Instagram Block Swap

About a year ago, I was invited to join a quilting exchange at work. Prior to this, I had never attempted to piece together a quilt block. Fast forward a year, I have 3 quilts in progress and will be participating in my first Instagram block swap!

It's thrilling to think there are tons of other quilters/sewers out in cyberspace that will be sending in their blocks to be swapped as well! I look forward to seeing what I receive in return.

The swap is hosted by @heartfullyhandmade on Instagram using an easy pattern by @cluckclucksew

Once I had all of the bazillion pieces cut out, I was able to bang out 23 blocks within a few hours. Using the chain piecing method saved lots of time.

I found this YouTube tutorial to be helpful: https://youtu.be/RPb5J-vdO5E.

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