a bee quilt

So, my month for this quilting bee was April of 2010. It’s about time I got these blocks sewn together into a quilt top, right?!

I think my month snuck up on me, so I opted for a perennial favorite – blocks in the style of Denyse Schmidt’s Drunk Love in a Log Cabin (and yes, I had members of the Block Party quilting bee make similar blocks – love them!).

I had a piece of a great purple floral print that I asked each member to include somewhere in their block. The greens, purples and grays were all pulled from that print. Looking at it now, I really love how light and springy this one turned out!

Thank you to all the members of Bee Imaginative for these gorgeous blocks!

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Thanks for all your wonderful comments about my crazy unfinished quilt problem! I should let you know that even though I’ve been tempted to start on a new quilt, each time I’ve made myself stop and do something towards finishing that pile of quilts. I have a backing made, 2 are now basted, a bit of fabric has been ordered for backings, and I’ve been poring over Angela’s new book for quilting inspiration. Hopefully a few finished quilts will start showing up here soon!

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taking stock…

So, I guess it’s time to talk about those unfinished quilts. It seems as though it’s been easy for me to finish a quilt top, hide it away in a closet, and start another. I went looking for unfinished quilt tops the other day, and let me tell you, it’s not pretty. Well, actually, it is pretty, but the situation… well, that’s kind of dire. I’m hoping that discussing it here will help me make a dent in finishing up some of these quilts. Any encouragement is welcome!

So how about a quick preview of what we’re dealing with here (in no particular order) –

Improv solids

Perfectly Perched in plum

[Update: Finished quilt here!]

Flea Market Fancy Swoon

Cubicles

[Update: Finished quilt here!]

Timbrrr!

Ruby Strings

[Updated: finished quilt here!]

Graduated Rainbow

Liberty patchwork

Simply Solids

Anthro sheets (quilt top has been finished, but not yet shown here!)

[Updated: finished quilt here!]

bella, bella, bella!

[Update: A finished quilt here]

Breakout

Swirling Swans

[Updated: finished quilt here!]

quilting bee quilt (finally turned into a quilt top!)

low volume #2 (also now a finished quilt top, but not yet shown here)

 

Any votes on what to start with first? This girl needs help, and a little motivation!

(I suppose it goes without saying that if I’m not in this space in the near future, you can assume I’m busy working on quilt tops er, backs!)

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simply solids

I made a quilt out of just solids a year ago. I loved it and always vowed to make another, but as these things so often go, an entire year went by before I got back to thinking of another all solids quilt.

I fell pretty hard for the new Michael Miller Cotton Couture solids, and this quilt is made entirely from colors from this fabulous collection of solids. Not only do they have gorgeous colors, but they are super soft and really nice to sew with.

I have always been a fan of Katie‘s value quilts and especially these two gorgeous quilts made up of half square triangles. I hesitated to make one since I felt a bit eh about making and trimming all those half square triangles. Finally I decided to just go for it, and I’m really happy I did. I absolutely love these colors and the various patterns made with the half square triangles.

And now? Loving the HSTs. There will likely be more in my future (you’ve been warned!)

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