I don't know if any of you remember the great bee block extravaganza that happened in 2010?  If not, let me post these as a reminder:  That collection of blocks represents not quite all of the bee blocks that I made in 2010.  I, like many others who get stung by the quilting bee, went…

I pushed it a little tight getting my bee blocks done for the month, but they are ready to be mailed! {whew!} First up - the Always Bee Le...

This bee block is large, about 25" x 15" - there is some room for Anne to trim it as she likes. For September in Bee Sewcial Anne's theme...

Alternatively titled “What I did on my forced internet-free break”. So moving house never runs smoothly. No worries with the furniture goi...

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Possible block for Hive 14 --- it's definitely a traditional block, but I have high hopes that modern fabric will push it over the top! I was reintroduced to this block thanks to the Summer Sampler Series, a quiltalong hosted by Lee of Freshly Pieced, Faith of Fresh Lemons, and Katie of Swim, Bike, Quilt.

In Bee Sewcial , my only quilting bee this year, the Queen Bee gives us an idea, an inspiration, a palette, some sizes or whatever she lik...

It's not even October yet, but I got all my bee blocks done. For Sew Modern, Kristy put together this tutorial for the blocks she wante...

Wait, it's January 23, and I'm already posting my bee blocks for the month? That's got to be a record! This month's blocks were a lot of fun, and all over the map stylistically, which was nice.

March bee blocks are in the books! Here they are:

Hi Everyone!!! I'm running a little behind this month...but the Bee block fabrics for June went out today! I'm hoping this will be a fun ...

Though I had great fun over the weekend creating my  Mini Saltwater  quilt and it piqued my interest in sewing again, I found that the back-...

I’ve been a busy bee over the past couple of months still, with both my Miss B Haven bee and my guild’s Liberty bee. Both bees are very different, so that means it’s been staying interesting and fun each month when it’s time to make the blocks! I last shared blocks in June, which means […]

I have finally finished my blocks for the 3x6 sampler quilt bee that I am taking part in over on Flickr.  Now this block for some reason...

3×6 Sampler Bee – Hive 7 – Quarter 4 For my 3×6 Block I decided to to go with a chevron style block.  I decided to use this tutorial Half Square Triangles to create my half sq…

In October, Allie asked us to make ladders for her Quilts Unscripted Bee. She asked that we make blocks that are at least 8" on each side with a ladder going all the way across the block, edge to edge. "The ladder can be curved, straight, leaning, have mismatched rungs, be missing rungs, anything. It ...continue reading →

Cross or Plus block made with black and white fabrics for the cross.  We were told we could make the cross part any size and any location ...

I received all my blocks- woo hoo! Gonna make a few more to get the size up, but I totally love it so much! Thanks ladies!

I've been catching up on a few Block of the Month projects over the past week. (I think having the Olympics on has been a nice motivation/excuse to catch up on some sewing.) This block is Block 2 in the 2014 Auriful Block of the Month. This quilt is designed by Amy Gibson of Stitchery...Read More

I decided that my 4x5 Bee Blocks would be a great project to tackle on the road at my Grandma's house this past week.  I picked a block out of her old school, very well used, block book I made my first patchwork out of this book with my grandma about 18 years ago, when…