Carla @Granny Maud’s Girl introduced me to the concept of “gate crashing” during last year’s Stash Bee. The concept is simple: make a block for someone in another hive and ship it to them when it is their month as Queen Bee. This was especially easy to accomplish in January, as I am Queen Bee for Hive 9 and not making a block for anyone in my own hive.
January 2016 Hive 1 – Pineapple Block
Alison from Hive 1 requested these very cute and fun pineapple blocks. They sew together quickly, and I just couldn’t resist giving it a try.
January 2016 Hive 3 – Wreath Block
Diana from Hive 3 put together a lovely wreath block tutorial. I am so glad she also said that red would work for her, because I actually had a few holiday / Christmas prints in red (but none in green)!
January 2016 Hive 5 – Five Crosses Block
Audry of Hive 5 requested a five crosses block. I love the colors she selected for this block, and it also tugged at my heart that the quilt will be going to a friend going through hard times.
I look forward to seeing how all these quilts come together, and it was a lot of fun to spend a part of my Saturday sewing for others.
These are all lovely blocks, Yvonne.
Gatecrashing hives might end up being my greatest sewing legacy! 🙂
Love the new blocks! The hive idea
is so cool. Looking forward to seeing
more progress through the year.
Love the Xs! And that pineapple! Great blocks and I’m with Granny Maud on the gatecrashing!
That last block looks like the sea – the colors and motifs. 🙂 Great job!
Love the idea of party crashing the bee!
Good Morning Yvonne! Each of your blocks are creative, unique and fun! What an excellent way in which to get to know other quilters and share quilt blocks. Thank you for sharing and have a fantastic creative day!
Gate crashing sounds like such fun. You made three very pretty blocks and I’m sure the recipients will be so pleased to receive them!
Love the five crosses block! Thanks for sharing the tutorial, I’m saving it!
Great blocks. You did a lot of gatecrashing. Interesting concept. Hoping to get my block done and mailed of this weekend.
Gatecrashing is always appreciated by the hive and queen – they look like fun! Especially the pineapple!
All the blocks are great! That pineapple is too cute! I love it!
Thank you so much for crashing my hive. I’m hoping to do some gatecrashing myself if my vertigo clears up enough for me to do some actual sewing. I can tolerate about 5 minutes on the computer before I need to keep my eyes closed so it might be a little while before I can do any real sewing.
These are all great blocks. I especially love the pineapple! It’s on my to do list…
What cute blocks. You have such a good eye for color.
All lovely blocks, though I really can’t imagine a quilt full of pineapples! Especially love the wreath one, and it looks so good in the red.