Trees Wallhanging In Progress

I am working on arranging the my tree blocks I asked for my bee-mates in November.
I wanted to post this first photo.
The blocks are on my make-shift design wall. (A piece of batting on a curtain rod hanging on the front of the old entertainment center, so things move and fall when someone walks past.)
I think this is going to be a fun quilt to hang in the breezeway of our house!
I will post more as I get further along.
Thank you all. And Happy New Year.

Woven Bee Blocks in Mail

Mary will have 2 more blocks arriving soon.

November ( just a tad late )

Good morning!  I sewed my block for Michelle this week and am posting it now.  I really enjoyed this little block. I included some text print in the centre of mine because Michelle is a speech therapist and I thought she might get a kick out of it.

Will pop this in the mail this week  : )

for Elizabeth- December!

I'm guessing while my MCM bee buddies were feasting on turkey and pumpkin pie,

I was making these for Elizabeth!

Yes, I'm an overachiever!

Enjoy them E- I love your idea!

Remiss

It was remiss of me not to post my "Rainbow Connection" quilt here, from the 2014 round of MCM Bee...

I loved making this quilt and it will always hold a special place in my heart and in my home.

Even though I did not receive siggy blocks from everyone, all contributors names are on the back, in the turquoise squares.

And here is the back of my Christmas Table Runner with all 2015 participants acknowledged!

I'm only today starting the hand quilting.

I hope I get it finished in time for Christmas 2015!

SUZ

Stepping Stone block

Yes ladies, it is July already!
This is the block I would like made for me....
*NB There are further details on Flick'r- sorry to confuse you.....

With one minor major difference- 

I want it in reverse colours ie a red star on a white background!

The tutorial can be found here 

I didn't have many difficulties but please note.... some measurements are not included!

You will need to cut 8 X 1.5" x 2.5" white rectangles and 8 X 1.5" white squares.  These are used to make the 'arrow' head points of the centre star.

Be careful how you piece these...

The one on the left is correct, the one on the right is incorrect. Easily fixed by un'stitching' the centre seam and sewing the opposite sides together.

Another tip-

These pieces...

can be trimmed to 4.5" square. The designer does not mention this, but I think it is worth noting.

The final block is quite forgiving in that it does leave some leeway to be trimmed to its required 10.5" square.

Thanks everyone! I am looking forward to making this into possibly a Christmas table runner! Not much use for Christmas quilts in December in the Southern Hemisphere......
Susan

Bubbles!

I love bubbles- blowing bubbles, bubble bath and champagne bubbles. In fact, amongst some of my friends, Bubbles is my nickname!

But I was certainly happy to have this "Bubble" finished! I seemed to get worse as I went along, but that may have just been general sewing fatigue.
I love how these look, but could not imagine making a whole quilt of them!

I did notice however that Elizabeth and I seem to have made two of the four circles of our MCM Bee logo...

Anyone want to make a MCM Bee quilt?!

Susan

Bubble Blocks for June

All the details for June's block are posted on our Flickr group page.  I have selected Aylin's bubble block.  (Her full pattern can be purchased here if you're interested.)  I have emailed each of you a template for one quadrant of one block.  You will need to make four copies to assemble one 12.5" (unfinished) block.

blue bubble block

This is a paper pieced pattern, but I found it goes rather quickly, especially if you chain piece the four quadrants.  This somewhat reduces the number of times you need to get up, press, trim, etc.  I also found that I could stitch a "light" and a "dark" before having to trim...this works until the last few rounds when the lights and darks are side by side.  This should make sense once you are working on your block, but if not, please email me with questions.

A few items to note:

• Make sure your printer is set to actual size.  There isn't a "test" square, but the printed block should measure 6" square.  The paper pieced block is 12.5" unfinished.  Remember to allow a 1/4" seam when trimming.
• I would like a signature block.  I did not mention that on Flickr because I thought that was a given ;-)
• The bubble is easier to recognize when strong colors (within your color selection) are chosen for the darks and that the scrappy lights aren't too dark.  You can use my block as an example of what NOT to do ;-)
• Some of the strips are rather narrow.  I found using a dab from my glue stick helped hold those in place when stitching.

I thank all of you in advance for making this block for me!!!  I know it isn't the fastest one I could have chosen.  Our bee rocks!!!

2015 blocks so far

Before I post about the block I have chosen while Queen Bee, I should share pictures of the MCM Bee blocks I have made so far in 2015.  I must admit to forgetting we have a blog...ooops ;-)

Quilter's choice for Elizabeth

Cake for Carla

Dresden for Cindy

Gorgeous Gertie for Stephanie

Baskets for Carla

Now I'm off to upload my photos to Flickr!  Stay tuned for details on June's block....

Diamonds for Linda

This is late, but in the interest of record keeping, here are the diamonds I made for Linda.

This will be a bright and cheery quilt for sure!

Blocks for Susan and Mary

I was a bit behind from the month of July, so I didn't get Susan's block done until this week. I love her idea so very much (and now am drooling over the thought of making one of these myself!) and then I had a hard time narrowing down the star and the color combinations because I kept being bombarded by more and more ideas. It is called "Mama's Memories" and it was designed by Judy Martin (but Elizabeth, you may rename it whatever you would like....)

I had fun with Mary's blocks too. I delved into my very small stash of repro prints and added them to my very large stash of Kona in shades of pale pink. I must have had some plan for all those yards of pale pink, but I didn't write it down, so naturally that plan escapes me at this point.

It will be fun to watch the progress of these two quilts.