Look at All Those Bags!

Last night at guild, most of the participants of the workshop on Saturday brought their finished bags for Show 'n Tell. Several members went home from the workshop and made another one and there were 26 bags at guild last night.






It was the first night to turn in Nickel Squares for the swap and 42 participants brought their squares for January. 3 people brought their squares for the entire year, one for the first six months, and about a dozen brought them for February also. I am amazed at the turnout for the Nickel Swap. I didn't get pictures of them yet, but will do that later today.

Nickel Fabric Swap

Our guild is doing a different kind of fabric swap in 2009. We have been swapping fat eighths for many years and this year we're going to try a Nickel Swap. There is a color that has been chosen for each month and the participants are to bring in 15 pairs of the appropriate color each month in their zip lock bag. Janet and I labeled zip-lock bags today and placed them in folders, one for each month, with the color on the label. We also provided a bigger ziplock bag for nickels from their stash. I'm excited about this and hope we have lots of swappers.

Hopefully, there will be a workshop in early 2010 to make our Nickel Quilts.