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Y2K Wedding Rings Quilt #272 Size: 86" square Started 8/31/21 - Finished 12/8/21 Woo hoo!  I'm doing a happy dance because I finally  finished my Y2K quilt, which I started back in September. I used 3" squares that I swapped in 2000 to make the 50 Wedding Rings blocks.  I am so glad I did not have to cut out those 2,000 squares, which was a big time saver. I really enjoyed looking at the different fabric choices from 20 years ago and reading the short biographies that were included with the signature squares.  I received charms from quilters in Virginia, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Oregon, California, Maine, Maryland, Wisconsin, New York, Texas, Michigan, Alabama, Florida, Minnesota, Kentucky, and Illinois.  I also received a few from international swappers in Canada, Hong Kong, and Cuba.   I used 49 blocks for the front in a 7x7 setting and used the 50th block in the backing. I pieced the backing with fabric that is printed with the year 2000 and Y2K that I've ...

  This is the beginning of my 4th and final Y2K quilt - my oldest work in progress.  I call it a WIP since the charms are already cut but it's just been sitting around for 20 years waiting to be completed.  This set of 3-inch charms was swapped in 2001, and I suppose after 20 years, it's about time I get this quilt done! Since this is my last one, I want to do something more than just sew squares into rows.  A couple of designs are stored with the fabric, but I found a few more ideas online, including the quilt pictured below. I really like this design, so much more interesting than just squares in a row.  But I especially like it because the signature square is included in the block.   With my previous Y2K quilts, I received 80 sets of 25 charms plus a signature square; these are called squishies.  But this final set is different as I received 25 sets with 80 charms plus the signature square.  From each set, I can make 2 blocks but have...