January Bee Blocks

Taking a break for the holidays and doing a little sewing for myself has done a world of difference.  I've just whipping out the bee blocks that I have arrive at my door.  

Here's a rundown of all the blocks that are out the door before of the end of the month deadline.

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The lovely gockfrocks (blogs over here) sent us pre-cut japanese x and + scrappy blocks.

 

This was so super easy I was shocked! I won't be mailing this off yet as I might have to throw in a few more just because.  She sent me three lovely blocks for my month of being queen bee a few months back.

Aqua and Red

fqnb (she blogs over here) asked for a lovely block, not only is this block wonderful but she had her fabrics pre-cut.  So simple. Some DS Quilts fabric might be included in this package back over the sea.

The second January Queen Bee [dreamfctry] (she blogs over here) let me make her a Swoon block.  I posted about that here.  Oh course I want to show it off again.



Ohhhh Swoon!

Aqua and Orange

betc1978  (blogs over at here) sent some lovely fabric.  She was looking for some blocks inspired by Denyse Schmidt's drunk love log cabin quilt. We used this tutorial.



I constructed these at the same time.  And I didn't have enough to finish either but I'm sure Betsy will finish them up at home.

Sew Modern Bee

Our January Queen Bee ask for HST blocks.  And I put my hand up to make two blocks.  Especially when the smaller HST's were already squared up.  Ohhhh Pretty!

 

This larger HST was super easy compared to the above block. I'm enjoying HST's and how crisp they can be.

   

{HST Queen I'm telling ya!}

{Sew Bee It}

foxflower asked for presents.  She sent some lovely fabrics for her blocks.  We used this tutorial. I got to make these with with Jovanna on our sewing day.  Jovanna dealt with me bringing out my new old machine.  It was super fun to sew these blocks together, mix fabrics, and try out my new old machine. 

Orange you Glad

I was able to sew a spiderweb block for Vegetarian Hunter (she blogs over here). This block went a lot faster than my first attempt.

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And since one of my bee's Twice as Nice has officially ended, I might have joined in a new bee/swap group called Bee a {Modern} Swapper.  It's a swap and a stash bee.  Oh gads it's something different for sure.

By the way, if you want to see me freak out just wait and see. . I have 3 bee's I'm Queen Bee and will be sending out fabric for in April.  I still have NO clue what I'm going to have everyone make me. The options are not endless anymore I'm kinda at a loss of what I want.

2011 Bee Recap

I found some amazing gals to sew with in my on-line quilting bees:

{Sew Bee It}

Twice as Nice

{Modern 12}

Sew Modern Quilt Bee

Orange you Glad Bee

Aqua and Red Bee

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4x5 Modern Quilt Bee

I sew with people all over the WORLD! 
It's downright awesome when you think of it!

But as a recap of this year I have made a few mosaics. 

I made 109 bee blocks this year!

January

These were my first blocks being angel blocks

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October


November

December

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All I can say is WOW!  I love sewing for all of you! I can not tell you how much I've learned in sewing and interpersonal skills!

August ends and school begins

Well it's been a weird weather summer around here.  I haven't been driven inside crying because of the super hot days.  I've enjoyed a house with just my fella and I while his daughter goes and spends some much needed time with her mother. But all things change.  And here it is again.

We're preparing for school, dealing with purple hair (sigh), and adjusting to the old routine.  {Yes you must go to bed!}

Besides prepping for my month as queen bee in September.

I even got to sew a bit for myself with this block. . whoop.  This quilt will one day be a reality.--->

I've been sewing for my other bee-mates.  How super fun is this!  I totally made a dent in my commitments before August even started (previous post found here).

Here's the rest of my August bee blocks. Although many of them are considered late- sigh.


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Jennifer that blogs over at Ellison Lane Quilts sent us the cutest package ever.  Not only did it have lovely fabric in it.. it was cut up and SO easy to put together!  The longest part was ironing the seams open as I usually press to one side.  {So go me!  I read the intructions before it was too late}

If you are interested in these block dearest Jennifer is having a quilt along for a whole quilt with these. . the results are a rocking!



Twice as Nice

Our lovely Queen bee in this group wanted blocks made from Joel Dewberry fabrics. . YUM!  She wanted to have us pick our blocks ahead of time. . this was an interesting concept. 






It actually took me awhile to motivate myself for these blocks although I chose them. :)  But here they are all shiny and pretty. 

The hexi block is a change of plans as I couldn't bring myself to do more flying geese. . and it doesn't help that I lost the pattern.  Le'sigh! 



{Modern 12}

Lindsey joined this group late with me.  She was so super busy last month that we extended the group one more month.  She asked for Liberated Cross Blocks.  Wow. . these were fun!











{Sew Bee It}

Sarah sent a yummy package of Joel Dewberry fabrics - love them!  This is a colorway I usually don't play with .  I've had SO much fun planning these for her.  ♥ I hope you love these as much as I do!

This block is called Girl's Favorite.  YUM!

This is the one block I've made.  Sarah know's I'm good even if I'm late.   I'll try to whip something else up before I post this after the holiday.  

 

Finishing up all my July Bee Blocks . . . aka WIP Wednesday 7.27.11

For starting out behind the 8-ball for this month. . I've made it my mission to not fall behind again.  My own projects (which I don't have that much passion for right now) are sitting.  But it doesn't mean that I can't work with other people's fabric to make them some wonderful blocks.

