Plus Banner Quilt
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2016 Finished Quilts, Quilts, Stash Bee

Plus Banner Quilt Finish

Next up on my to-do list was to finish a quilt to gift to my second niece. Due to being a vigorous little lass trying to kick her way out (rather literally, unfortunately), we are expecting her a bit early via a scheduled birth on November 23rd, the day before Thanksgiving. Thankfully, I have her quilt done in plenty...

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October Stash Bee Blocks

For October, my Stash Bee Hive Queen requested nine patch blocks in purple or green (ranging from mint to teal) so that she can cut them diagonally and piece Home Sweet Home blocks. The block is so fast and simple to put together I went ahead and made one of each colorway. I look forward to seeing how she combines...

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QST Candy Chains
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QST Candy Chains {August Stash Bee Block}

This month my stash bee queen asked for a really fast and fun block that she calls QST Candy Chains (click on the link to see her great tutorial). She gave a wide choice in block colors, and since she had already made an orange and pink block you know I headed straight for my blue fabric bin. The piecing...

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Plus Banner Quilt
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Quilts, Stash Bee

Finished Flimsies

I have had several groupings of quilt blocks waiting patiently to turn into quilts since early this year, and I finally carved out a morning to get the blocks pieced together into quilts. I am actually at a point where I will have a lot of finished flimsies, and I expect that September will be a full (and fun!)...

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Wonky Pinwheel Block
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Wonky Pinwheel August Stash Bee Block

For August, my Stash Bee queen requested a wonky pinwheel block. By chain sewing, the block came together surprisingly quickly, and I had a lot of fun raiding my ever growing scrap bin for the colored strips. As I was digging through my overflowing scrap bin, it became evident that it will need to be tamed in the future. I...

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July Stash Bee Feather Blocks
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July Stash Bee Feather Blocks

The queen for my Stash Bee Hive requested Anna Maria Horner's Feather Bed block this month. I had made this block back in January, so I felt like I would be able to make 2 blocks for her this month pretty easily. I wanted to focus in on the fabric that she requested, and started by pulling C+S basics and...

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Improv House Block
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Life, Stash Bee

Stash Bee – Improv Houses

This month the Hive 9 queen bee put together a really fun tutorial on how to make Improv House blocks. The blocks come together so very quickly and I had a hard time restraining myself from making more. I mean, these are some seriously tall and skinny houses. Wouldn't it be fun to make some short and squat to go...

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Granny Square May Stash Bee Block
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May Stash Bee & MayIsForMakers

In Hive 9 of the Stash Bee for May, the queen requested a Granny Square block. She just asked for bright colors but let us choose our own color palettes... Is anyone surprised I grabbed blue or went with a color gradient? Yeah, me either. ;) I also want to share the second pattern I purchased during #MayIsForMakers. I chose to...

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Hive 9 Blocks
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April Stash Bee Blocks

I had a lot of fun piecing the super cute gnomeling for my queen this month. If paper piecing wasn't our speed, she also offered an improv tree as an option. I went ahead and sewed up one of each for her. If you are interested in more details on these fun blocks, check out the Hive 9 April...

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February Hive 4 Block for Ruth
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2016 Finished Quilts, Quilts, Stash Bee

Weekend Odds & Ends

As can happen sometimes, what I had planned to do this past weekend (start quilting my Midnight Mystery quilt) did not happen. Instead, late on Friday night I realized it was the first Friday of the month and so I turned on my sewing machine and participated in the fun #FridayNightSewAlong on Instagram. I started by gate crashing the...

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February Hive 9 Bee Block
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February Stash Bee Block

My hive mate requested a very scrappy block for February. I dove into my scrap bin and started cutting and placing 2-inch squares on my design wall. When I made it through the bin I was pleased when I had just enough different fabrics to complete a block! I had a bit fewer options for the white on white corners,...

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January 2016 Hive 5 - Five Crosses Block
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January Bee Blocks

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...

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Block Tutorials, Stash Bee

Plus Banner Block {Tutorial}

Happy New Year! I will be a hive mama for Hive 9 of the Stash Bee in 2016, which means I get the pleasure of posting a tutorial for my hive in January. I created a fun block that I call the Plus Banner Block, and I thought I would share the tutorial with you today here on my...

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November Stash Bee Block - Courthouse Step with Selvages
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November Stash Bee Block

It is hard to believe that with making and shipping this block, my year in Hive 2 of the Stash Bee has come to a close. This month, Helen @Midget Gem Quilts requested a courthouse step block incorporating selvages. Helen asks this month, "Speaking of mistakes, my question is when you make a mistake do you wing it and incorporate it...

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Red Herring - Quilting Detail
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Stash Bee Signups Open & WIP

First, I want to remind everyone that signups for the 2016 Stash Bee open today, so visit the Stash Bee blog for details on how to sign up! On Monday, I started quilting the Red Herring quilt. I have known all along that I wanted to go with a very dense matchstick quilting for it, and I am over halfway...

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October Stash Bee Block
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October Stash Bee Block

Kaja @Sew Slowly loves improvisational sewing, so it came as no large surprise when she left her stash bee block tutorial for October fairly widely open for interpretation. I'll lead with where I ended up... Don't those late fall roses from my yard that my husband cut me look so perfect with the block? This block ended up 12.5-inches tall by...

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