

Susan

A Sneak Peek...

of our "+ and x Friendship blocks"!

Carla and I are so excited by these blocks 

that we could not wait until the end of the month 

to share what we have made.....

And here are the first set of 'twins'!

Ain't they pretty?

My set of four are winging their way to Carla 

as we speak...

And here are my four,

waiting patiently to be joined by Carla's!

It's not too late to join in the fun!

Do you have a friend who you would like 

to swap blocks with?

(or maybe we can do some 'match making' here?)

You probably don't need to make eight a month...

Maybe six blocks over ten months?

We have set up a Flickr group here 

if you want to share your 'twins' with us....

Or on Instagram with the tag #friendship+andxswap

We will also share our October twins together

again at the end of the month!

Happy sewing!

SUZ

Friendship Swap

Carla, a dear 'virtual' friend and I are having a block swap!

We're calling it the

"Friendship + and x Swap"!

I am sorry, I cannot remember whose quilt this is-
But it sure is beautiful!

And we thought you might like to join in......

Here's how it might work:

1. Pick a friend to swap with: An invisible one (a blogging friend that you have never met in real life) even!

2. Pick a palette for your blocks,

(We used Design Seed to find ours,

Isn't this pretty?)

Or decide to just go scrappy.

3. Check out Amy Badskirt's tutorial on how to make the block.

4. Add the Friendship x and + button to your blog sidebar

(see that pretty new button on the right there?)

5. Decide how many total blocks you want for your quilts. Carla and I are going with 64 blocks and will be divide them out for 8 months, making 8 each month.

6. Every month you will make a set of blocks for yourself and an identical set for your swap partner. She will do the same for you. In our case, I will make 4 different  x and + blocks and an identical set of 4 to mail to Carla. With the 4 she sends me that month, I will have 8 blocks for that month.

7. Blog about your blocks on the last Friday of each month, as Carla and I will be doing. Also, feel free to use Instagram with the hashtag #friendshipxplusswap to show off your blocks and colour palette.

Here are some fabrics I've come up with that might

 "make the cut" for Month 1:

We hope you decide to join us on our

 Friendship Swap!

In the meantime, go over and say hello 

to Carla for me!

Happy days!

SUZ