Pick-up Sticks quilt

Last weekend "The Bees" (Mary and I),  along with a group of our quilting friends attended a quilt retreat.   It was not planned but, three of us at the retreat worked on putting together blocks that were traded with a swap group that is part of Bear Creek Quilt Guild.   It was a swap using scraps we already had in our stashes, the only requirement was that black or black tone on tone was used with them. This was a pattern featured in the September/October 2011 issue of Fon's & Porter's Love of Quilting magazine. This is a great pattern to use with a swap group and the blocks are so simple even beginners can participate. 

Check out our quilts on the design walls.

The quilts look very similar, we even did a little more trading among ourselves at the retreat to spread out the brights. I plan to complete mine using the pieced border that is shown in the magazine and I'll post a photo of it when it's finished. 

These are other quilters and their  projects in the works!