What have I done?  I've made myself (really some other gals) some blocks!

Red and Aqua Bee

This bee is a shortened time-frame (which feels great) but that means we have two lovely gals to sew for each month.

These two beauties are what I made up for toerintx.

One of her inspirations is Fairy Face Design's Dresden quilt

I really enjoyed working on these.  Oh the things I learned along the way.  These are way different than "traditional" Dresden plates with the leaves. I might say harder.
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The second gal for this bee was the lovely tinkingalong had us make anything we wanted with her yummy aqua and red fabrics.   

I did this flying geese block but then had enough left over for another block.  Only after I finished the blocks did I read the instructions asking for no wonky.
Sorry beauty.  I must say that I'm not a wonky lover myself but this blocks has enough for me not to feel dizzy.

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This month we got to sew for Fairly Mairly

She chose a block inspired from Block Party.

She even made an awesome tutorial. After reading this a few times, I had to wrap my head around the freezer paper was just a ruler. . nothing to do with paper-piecing.

WOW.  I so want to keep these.  I love the purple, I love the Joel Dewberry fabrics.  And I'm so interested how she'll put these together.  If you go to this group you can only imagine what the possibilities are for these blocks. 

{Sew Bee It}

The wonderful Say Yes Juliet {her blog is here} has started off this bee.

How grand to make cross blocks for her.  These were fun and OH the creations everyone has made!

I have to say that these are my favorite gals to sew for. I'm biased as I know a few of them personally and I twitter with a few of them.  I am in awe of ALL their talent each and every one of them. And this is only the beginning.

  
That's what I've being up to.  Go check out my July Bee Block photo set.  There you can get a re-cap of all my creations that I rocked this month.  

I'm adding this blog post the lovely Lee's WIP Wednesday

Go check out the other amazing things happening
around the craft world.

Mid-Point June 11 Bee Blocks

Well these are what I have so far.  There are a few more to do but here we go!

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Cream and Cotton asked for Starburst blocks a la Film in the Fridge! This most awesome tutorial

This was something else to try and it will test your 'eye-ing' the 1/4" 

Aqua and Red Block Bee

This is a great group.  It's a 6-month group with 12 gals.  It's two blocks a month.

 I've only finished one block.[dreamfctry] requested lovely wonky stars.  

I think I got my wonk on.  These gals are teaching me for sure!

Aqua & Orange Bee

 

Our Queen Bee asked for these awesome zig zag pattern

This is learning again - read read triple check.  I think I cut these blocks too small.  It's kinda hard to un-cut these once you start.  So I just rolled.  I can SO see why she chose these!

This just a few of the blocks.  I just have to make the rest of them . . yeah for weekends!

May's nearing an end

Phew . . . I made it! 

May's coming to an end 

and

I finished all of my May bee blocks!

So, here we go ~

{Modern 12} Bee

gock's frocks asked for 

an awesome wonky string block.

She's put a tutorial up for anyone that's interested.

I didn't want to chance the red being perfectly matched so instead I made two centers for her.

I did add my own red as a backdrop to show the idea she has in store for these blocks. 

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JennyGoLightly asked for  

Oh Fransson Mod Mosaic block

I had a bit of trouble with this one.  I adore the smaller pieces in blocks and wanted to use this with the wonk.  I ran out of sashing.  No worries, she'll put these two pieces that I'm sending to make up one block.

Aqua & Orange Bee

breathe and sew asked for

whatever we want with the fabrics she sent.  Oh gads this one was hard.  Not only was this hard but I'm in two bee's with breathe and sew.  She did this for each group.  

What a grand idea.  Here's what I came up with. 

I based this on Lily's Quilts block 

and 

I also had to roll with it to actually make it big enough (only 10") since my HST's were SMALL!

Aqua and Red Block Bee

This is a great group.  It's a 6-month group with 12 gals.  

It's two blocks a month but we'll be done so much faster.  So, I like it a lot.  

First gal is breathe and sew 

She asked for whatever we wanted. . yep same gal as above.  Since I had SO many small HST's left I decided to make a few pinwheel's  I {heart} Why not Sew's tutorial and then filled the space with the fabric I had left.  

Crazy I know.

The second gal is whynotsew?  

So not only did I use her tutorial for a block from someone else, I get to sew for HER!

She asked for

a  wonky star block.  I learned from this tutorial a few months ago

I adore these colors!

Sew Modern Quilt Bee

FairlyMerry asked for

two confetti blocks.  

These blocks my mother {I think} would love.  These were fun to make.  

I even have a few scraps to send back with these blocks

GO ME

Twice as Nice

Kreated by Kari supplied us with enough fabric to make a Spiderweb block.  I mainly followed 

{House} of a la Mode's tutorial

I love the colors Kreated by Kari and it will make a great fall quilt.  

 I learned that I'm not a fan of the Spiderweb blocks. I don't really know what about them isn't fun.  Well at least I know now!  :) So, I'll glad it make it for other's but not myself.

There's the low down on May.  I'm so glad that I actually finished my blocks before the end of the month, but as well as before my next business trip.  Which I have no craft ideas to bring with me - yet!