Well I saw a tutorial that I just had to try! Comfortstitching has written up a wonderful tutorial complete with templates for this little quilt. (You can find the link in my tutorials I want to try section!) So the other night I finally decided to break out the scraps and start putting this together. […]
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Well I finally had to make out a schedule for all my bees and swaps because I’ve gone a little nuts and I’m involved in a bunch of things. Plus it helps me keep track of my goals for the year. So here it is! 2010-2011 Bees and Swaps Schedule Busy Bees – June 2010
Bees and Swaps oh My! Read More »
Gretchen had us make tiny house blocks for our last month of Bee Modern (don’t worry…many of us are moving on to Bee Modern Too)…a little bittersweet to be ending my first year long (and then some) commitment to a bee, but it was such a fun type of block to make. She sent us
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I’m involved in a lot of different swaps and bees. One that I have been focusing my time on this week has been the Modern Swappers group. It’s my first swap I’ve ever signed up for and I have no idea what to expect from my secret partner. But I’m trying hard not to think
I was planning on showing you all this layout for my paintbox quilt and talking about what I’m doing differently… I’m happy with some things about this layout and not about others. But as it turns out, it really doesn’t matter. Because last night my little kitty decided to have some fun and this is
Reason number 582 that I need a design wall… Read More »
The Bee Modern Swap is coming to a close…just one more month left. It’s been bitter sweet filled with fabulous fabrics and interesting ideas, but lots of lost members for who knows what reason. I don’t want to judge, I’m sure that they have very good reasons for not being around anymore. It’s just that
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So I found a fun new pattern (new to me at least!) that I might actually buy. It’s going to cut into my fabric budget and that pains me, but it would be worth it if the dress would actually look cute on me. Then I could use some of my pretty fabrics for actual
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This is a tutorial on one way to make a nine patch block. The Nine Patch is one of the most basic blocks used in quilting and it’s very helpful to be able to make it well. It is the starting point for many other designs. This will help you perfect the Nine Patch and
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I finished a custom set of burp cloths for a friend of mine who just had a little girl. I haven’t made any burp cloths for a few months and I wanted to try something slightly different than my previous ones. I still used a double layer of flannel, but I wanted to showcase some
Some new burp cloths and a little luck Read More »
So I think that I’m now going to be in 5 different bees! That’s a record…but so far nothing has overlapped. Of course two of them haven’t started yet, so that could be why. I’m in Bee Modern, Bee Liberated, Pretty in Pink, Busy Bees, and we’re starting Ravishing in Red. Every group is different
So many quilt bees…. Read More »
