Wednesday 22 March 2017

March Block Round-up



This month’s queen in my Stash Bee hive is Ophelie (@quiltoph). She picked the Treasure Hunt block from Blossom Heart Quilts. Ophelie added colour dots to the template (her version here) and that made it extra easy to keep track of what colours went where. I’m a bit of a convert to mustard after making this block. Ophelie’s original request post with her colour choices is here. I was hoping for my prints to offer more variety in the way they matched up but it didn’t come together as I planned and I have a far less scrappy effect than I was hoping for.




Kate at Smiles from Kate is queen over in Bee Inspired for March and she’s chosen the  Gnomes and Trees block from Flying Parrots Quilts for her block. I spent a “too hot for housework” Sunday afternoon putting the trees and gnomes blocks together. It was a fun block to make, and great for a bee pick! The hot weather was followed by thunderstorms and I have learned a lesson in low light photography. This block is nowhere near as yellow as it appears.


I’m currently working on a quilt using some large scale hourglass blocks. It’s working title is “Dave, the Engineering Quilt”, a play on Dave the Quilt Engineer (husband of quilting buddy, Tish) because of the blueprint drawings on the fabric. When the idea came I thought it was hilarious. Still do.


The blocks from being queen in Bee Inspired last month continue to roll in. It’s such fun! These are from Sharon at Yellow Cat Quilt Designs, Jen at A Dream and a Quilt, Paige at Quilted Blooms, Ann at Brown Paws Quilting, Kate at Smiles from Kate,  and Karen at Tu-Na Quilts, Travels and Eats.

8 comments:

  1. Lot's going on Sue. I am strangely drawn to the Trees and Gnomes block, it's lovely, and beautifully scrappy (giggles). It's great seeing all your blocks together for your bee quilt, you have some great variety there. I love Bee Inspired.

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  2. Hi Sue! What a round up of cute blocks! I'm feeling the pressure, knowing my month is coming up soon. I better decide what block I want! So many cute ones. I've linked you up to Wednesday Wait Loss. Sorry about the problem. One of these days, I'll get the post up without a hitch! Thanks for your patience and for linking up!

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  3. Great blocks. I love the gnome and trees one xx

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  4. Your blocks look great. I love that your named your quilt after Dave. LOL

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  5. Well all of these blocks are great! I love the treasure hunt block!

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  6. I am still smiling at Dave the Engineering Quilt :) I really love the blue print fabric, do you remember what line it is from? All of your blocks are looking great. I can't wait to see all of Kate's blocks come together in a quilt, it's going to be so fun and whimsical.

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  7. Humbled and honored to be mentioned. Thank you and by the way the fabric is quite fitting as I love blue especially those of the navy and cobalt varieties!

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  8. This is going to be a striking quilt! I know I want to make one too!

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