NF1 — First Swap

About this swap

The swap that started it all. Fifty quilters — one from each state — traded traditional 12" quilt blocks representing their home states. Theme--centered around a designer floral fabric, complemented by a palette of burgundy, forest green, and cream. Our quilters choose patterns or designed quilt blocks to represent their states. We have a variety of quilt blocks from Eskimos, Cowboy Boots, Crabs, New York Skyline, Liberty Bell, Lighthouses, Cabins, Beehives to New Hampshire's Old Man in the Mountain. The following quilt blocks were named by our quilters in our swap. When I envisioned this swap I never imagined the variety or the uniqueness of quilt blocks we would receive by mail. Every time a sample block came in my mailbox I was amazed at the creativity behind these quilt blocks.....Imagine cross stitched cranberries along two sides of a quilt block. Our participant from New Jersey made 50 quilt blocks with this beautiful cross stitching. Many of our quilters hand stitched their quilt blocks. There are very memorable stories from our original swap. We also gave Nifty Fifty Awards in our first swap at our gathering while we sorted the 2500 state quilt blocks.