ONE BEE IS JUST NOT ENOUGH.....

Hello Vinnie!!

You may recall a few posts ago I posted my progress on a quilt I was making for my friend who recently had a baby....well here he is enjoying his quilt!! 

This darling little monkey (I say little monkey but he actually weighed in at nearly 11lbs) is called Vinnie and he belongs to my lovely friend Debbie and her hubby Tom.

We last left off with having to quilt the top and add on the binding, due to all the Log Cabins and patterned fabrics I kept the quilting fairly simple and went for a modest 1 inch binding.

A Painter's Palette - Part 1 

As the title suggests I simply wasn't satisfied being apart of one fabulous Bee, I simply had to join another!!! This one completely home grown and only available to those of us in the UK. This month our Queen is Gina, you can find her over on Occasional Quilter it wasn't enough for her to pick the Painter's Palette block, oh no!! She had to go and make this as her example....

Ok!! Challenge accepted! Awhile back I saw a really cute little block made entirely from miniature tumblers, I just knew I had to do this!! So here we go.....

I made two of these one in red and one in purple, I thought the block as a whole would look quite cool if the colors were in pairs, so I also made 2 mini Log Cabins and 2 mini scrappy blocks.

I really enjoyed making these little blocks, they are all 5" squares and the possibilities are endless, there are so many others that I really want to try, maybe even a weenie little Mariners Compass??!! Anyway for now this is what I have... 

If you have any ideas on what else could look great in 5" I would love to hear from you!! be sure to come back and visit me to see how this block takes shape in part 2!!

Happy Quilting

Kerry xx 

BLUEBELL'S CABIN

2 Birds 1 Stone

This months Bee Block is called 'Bluebell's Cabin, it is a modern update of the classic Log Cabin block. Traditionally Log Cabin starts from a center square and is built or grows outwards, with endless variations of fabric choices and piece placements each block can have a completely different look when finished. This modern version has a middle ring of all the same color between two rings of varying colors and patterns.

These were made for Mary Lou, who requested prints in blues, greens, yellows and Kona solid white.

I loved this block so much I decided to use it to make a baby quilt for one of my friends......

First I had to pull all the blues and whites I could out of my stash, luckily I had been given some lovely teddy bear fabrics that made all the difference. Cut all the pieces needed for each block to the required sizes - 13 in total, I made 8 blocks so that was 104 strips in varying lengths with widths of either 1 1/2 or 2 1/2 inches.

I then chained pieced them together wherever possible - my new most favorite thing to do!! Starting with a 2 1/2 inch square, completing the first 'ring' with patterned fabric

The second 'ring' is made entirely from the same fabrics as the first square

The outer 'ring' is then completed in the same way as the first, using a variety of prints and or solids.

I will be posting each stage of this baby quilt as it progresses, I hope you will enjoy watching it grow!

Happy Quilting 

Kerry