My finish is a quilt made out of the bee blocks from the New Quilt Bloggers Group bee that was formed at the end of June ~ Yay! I gave everyone a diagram I did in EQ7 and pictures of my samples to give them an idea of what I wanted. For the first block of the group I kept the pattern simple and the color request easy as in ANYTHING you have in your stash. I wanted a solid-ish center and 3rd ring, the rest can be any print as long as the background is white or off white.
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| Sample Blocks |
Since our group started out with 9 members each making 2 blocks the total would be 18 which doesn't make a great size quilt. I made an additional 2 blocks to even it out to four rows of five, this looked perfect. Then I decided I wanted to make a pillowcase to stuff it in so whoever sent me the last blocks would be the pillowcase. I am still missing blocks from the last person- I will update this post with the pillow case once they arrive.
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| Finished Quilt for Project Linus |
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| Side view |
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| Border Ash Kona Cotton and Colorful Binding |
These ladies were so quick I had them all for the quilt before the end of the month, I got started arranging blocks. Played with sashing colors and decided to go with multiple colors, this is what I got. Starting in August we are welcoming another member, this will bring our little group up to 10.
Thank you for your blocks
Debbie@QuiltingMakesMyHeartSing, Lin@LinsQuilts, Kate@ThreadEverywhere, Jill@PieLadyQuilts, Stephanie@LateNightQuilter, Christina@WipsAndTuts and Cheryl@MeadowMistDesigns
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| Photo bombed by Bella Rose |
This quilt will be donated to Project Linus locally here in Western New York. For anyone interested in donating check the website link, most states have a contact so you can just drop off or you can mail it to headquarters. Here our Joanne Fabrics Store is the drop-off site.
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As promised here are my currently finished blocks for the Farmers Wife Quilt. Im going to be honest, I am hating doing these blocks and I have come to the conclusion its the size of the blocks. They are so small at 6 1/2" piecing this small is not a favorite of mine. I am going to use the book increasing the blocks I want to make for future quilts but I am nixing this project. Ive never done this before but I dont want to waste any more fabric.
Plus I finished another bird for my "Birds of a Feather" quilt. I think the this one came out better. One more I think and I can start putting it together.
Do you do charity quilts? My next charity is also local, it will be Newborns In Need. I hope to make 3 quilts for this one since the quilts are 36" x 36". I have orphan blocks from testers when the queen gives me her fabric and I don't want to ruin it. This bee is with my WNY MQG they will give me 24 blocks, with my centers I will have 9 ~ 12.5 x 12.5" blocks for each quilt. I am queen in September so that will be October!
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Connecting with Sew Fresh Quilts and Freshly Pieced WIP's is back this week, come check out some other blogs
Off to sew,
Pam
That is a lovely bee quilt! I also really like your new bird block. The lines in the white on the chest of the bird lay just right. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous bee quilt!! Wow! It is going to make a child very happy :) I have only nixed a project one time, for the same reason. You will find something to do with those blocks (which are very pretty)!
ReplyDeleteThat's incredible--a finished quilt and the month's barely over! The blocks play very well together. I really like the multi-colored sashing too.
ReplyDeletesuch a lovely quilt, you chose a great design. I can't get over how generous quilters are, donating quilts to charity that take so much time, and let's face it, money, to make
ReplyDeleteIts easy when you feel lucky in life. I use bee blocks because its harder to donate a quilt I worked on myself for a month but I have done it. I am also donating my Michael Miller Quilt to another charity, but its my church.
DeleteYea, Pam, wonderful job finishing up our quilt! I really love what you did with the blocks. Thank you so much for being our first Queen Bee!
ReplyDeleteWhat a bee-utiful finish, Pam! I love the scrappy sashing. Great choice! I must commend you for your charity work. Your quilts will be such a blessing to those in need!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful finished quilt Pam! Combining the blocks with colored sashing really pulled the whole quilt together. Would you allow me to post a picture of the finished quilt on my blog (with proper credits and links of course)? I posted my blocks I sent to you and it would be wonderful to be able to show a picture of the finished quilt. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThat bee quilt is amazing! The colors are so bright and fun!
ReplyDeleteWow,your quilt is so fresh and bright,I love it!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous bee quilt! I can't believe you got it together so fast!!
ReplyDeletePam - I love how this turned out. I can't believe how fast you but it together! I like how all of our blocks came together with the sashing, great finish!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great design and fabrics for your bee quilt Pam!
ReplyDeleteIt cracks me up that whoever runs a bee is called a queen.
I love your bird block!
How lovely that a quilt in which anything from contributors' stashes goes ... um ... goes! It looks more colour coordinated and planned.
ReplyDeleteI like to make humidicrib quilts for the hospital, but I really should have made more than I have lately.