Calling new quilt bloggers

A couple of years ago, I took part in the 2014 New Quilt Bloggers Blog Hop. Registrations have just opened for this year’s blog hop, and I encourage anyone who has been blogging for fewer than three years to give it a go.

Click on the button below, and you will go straight to Yvonne’s page where you can sign up.

I found it a really worthwhile exercise. Reading other blog hoppers’ blogs introduced me to all sorts of creative people and ideas. Others also gave me constructive feedback about things I could improve on my blog. Overall, however, I think the two biggest rewards for me were the friends I made (both distant and local) and the Possum Magic round robin group that formed when eight Australians and New Zealanders decided to get together. That was fun!

Here is a gallery of possumy highlights. Wouldn’t you want to sign up for something that could lead to this?

Serena was the brains behind the rounded corners, but I drew the pattern.

The finished block, with its new border, is now ready to post to Jane.

I am really pleased with my finished block!

I chose colours for the bullseye by studying the colours Jo had featured in the fletching of her arrow.

It is now a whopping 76 inches square.

I added a border of scrappy pinwheels, made up of 1¾-inch half-square triangles.

This is what happens when a bunch of Australians and New Zealanders let their imaginations and creativity run riot in a quilting round robin, and it all started from the blog hop.

I have also had a few personal swaps come out of the blog hop, such as the Puppy and Poppy swap I did with Yvonne.

Go on. Join the blog hop. You will not be sorry.