1. Fabric for houses: I have so much fabric, way too much, so what if I bring (to a lunch) lots of leftover fabric, solids and prints, and we each take half?
2. Fabric for garden blocks: let's buy some new fabric for these. (We can combine a G Street visit with a quick lunch maybe?) I suggest we use lots of greens, which will make them look a lot more like gardens than the pinks and purples shown in the picture.
3. Fabric for borders: The two outside borders can be one of our surprises to each other! We can use black for the sashing borders (I may have enough black fabric for both of us). And we can surprise each other with the choice of fabric for the little squares at the corners of each block -- sashing squares let's call them.
4. Piecing house blocks. I'll make templates for both of us, which will be super-easy because each house is made up of 3" squares and triangles.
5. Piecing for garden blocks: I'll also make a template for the garden blocks. We each need just one 6 x 2" rectangle, plus the seam allowance.
6. Windows and chimneys can be appliqued onto the finished blocks. Let's use black for all of those.
7. Optional surprises: clouds, suns, moons, and birds can be added to each house block -- or not.
Procedure: we each make 12 garden blocks and 12 house blocks. Then we give each other 6 of each, and ...well, then we put them all together! With our surprise borders and backing and binding.
What did I forget?
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