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Nifty Fifty Quilters of America |
Nifty Fifty 1 Swap Burgundy Green/Cream State Quilt Blocks |
Nifty Fifty 2 Quilt We are looking for photos of the NF 2 quilt blocks. Please email me at trequilts@yahoo.com if you any info on the NF 2 quilt blocks. |
Nifty Fifty 2 Swap Burgandy Green/Cream State Quilt Blocks |
Nifty Fifty 3 Swap Burgandy Green/Blue/Cream State Quilt Blocks |
Georgia An original design. An appliqued quilt block with the state's outline and the Dogwood flowers which represent Georgia's state flower. |
Nifty Fifty 4 Swap Blue/Plum/White State Quilt Blocks |
Nifty Fifty 5 Swap Purple/Yellow/White State Quilt Blocks |
Nifty Fifty 6 Swap Cranberry/Blue Green/Cream State Quilt Blocks |
Arizona An original design. An appliqued quilt block to represent the Arizona's beautiful deserts. |
New Mexico A beautiful pieced quilt block using batiks to represents the Southwestern part of the United States. |
New Hampshire An original design. A pieced quilt block to represent New Hampshire's Old Man in the Mountain. |
Louisiana An original design. An appliqued quilt block using the blanket stitch to represent the masks of Mardi Gras. |
Indiana An original design. An appliqued quilt block to represent the covered bridges of Indiana. |
Nifty Fifty 7 Swap Purple/Black/White State Quilt Blocks |
Nifty Fifty 8 Swap Peach/Olive/Green State Quilt Blocks |
Nifty Fifty 9 Swap Blue/Teal/White State Quilt Blocks |
Delaware A pieced leaf quilt block to represents all the beautiful foliage of Delaware |
Nifty Fifty 10 Swap Red/White/Blue Americana State Quilt Blocks |
Nifty Fifty 11 Swap Moroon/Green/Navy/White State Quilt Blocks |
Nifty Fifty 12 Swap Batiks/Bali Fossil Fern State Quilt Blocks |
North Dakota An Applique Eagle quilt block to represent the return of the Bald Eagles in the state of North Dakota |
Nebraska A pieced and appliqued quilt block to represent Nebraska's number one crop and the Nebraska football team the Cornhuskers. |
Hawaii An appliqued symmetrical quilt block of motifs representing the Hawaiian Pinapple in Batiks |
Nifty Fifty 13 Swap Gold/Green/Blue/Tan State Quilt Blocks |
Nifty Fifty 14 Swap Scrappy State Quilt Blocks |
Nifty Fifty 15 Swap Black and White on White State Quilt Blocks |
Alabama An original design. An Appliqued quilt block to represent the primary crop grown in Alabama known as the Cotton State |
Nifty Fifty 14 Quilt We are looking for photos of the NF 14 quilt blocks. Please email me at trequilts@yahoo.com if you any info on the NF 2 quilt blocks. |
Nifty Fifty 19 Swap Redwork State Quilt Blocks |
Connecticut A quilt block with an embroidered tree to represent the Charter Oak which was a tree in Connecticut that hide the Constitution charter in 1687 |
Nifty Fifty 16 Swap Educational Civil War and Signature Quilt Blocks |
Nifty Fifty 20 Swap Sunbonnet Sue State Quilt Blocks |
Nifty Fifty 17 Swap Glow in the Dark Snowflake State Quilt Blocks |
Nifty Fifty 18 Swap 50 State Flower Quilt Blocks |
NiftyFifty 22 Swap Carol Doak's Stars Bright/Batiks State Quilt Blocks |
Nifty Fifty 21 Swap Native American Quilt Blocks |
Illinois A photo transfer quilt block of Abraham Lincoln who was from Illinois. He was 16th president who guided our country through the Civil War. |
Nifty Fifty 23 Swap Amish State Quilt Blocks |
Massachusetts An original design. This Redwork quilt block represents the pilgrims who arrived in Plymouth Massachusetts on the Mayflower in 1620 |
Nifty Fifty 24 Swap 1930's Repro State Quilt Blocks |
Florida An original design which incorporates the space shuttle as the white tips of the snowflake and look carefully at the bottom of the shuttle and you can find blue dolphins jumping around the inside of the snowflake |
Kentucky This is a paper pieced state quilt block representing Kentucky. The pattern is from Carol Doak's 50 Fabulous Paper-Pieced Stars Book |
Alaska This Sunbonnet Sue quilt block is an original design which represents the great sport of ice fishing in the state of Alaska |
Amish Swap We are looking for a quilter who participated in the Nifty Fifty 23 Swap. We do not have the Amish Quilt Blocks Photos. If anyone has a set of NF 23 quilt blocks please email me at trequilts@yahoo.com so we can request photos to complete our page. |
Wisconsin An original design. An appliqued violet to represent Wisconsin's state flower |
Wyoming This is a pieced and appliqued Dresden Plate quilt pattern to represent Wyoming. It was one of the most popular quilt block patterns in the 1930's |
Aztec This quilt block is pieced and represents the early Aztec symbol of the Bird Spirit. It represents great power and symbolism for these ancient people |
Nifty Fifty 25 Swap Sunbonnet Sue State Quilt Blocks |
Nifty Fifty 26 Swap 1930's Repro State Quilt Blocks |
Nifty Fifty 27 Swap Red White Blue Patriotic Theme State Quilt Blocks in Remeberance of 9/11 |
Idaho Another popular quilt pattern in the 1930's was the Fan quilt block. This is a pieced and appliqued Fan quilt block to represent Wyoming |
Texas An original Sunbonnet Sue quilt block. It is an appliqued block representing Texas by the outline of the state, a cowgirl Sue, and her horse. |
New York This quilt block has photo transfer, embroidery and is pieced. It is called "New York will not Forget" in rememberance of September 11, 2001 |
Nifty Fifty 28 Swap Signature/Album State Quilt Blocks |
Signature/Album Quilt Blocks Coming Soon |
Nifty Fifty 29 Swap Batik Butterfly State Blocks |
South Carolina An original design as were most of the butterflies quilt blocks in our butterfly swap. This is an appliqued double layered butterfly quilt block to represent South Carolina |
Nifty Fifty 30 Swap Amish State Quilt Blocks |
Sample NF 30 Quilt Block OPEN SWAP Accepting Quilters on a waiting list to swap Amish Quilt Blocks Please email Teresa at trequilts@yahoo.com if you are interested in our swap. |
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Pennsylvania This is an original design which was used for Pennsylvania in our first Nifty Fifty Swap. The Liberty Bell is appliqued and the border is reverse applique. This is one of many quilt blocks that was made by Nifty Fifty participants from around the country for a quilt called Brenda's Wish Quilt for Teresa. |
North Carolina An original design. A paper pieced block to represent the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse the beautiful North Carolina beaches and mountains. |
Welcome to our Photo Gallery of Quilt Blocks and Quilts There have been almost 30 Nifty Fifty Quilt block swaps over the past 12 years. Our quilting groups swap 50 state quilt blocks and make Breast Cancer Charity Quilts. This page is dedicated to each individual swap. Each page shows the individual quilt blocks from the different swap themes over the years. We are still adding individual quilt blocks, state pages and quilt photos to our swap pages. Be sure to bookmark our page and come back often. There will be a lot of interesting quilt blocks to inspire you. The original designs are protected by copyright. Please do not copy or use them other than for inspiration. Sit back, scan down our page.....Enjoy and have fun!! Click on quilt blocks to see the rest of the 50 quilt blocks from each individual swap |
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