michele and heather

michele,
i was inspired by your 'birdie' fabric. it had such a light lacy feel that i wanted to try to achieve that in the block. i also thought a lot of white would show off these fabrics. i got a couple of little birdies in my piece so i fussy cut those for two of the corners. i think it'll look pretty sashed in the green. i don't make a lot of blocks like this, so it was definitely out of my comfort zone.

heather,
loved making your block. i agree that 16.5 inches is a big one. i hope you don't mind the addition of the katie jump rope and the amy butler dots.

i don't know if i can keep up with you guys. i've never been in a bee where blocks get done so quickly and fabric gets sent out early! you guys are amazing.

Gorgeous!

Heather, this was a fun block for me -- I can do wonky!  Your fabric choices are just gorgeous.  I had an unexpected free day from working -- the clinics I transcribe for are in Boston, and there's a big snowstorm, so nobody is venturing out (sounds like we Southerners!) -- and it took all the power I had not go directly to the LQS to check out some brown, turquoise, and limey fabrics.  It won't be long though, and I'll be getting some .....   

wonky cabin for heather

hope you like it heather!

Sunshine in the Cabin

February block for Heather....I gotta say, 16.5" is a BIG block size... I kept adding strips to this and thought I'd never get to 16.5". But Heather, it's a fabulous big block size with these wonky cabins! I'm calling mine "Sunshine in the Cabin", as I started by fussy cutting one of those great sunburst floral motifs out for the center...
It looks wonkier in reality than it does in this photo for whatever reason... LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your color choices, Heather! I had no problem finding fabrics in my stash and scrap basket to add to this (we have very similar fabric tastes, I think!) This will be a lovely quilt, no doubt!

Stars, Pinwheels, and Birdie's, Oh My!

My January block for Michele...I added the dark brown with brights mosaic print (in the pinwheel and outer border strips) from my scrap basket to the fabrics Michele sent along. I love that she chose a specific block pattern, and yet, all of our blocks are turning out so differently! (I think Amy's is my fave so far...it must be that Kaffe green she through in there!) ;->I even snuck a little birdie into my pinwheel...ain't she a cutie? Hope you like this, Michele! I bet you're really glad right now that you decided to be brave and volunteer to go first, even though this is your very first Bee experience!

looking ahead...

Heather! Your on the ball for Feb! Woohoo! This is good! It gives those who are far away enough snail mail time! Just a note to say I have your fabrics already... Fun stuff.

I've been having the hardest time trying to decide which I block I want for MARCH... If you can believe it, I've started three quilts in the process of coming up with the right project...!!!

Then today my Quilter's Newsletter (feb/march issue page 56) came in the mail with this Hawaii Sunset Quilt on the cover... And it just did me in...Love flying geese, love 9 patches, and it's most likely not a quilt I would ever make on my own (that's a good thing) which means you ladies get to help motivate me...

So if you have this magazine, HOLD on to it... Because I will use this block for March.

I love it!! And! I have enough fabrics, that I don't have to go buy more! (drat!) ;-)

I'm posting this now, so i will stop racking my brain over this, now I can't change my mind!!

It's been fun so far seeing what everyone comes up with... Happy Sewing!

(p.s.-- Don't worry, I cut most of the pieces for the march block...
so you'll get pieces ready to sew...)

Shooting Star for Michele

edit: Michele asked, and so thought I would just link here in case anybody else needed to know - I learned how to make the Maverick Stars from this tutorial. They're fun and turn out awesome every time. To do it off center, just make all your white base squares the size you want and go as normal from there.

As is my thing, I have more white in this than others. The pinwheel is only 2" instead of four, and I set it off center to allow for longer wonky star points on two sides. I thought that vine print made an awesome shooting star out of my wonky creation! The adorable little bird is pointing the way. I hope you like it Michele!

Heather is way on top of things, I already got her package. I love these greens and blues!