I finished sorting out the hundreds of beautiful and unique butterfly quilt blocks this week from our Nifty Fifty 29 Butterfly Swap. They are now flying their way across the country…..Louisiana, Arizona, Colorado, Wisconsin, California and Oregon to name a few.
Today it is raining and nasty out but it was a beautiful day when I started to sort the butterfly quilt blocks. I decided to take advantage of the sunny mild weather and went outside with the tote of quilt blocks and started the sorting process on my picnic table. It did not last long before the wind whipped up and lifted the butterflies up and off the picnic table. At one point I had a bunch of butterflies literally flying away from me. After three attempts I gave up and took them inside.
| Just started sorting the butterflies. They take up one table. |
| Sorting the Twenty Plenty International Quilt Blocks. Three long tables full |
It was a lot of fun sorting them and seeing each design spread out across my table. It sure was a lot easier sorting 6 inch quilt blocks from 16 participants (everyone did 3 states) than 2500 12 inch quilt blocks from 50 participants as we had done in our other swaps.
| Halfway through!! |
| Finished sorting and the butterflies are ready to fly across the country. |
I took the packages to the post office today at noon. They said delivery should be by Monday but they are not guaranteeing it. They may take a little longer to reach the west coast. But I am sure you will get them sometime next week.
| My sample Amish Quilt Block |
I have had several quilters concerned about me retiring the Nifty Fifty Swaps….who knows if an idea or unique theme takes me by storm……. I might just reconsider. Leave a comment if you have an idea.
