Year in Bee's

I just love participating in Bee's.  I love a new creative challenge each month.  I love that the block I make often expands my quilting skills.  And I love the ability to put a super amount of time and effort into 1 block because you only have to make 1.  But most of all, I love getting to know new friends through these shared quilting endeavors!!  This year I was able to participate in 2 bees with some absolutely amazing women!!

The Beejeebers group!!  We sew from our stash in this group and I love that, because we all know I have a mass of scraps to whittle down.  This year was filled with some super creative blocks.  From game boards, to trees, to pictures, and trucks, the creative basis was totally covered.  The the favorite color scheme seemed to be blue and green, and there was some major precision quilting with lots of points in stars and strings.

The Sew Bee Create group!!  This group was an International group which is so much fun because when your quilt comes together it comes from all over the world!!  This group covered a whole variety of blocks from precision piecing to total improv   I always looked forward to the beginning of the month for that squishy package of fabric to arrive.  So fun!!

Here is my Beejeebers quilt.   I call it Convoy and it was a gift to my Father to keep in the cab of his Semi.  That middle truck is a paper pieced truck based of a picture of his rig.   I asked the ladies to make the Semi Truck blocks around it.  They did an amazing job!!!  The creativity blew me away!!  Needless to say, it was a very treasured gift for my father.  Thank you to each one of the Beejeebers ladies for being a part of it.

Here is my Sew Bee Create quilt.  I call it Spinning or Spiraling.  I designed this block and then did a tutorial for that gals to make it up.  Countdown to Christmas is probably my all time favorite Christmas line so it was a little hard to cut it up.  But I just love the way it turned out.  It has been snuggled with daily over this Christmas season.  Thank you to the ladies of Sew Bee Create for this fabulous Christmas treasure!

The Beejeeber's group will continue into 2013 absorbing a few new members from Sew Bee Create.  I can't wait to get going on another fabulous year of Bee's!!

End of Year Pattern Sale!!!

I can't believe it's almost 2013!!  What an amazing year it has been.  To celebrate 2012 coming to a close, I thought it would be fun to have a pattern sale.  These patterns, after all, were a large part of my quilting journey in 2012 :)

So from now until the end of the year all 6 of my patterns will be on sale for only $5.75 each!!!!

You can find my patterns on sale here:


     Purchase pattern from Etsy - Emailed within 24 hours

          

          

Have a Happy Quilting 2012 Day.  There's only 4 of them left :)

Merry Christmas

May the love of this beautiful holiday season fill your homes and bring peace, hope and happiness!!

From our family to yours - Merry Christmas

Starburst Quilt-A-Long - Coming Soon!!

So do you remember way back when I asked  if you you wanted to do a  Starburst Quilt-A-Long??   We'll it's time!!!   We'll get started  in the new year. I am so super excited!!  I just love Quilt-A-Long's and I really love this pattern, win - win!!!  And remember, you can choose from 3 different size options ;)

Of course we will be having great fabric discounts, fabulous fabric prizes, and most importantly lots of fabric fun with friends!!!   More information on all of this coming soon :)  For now, just get excited!!!

So what do you say??  Do you want to Quilt-A-Long with me???  Grab a button and get ready for fun!!

 

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Edit  - Here is a quick link reference to all of the posts in this Quilt-A-Long

Teaser Post
Introduction, Fabric Requirements, and Prizes
Deciding on a Layout and Cutting
Goose in the Corner and Half Square Triangles
Flying Geese
Building Blocks - At least 2
Finishing Blocks and Sashing
Baste It, Quilt It, Bind It
Parade and Grand Prizes

Hip to be Square

I am so excited to finally get to share Hip to be Square, my latest published quilt!!!  (Squeal)  This quilt  quickly became one of my all time favorites and I have been dying to share it!!  I used Moda Bella Solids in beautiful earthy tones to give modern flair to this highly geometric design.

The arrangement of colors and changes of strip sizes gives this quilt an endless amount of movement.  I just love how it looks like it is converging on itself in one minute and then the next minute it is exploding outward. So cool!!

You can find Hip to be Square in McCall's Quilt Quilts Feb/Mar issue which is in stores now.

And I can find the original Hip to be Square on my bed!!!  Yup, I finally made a quilt for my own bed, and I love it!!  Now I think some pillow covers are in order.  Another project to add to the list :)

And even though I finished this a long time ago, I am just now getting to share the finish, so I am linking it on up to Crazy Mom Quilts ;)