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Hi fellow members of Hive 9! I'm Kim and I live in Duluth, GA with my husband of 5.5 years and our 7.5 month old daughter Ellie! We also have a 7 year old lab mix that my husband and I adopted the week we returned from our honeymoon. This is my 3rd year participating in Stash Bee and I've really enjoyed making lots of different types of blocks over the last 2 years. It is always nice to made blocks that are outside of your normal repertoire and sometimes you find new blocks to love! For my block this month, I want you guys to make a block for me that I have actually sewn for others in both of my previous years in Stash Bee. I loved how their quilts turned out and I decided that I wanted one for myself! It will be 14" square unfinished and ready to ship to me (13.5" square finished in a quilt top). This block is definitely a scrap buster with its scrappy mini 9-patches! So dig out those little scraps! As for colors, please use white on white prints for the corners. White solids are OK if you don't have white on white, but please try to avoid low volume prints with color if you can. And for the mini nine patches, think bright and happy. I love bold, saturated fabrics and fabrics with a print that read as a single color! Avoid blacks, browns, grays, etc. (although it is fine if they appear as a small part of an otherwise colorful print). I also prefer prints over solids. I cut squares for multiple blocks in this picture! Fabric Requirements Corners (white on white) (4) 5" x 5" squares Scrappy Mini Nine Patches (various bright, happy colors) (45) 2" x 2" squares Once you have all your pieces cut, lay them out in an arrangement you like. Then we'll start by sewing together the nine-patches. I sew the blocks into rows first, press the seams, and then join the rows. Please press all seams open. And don't forget to line up your seams! Now you should have (9) 5" blocks to sew into you big nine patch! As before, I sew the blocks into rows first, press the seams open, and then join the rows. And then you're finished! Here is a picture of the finished quilt that Courtney (Mon Petit Lyons) made from the first time I sewed this block for Stash Bee. Check out her blog post to see more photos! Thank you in advance and if you really want to clear out your tiny scraps and make more, they are more then welcome! Those mini 9-patches are a little addicting! Please let me know if you have any questions!

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Hi fellow members of Hive 9! I'm Kim and I live in Duluth, GA with my husband of 5.5 years and our 7.5 month old daughter Ellie! We also have a 7 year old lab mix that my husband and I adopted the week we returned from our honeymoon. This is my 3rd year participating in Stash Bee and I've really enjoyed making lots of different types of blocks over the last 2 years. It is always nice to made blocks that are outside of your normal repertoire and sometimes you find new blocks to love! For my block this month, I want you guys to make a block for me that I have actually sewn for others in both of my previous years in Stash Bee. I loved how their quilts turned out and I decided that I wanted one for myself! It will be 14" square unfinished and ready to ship to me (13.5" square finished in a quilt top). This block is definitely a scrap buster with its scrappy mini 9-patches! So dig out those little scraps! As for colors, please use white on white prints for the corners. White solids are OK if you don't have white on white, but please try to avoid low volume prints with color if you can. And for the mini nine patches, think bright and happy. I love bold, saturated fabrics and fabrics with a print that read as a single color! Avoid blacks, browns, grays, etc. (although it is fine if they appear as a small part of an otherwise colorful print). I also prefer prints over solids. I cut squares for multiple blocks in this picture! Fabric Requirements Corners (white on white) (4) 5" x 5" squares Scrappy Mini Nine Patches (various bright, happy colors) (45) 2" x 2" squares Once you have all your pieces cut, lay them out in an arrangement you like. Then we'll start by sewing together the nine-patches. I sew the blocks into rows first, press the seams, and then join the rows. Please press all seams open. And don't forget to line up your seams! Now you should have (9) 5" blocks to sew into you big nine patch! As before, I sew the blocks into rows first, press the seams open, and then join the rows. And then you're finished! Here is a picture of the finished quilt that Courtney (Mon Petit Lyons) made from the first time I sewed this block for Stash Bee. Check out her blog post to see more photos! Thank you in advance and if you really want to clear out your tiny scraps and make more, they are more then welcome! Those mini 9-patches are a little addicting! Please let me know if you have any questions!

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Hi it's Abigail from cut&alter here and I am so excited to be the Hive Mama of Hive 8 and to be Queen Bee for January. My block choice this year was never in doubt - I am requesting the same block I asked for last year. I was so happy with my choice and the blocks I received last year that I wanted to make the quilt bigger. I thought I would make up some more blocks but for me the beauty of the block is all the different fabrics that go into it and I just don't have enough variety. So this is where Hive 8 this year can help out ...... I would love a block like this: I first saw it in a local quilt shop where it was called Kisses and Crosses, but have since seen it on the Stash Bee referencing Lori Holt's Cross Roads Block. Whatever it's called I loved the look of this quilt, which is a Stash Bee finish from last year (and Cyndi was a Hive Fiver too!). Fabric requirements: - 8 squares of low volume fabric cut to 4 1/2" This was my initial choice for the low volume squares, but I ended up swapping the square with the X on it for a white on white print. Whilst it looked OK, when I turned the photo to B&W on the camera it read as mid volume and was just too dark. - 48 squares of scrap fabric cut to 2 1/2" I really want a colourful scrappy quilt so really anything goes .... apart from brown please! As you can see on my example I have used almost 48 different fabrics (there are a couple of repeats). If you can do that it would be great but if you don't have a scrap stash like that then don't worry and repeat fabric but please try to keep it away from each other. Instructions: Sew 4 small squares together into a 4 patch Iron seams to one side and interlock seams when joining rows This block will measure 4 1/2" square Make 4 and set aside Take 16 small squares and mark the diagonal line on the back Place 2 small squares in opposite corners of the large square Sew along the line - I find that I get a better finish when I sew a needle's width to the outside of the line Press to set the seam and then iron open Trim the excess fabric away This block will measure 4 1/2" square Make 8 blocks like this Take 2 triangle blocks and join together matching the seams Press seam open This block will measure 4 1/2" x 8 1/2" Make 4 blocks like this Using the remaining 16 small squares make four 4 patches and then join together to make a 16 patch Lay out as a 9 patch formation - ensuring triangle blocks are facing the correct way Join together as rows Press seams in the direction shown by the arrow below Join top and bottom rows to centre row Press seams in the direction shown by the arrow below And that's it!! I do have another request ...... I was wondering if you would all be happy to make a signature block for me to piece into the back? It would be a lovely reminder of all my wonderful Hive mates. I have made an example which fits with the front very well (!), which you can see below, but you could do your own thing if you want. It just needs to have you name and location on it. Here's a shot of some of the blocks I received last year .... .... and I truly, madly, deeply love this quilt!! This quilt is now called Noughts and Crosses, the name my daughter gave it when she saw these blocks on my design wall! Any questions please do ask and I am so looking forward to receiving your lovely blocks! Thank you very much in advance. x

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