At last, almost two
months after posting these blocks, my crows for Velda at GrannycanQuilt, who was Bee Inspired queen back in
April, have arrived! We’ve had our mystery line-up to guess the maker (a lot of
fun!) and I can show them to you. Ta-da! Velda gave us a tutorial which she has
since had to remove from her blog to keep the peace (long unpleasant story) and
requested that part of the crows be either black with white or white with black
with the rest of the crow being bright colours on a low volume background.
Staying on the black
and white critter theme, June’s Bee Inspired block for Karen at Tu-na Quilts and Eats is a poodle
block. This was a nightmare of tutorial errors and a confusing number of
pieces. If you feel you want to take this on the tutorial is here.
Karen gave us corrections but wasn’t specific as to what pieces they were in
the pattern. (The underbelly should have a flip triangle of 2.75” for the hind
leg and the ear piece should be cut at 4.25” long). I was overwhelmed by the
written instructions and decided to follow the photographic steps instead where
the error was different on the ear piece, but instead of being longer as in the
written instructions (I’m told) came up too short. I was ready to throw it in
the corner and there were some choice words thrown about at this point but I
persevered and the block is done! Would I do another one? Not on your life!
EDIT: I am reliably informed that the tutorial has now been corrected. If you want to make one now it should be a lot easier.
The tutorial suggests
that we name our poodles and I was going to name him after the poodle we had
when we were growing up, Marcel, but Kate has picked that name for hers. I
could always call him Marcel2 but I think I’ll go for Ricky Doodle the poodle
(anyone seen Ricky Tims’ Grand Finale video? You’ll understand the reference if
you have.).
Finally, for Stash Bee Alanna (@the_handmade_tail) chose
nice simple flying geese. She’s making a quilt for her best friend’s upcoming
wedding and her friend is very much into nature and the environment, with a
husband-to-be who’s a scientist with music as a hobby. Colours chosen were green
and grey with prints that reflected the couple’s interests. I’ve had the Laurel
Burch leaf print for a long time and now seemed like the perfect time to break
it out and use it. The greys are new from my local fabric purveyor. They were
50% off and who can resist a bargain!
Till next time au
revoir!
Hahaha. Made me laugh to see those lovely birdies on my Bloglovin feed. I am enjoying this little journey we are taking together. Every month we are changing it up. If nothing else we are all individuals which comes across clearly in the blocks we love and the quilts we make.
ReplyDeleteIt makes me feel better about the poodle block....I cannot make heads or tails of the tutorial! So, I am struggling along with this puzzle of a block! Yours turned out cute!
ReplyDeleteSuch a cute poodle block. I have to make one for me too. I've been warned, I know don't do it. But I just have to try it.
ReplyDeleteGreat progress on a fun group of blocks and bee quilts. I love seeing these - and hope to join an online bee after our downsizing this fall, probably in the new year!
ReplyDeleteSo sorry that I caused you such grief last month over the poodle block. Yours did turn out wonderful. I posted lots of tips last month on the Bee Inspired blog as I created another poodle block. Here's a link to part 8 which has links to all of them. https://internationalbee.wordpress.com/2017/06/30/tu-na-travels-and-quilts-day-8-in-paris-and-assembling-the-poodle/
ReplyDeleteI didn't have any problems with the poodle block, so I hope it turned out okay! I love the journey we are on as well. Each block really reflects it's eventual owner and that is so much fun! Thanks for sharing this on Wednesday Wait Loss!
ReplyDeleteYour birds were worth waiting for, they are lovely and bright, I like the colours you chose. I wasn't the only one to have people s with the poodle then, mine was close to going in the bin too. Saying that Ricky Doodle (love that name) was worth the pain, you did a great job. It is great fun though, and what a wonderful variety of blocks we have made, I am so enjoying it.
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