Bee Unique Spring Birds

Help. How do I put this wonderful top together? Here are all the blocks I have received from my bee friends.

This is a little closer picture of the blocks without any sashing.

Here are all the blocks with the new Oliver + S modern workshop fabric, Frothy Pink Textile Wave, used as sashing.

I could also add a narrow border of this fabric around each block and then sash the quilt with the AH fabric that matches the bird fabric.

Close up of top set of blocks.

Close up of middle set of blocks.

Close up of bottom set of blocks. Do you see any problems?

Here is a close up of the Oliver+S fabric.

Here is another close up of the Oliver+S fabric.

So...what do you think???

A Bird in the Hand (or 15 of them!!!)

I joined a new bee over on flickr. I know. I know. But I couldn't resist!! It was going to be more of a challenge bee and I was excited to see if I could meet that challenge. I have already had a blast and it only promises to get better!! I volunteered to go first and tossed around different ideas for my blocks.

My sister was using this Alexander Henry Larkspur bright bird fabric for a quilt for her MIL, and I love it. Surprise, I know. Me, liking birds in fabric??? Hmmmm....

Don't they just scream spring??? Back in late March, when I was planning this, spring was really lagging. And all the colors in the fabrics are favorites of mine. They are so fun just to look at, so that choice became simple.

My directions?? An asymmetrical block with part fussy cut bird and part traditional block. Here is my take on the challenge. 

I will be sharing the blocks with you as I think about how to put the quilt top together, but if you would like to see the photostream of the bee, click here to check them out. (You will also see some fun trees that were requested for May)

QJRR Bee block for Victoria

Another fun block to make. Victoria said we could put something in the center of the block if we would like. I like. I thought about it for quite a while before I settled on this.



Here are our blocks together. This is going to be an adorable quilt! (Sorry the color is a bit distorted--it was dreary outside)





I loved sifting through my fabrics and finding fun bits and pieces to add to the quilt. And I couldn't resist the "V".





I found a font I liked, and enlarged it on my computer screen and simply traced it from there onto my steam a seam. 





I hand stitched the raw edge applique initial, mainly because my sewing machine chose that time to quit working properly. I hope she likes it as much as I do.

For Elizabeth of our QJRR Bee

Not trying to be funny, but these starlings are darling!! I love these little birds! :)

Here is my block with Elizabeth's...

...and her complete little flock so far.

WIP

QJRR block for Cindy N, originally uploaded by myfullcolorlife - Vickie.

Our really fun flickr bee, A Quilting Journey Round Robin Bee, has sent me a darling 'neighborhood'. I thought it needed some nature, so here is my contribution for Cindy N. It is applique and mostly Anna Maria Horner fabric, though the tree top is from Amy Schimler's Animal Party, the tree trunk is Laura Gunn's Lantern Bloom and the top grass line is Heather Bailey's Hop Dot. Now I just need to finish the outline stitching...It is gonna be hard to send this one away!!!!

Quilting Journey Round Robin Bee - Caliquilter - Joan

I had so much fun making this block for Joan. I fussy cut the flowers from the leftover fabric I used for Emerson's baby quilt. I love those funky, fun flowers!!!

I like our blocks (Joan's and mine) together. It kind of feels like two friends meeting! :) (Wish we could meet in person, Joan!!!)

Here are the blocks that are done so far from our little group. What fun it is to watch new 'friends' being slowly but surely added. :) This is going to be a quilt full of personality.

Bee Blocks and Something Fun!

I finished my latest block for "A Quilting Journey Round Robin Bee". I followed this tutorial. Her directions are great and it was really fun and easy to make. If you would like to see my with the other blocks that are now on their way to Lisa,  look here.

This block was for Jennifer from "Sew Bee It".

And this one is for Tanyaisis for "Fussy Cut Love".

I am also working on this for Deacon. It is raw edge applique.

Fussy Cut Love

Remember this block?? I had sooooo much fun making it!

Well, today I had just finished getting my backing fabric for my Zig Zag Quilt done and was back home researching quilt blocks (June is my month for my Sew Bee It VQB), when I saw this on the Quilting Bee Blocks blog!!! My block was the 5th of Erin's "Pick Five Monday"!!!  Needless to say, I started hooting and hollering!! (Actually, I was squealing like a girl, but I'm not tellin')

What fun! Thanks, Erin!! :)

Joy to you!

12.5 X 12.5 Inches of Fun

I had a blast today. Church rocked. Lunch was great, cause it was with friends. And I made a quilt block. One I have never made before. Of course, that isn't saying much. :D

While I was up at Dad's office building (where our sewing room is) my Mom came trucking in with Emerson (my great niece). K & J were visiting with Dad, so we girls had some fun bonding time! It was a nice break amidst the making of this block.

Why did I make this block??? I joined another Flickr Virtual Quilting Bee. This one is called "The Fussy Cut Love Bee". And these yummy fabrics came from Krista.

My favorite fussy cut is the short, squatty bird, but those greens are so satisfying.

I have to tell you, the first thing I did when I found out what kind of a block she wanted was to research what liberated meant!! LOL. It is pretty interesting! So when the fabric came, I had pretty much decided upon making the foundation of the block a wonky churn dash. Then the rest of the block just sort of built itself. This was surprisingly fun to make. Can't wait to see what Krista does with it! I am sure it will be beautiful!

I put my name, city, state and the date along one of the seams on the back. Even that was fun! :)

Now, both my Bees are done for the month. We have State Ensemble and Solo Contest this coming weekend, so that is a good thing. :)

Joy to you,