All right, quilters, it's time to sign up for the April Happy Blocks.

Gerda, you were right. The theme DOES have to do with cats. I am calling this "Cats Paws." But there are specifics, too. The centers of the blocks are to be cat print fabrics or fussy cut cats. The borders are to be ONLY cat paw print fabrics. The borders of a block should all be the same fabric. I've attached a picture of some of the blocks I've made. In mine, the paw print fabrics are white/black, black/white, and beige/black.

Please follow the guidelines set forth moons ago for these great blocks!
Let's have Fun!!!

Anyone interested in this swap should let me know how many blocks you want to make (as many as you want) before the drawing date of the month.You may make any number between 2 to 10 blocks, as long as the number you make is divisble by 2, since we have 2 winners each month Names will be drawn on the first Friday of April, 2008, and the number of blocks you choose to make will determine how many times you get your name in the pot for a chance to win half of the month's blocks. NOTE: your name goes in a max of 6 times, even if you make more - this was stated at the very beginning of this swap idea last year. The first name drawn will choose the block theme for June.

Each participant is responsible for sending half of her blocks to each of the two winners. I will PM everyone participating with the mail addresses of the winners.

The happy block is made from a 4 1/2" unfinished center square which is then surrounded by another single fabric as a border. The border pieces measure 4 1/2" x 2 1/2" unfinished for the sides and 8 1/2" x 2 1/2" unfinished for the top and bottom borders. The unfinished block will measure 8 1/2" square.

Please try to use only one fabric for the center square of a block and only one fabric for the border of a block, so that the winner will be able to make a quilt with some design uniformity. You may choose to make all of your blocks identical or all different.

If you have any questions, please post on the thread or PM me directly, or one of the other moderators.

It has been so neat winning, everyone should have a chance...

Signups:
Linda O 6 - host
CaroleP 6 - got info
Pat (scrapatches) 6 - got info
Betty (betty2max) 6 - got info
Judy K 6 - got info
Jean (humminbird) 6 - got info
Barb McF 6 - got info
Wasie 6- got info
Gerda 6 - got info
Laura (Nanawing) 6 - got info
Debbie (Quiltinglass) 6 have info
Sheila 6 have info
OKNANA 6 have info
Betty Adams 6 have info
Zoopme (Cindi) 6 have info
Freyja 6 have info

So far - total 96 blocks (48 for each winner)

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OOOOOOH ~

Please sign me up for 6! I signed up for the March one, too...Picked out fabric for those this evening & will get them done over the weekend...Then I can work on the kitties!!

Your blocks are great, by the way!

Carole -

Great to have you join us. Please PM me your n/a/z/p/e information.

Linda,

I just sent you my info Now I need to dig in my boxes & look for the kitties I KNOW I have! While I'm in town today I'll pick up the paw prints...

These little projects with deadlines are just what I need right now!

oooo .... pretty kitties!

how can I resist?

Please put me down for 6 blocks.

I will PM you with my personal info.

Linda, when I read the "hints" going on in the other thread I poked though the $1 per FQ stacks in a local quilt shop to see what they might have for cat prints and I found (and already purchased ) these:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22943809@N02/2266668967/

Is this GMTA or what? !

Is the print on the left with the cats peeking out of the fabric and quilting stuff too much color and not enough cat for the centers, do you think? This fabric was too adorable to pass up. I could just make them all out the other cat print.

This looks like it would make such a fun quilt.

Here's hoping for a little luck in the winning part,

<3 Pat

Okay Linda, I'm in! I'll do 6!
Betty

Nice prints, pat. Gotcha down for 6.

Got you down, too, Betty!

I know there's more catty-wampus people out there. Let me hear from you, please. Sign up for the April Happy Block swap.

I thought the paw prints would really give this quilt a reason to "paws". LOL!

Sign me up for 6. This is the only way I can have a cat since I'm very allergice to real ones. But, I love fabric ones.

Barb Mcf

I'm being "forced" to visit another quilt shop tomorrow...the 2 I visited today were out of paw prints! Can you imagine, spending part of my Saturday at a FABRIC store!?

tee hee tee hee

Linda O,
I love kittties and your blocks are adorable! Put me in for 6 and I will e-mail you my new address. Thanks JudyK