I'm fine with it, too - I'd MUCH rather get other people's finished squares coming back to me, rather than more than 1 each of my own! It would be a pretty boring quilt without the variety.
OKay Ladies - I came here to throw in the towel - can't figure out a darn thing to do for either of my months. I've tried and discarded a number of ideas as too intriquite, too time consuming, too obscure. Now I see that the deadline is farther back than I had thought, so I'm tempted to try some more, but I really don't know if I've got it in me.
Before I completely drop out, can anyone suggest something basic, easy even, for June and November?
June, I was going to do a kite. seemed fairly simple - I'd planned on just a diamond shape (probably 4 pieces with different colors, but you could just do a diamond).. a ribbon down the middle and across for the cross pieces, and I was going to sew on those little bows onto the kite string. Or.. make a tie for father's day. That'd be fairly easy too.
for Nov.. what about a turkey? I'll think more on that one..
For June, you can just pick your favorite block pattern and use some cool summer fabrics. Like the bright tutti fruti fabrics at JoAnns. Just think summer.
For November, think harvest. Falling leaves, grain... oooooh if you can find a fabric that looks like grain you can do a simple pattern that looks like a field of grain. You could make a skyline in blue with fields of grain in the bottom half. No applique, just piecing. Go a step further and attach a small bunch of dried stalks... doesn't have to be the real thing, as long as it suggests wheat.
Go to the fabric store and brain storm! Or ask for suggestions at your local quilt store. I'm sure they can help you think of a few ideas.
Here's that quilt sewn up so you can get some ideas what others did for fall (with my now 20 y.o. but she must have been about 17 in the pic?, who I gave the quilt to)
Whew! I'm shipping my squares out tomorrow. Sorry ladies... I punked out on the seeds for my watermelon slices. My life is just too crazy to get that detailed. Just think of them as "seedless".
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