I participated in the Modern Quilt Guild’s annual #MQGSwap this year. I really enjoyed swapping with my partner, Valerie, at QuiltCon 2022 in Phoenix. Participants are assigned a partner and it’s a one to one swap (you are swapping with the person making a quilt for you) where each person makes a mini quilt up to 24” square. Each participant fills out a form with likes and dislikes in terms of colors and technique. Valerie and I learned pretty quickly that we have opposite tastes in colors and technique. We both leaned into what the other likes, stretched our boundaries and stitched out some beautiful results! Valerie provided several inspiration photos of quilts she likes. Many of the examples were improv and one particular type of quilt was shown twice. Valerie indicated she liked purples and greens and was recently into blues. I took this information and started pulling lots of fabrics from light to dark in the blue and purple range. I pulled from my scrap bins, FQs, and smaller y