New Quilting Bee 2017
 

Happy New Year to everyone. I hope it proves to be a very good year for everyone. Now onto something new for the Quilting Bee. I hope you will embrace this idea. It is lots of fun, and there’s no mailing involved. The one stipulation is that when you have made your block, you must post a picture in order to be in the next month. I’m hoping you will enjoy this idea for something different. The blocks will be 10” finished.

Each month one person will pick a block she’d like to do, and post the link where to get the pattern, and everyone will make that block. Then the next month another will pick a block, etc etc. At the end of the year, you will have 12 different blocks to put together in a quilt. You can set it up any way you desire, for instance, sashing, on point, etc. I have a couple quilts made from another group I was in several years ago, it was fun.

I will start the year off with the following block:

http://www.patchworksquare.com/mf/al...uilt-block.pdf

So far the sign up for the Bee includes:

Bibliostone
CajunBear
Coconuts
Happylab
Jacquie
JoyceRowell
LindaC
Ljptexas
Lovngrandma
Missgigglewings
Oksewnsew
Quiltmaker123
Sauki1
Terriamn

If anyone else would like to join, please feel free to, just PM me so I can keep track of who is who. ;o)
Let's have some FUN...:thumbup:

Jean

Ok...I really don't like making blocks for myself...but this sounds like fun, so I'm staying in. I am going to modify my blocks by using a common fabric for 2" borders, so I will have 12.5" blocks to work with! Now I'm off to my quilting room to get the first block done!

Oh I'm glad you're staying in. It is fun..especially when there are lots of different blocks you might not make for yourself. You can add whatever you want to the blocks, just thought it would be nice to do something different. We've done the 12 1/2" size for a long, long time. I hope you'll enjoy it. Be thinking about the pattern you will want to share, never know when your name will come up to share. :)

Well you know I'm in....
Hugs,
Betty

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I decided to start on mine today and.... I finished it. I hope they all go this well :)

When it's my turn, I'm gonna find another good one!

Angie

Looks great Angie, great fabric!

Hugs,
Betty

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I received a FQ Bundle from Santa and will use it on this Bee. It has a southwestern flair but in soft colors! Not my usual style but I will be 70 years old and I am embracing new things this year! So here's my block:

Nice colors MGW :)

Thanks Betty :)

I like Betty's colors better!

Happy New Year everyone. We are in 2017 already. How time flies.

I'm in, I like this idea. I will post in a few weeks. Still working on BH mystery quilt. She completed the mystery yesterday. I'm still weeks away from completion. But I will complete this block. It looks fairly easy and fun. All I need to do is decide if I want to do scrappy or 4-5 fabrics. Decisions, decisions. I'll be lurking in the mean time.

Sounds like lots of fun.
I'm in.:)
I've been off the board for a while, but glad to be back.
I'm going to make my block this weekend.

Well.. I kept staring at that ugly little block and decided I could choose better fabric! So I did over and like it better! Goodnight QB....I'm calling it a night!
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I'm in. A month to do a block, sure hope I can manage this, sometimes I wonder about myself. Will be interesting to see all the combinations. This is something different for me.

Count me in! Sounds like fun! If I can figure out how to post a picture, that is. ;)

WELCOME, WELCOME. I'm so glad to see new quilters. I'd like to also introduce a few more that have PM'd me to join: Annt59, jchaffin, Tomara, PABerard, ThimbleShy. This will be fun. Be sure to post pictures so I will know you're in next month. You are welcome to chat, too. Don't ever hesitate to ask questions, either thru here or PM me.

Jean

I pm'd you !! I am in !! Thank you !!

Karen (carrot)

Can a person pop in and out? This looks like fun but I can't commit to it right away. Doing 3 Booms, 2 commissioned quilts, and plenty of UFOs this January/Feb. To join later I just post a picture?

Help me understand, please, about who picks the block of the month. Are you going in the order of the sign-ups??You picked for January, then Bibliostone for Feb, Cajun Bear--march, and so on till the 12th person for the year?

Well Zozee, as it stands right now, I will draw a name and they will pick a block, let me know what it is and link and I will post around the first of the month. IF we have more than 12 that posts pictures, then will have to decide then. Participants need to post pictures in order to be in the next month. Hope that makes sense..

Jean

Hi Jean, Yes I'll stay in. I think this is a great idea, especially as we seem to have lost the original 'block of the month' that used to be on here. Big shame! and also, some of the ladies were going with out a partner a lot of the months in the 'quilting bee'...

(if we chose to we can still make a different block for ourselves each month to complete out 'theme quilt' that we were making last year. I'm happy to do this!)

I'll have a look at your chosen block when I get home from work later!!

See you soon! Hugs Jacquie xxx

I got my block made today. I think I like the colors, I'm not a lover of orange, but it just seemed to 'make' this block.
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Count me in. Have to pick a theme yet

I would like to join! I am finding that when I am a part of challenges and mystery quilts I tend to quilt more! I also make quilts/blocks that I wouldn't normally make.

I have no idea what colours I will do but I am forcing myself to pull most of it from stash.

Here is my 1st block. Trying to use up fabric I already have, I think this quilting bee will be perfect for that !!

Looks like fun. Have PM'ed you and will look to post a pic in the next couple of days.

Carrot I like your colors, good job. Thanks for posting.

I'm hoping to get my block done over the weekend as I'll be working longer hours for the next couple of weeks for testing new systems in work so I won't get a chance to do it then.

Love this block. I can't make up my mind if I want scrappy or follow a color theme but probably won't get to my block until this weekend. Knowing I have a whole month to get it done it is magic to me for a change in this every rushing world we all live in. And I too will be using nothing but my stash as I joined the moratorium on no buying this year, I will do anything to stick to it. Have fun everyone.

New quilter --I'm in
 

I am a new quilter. So this will be good for me. I will work on block #1 today and send pic when I am done

Here is my first block. Using only fabric from my stash.

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Cool beans, pretty.. Love butterflies.

Finished block 1
 

I finished block one. I can't figure out how to post a picture

LOL I guess I did figure out how to post the picture. OK I made the block larger , I want it for the front of an envelope toss pillow cover. However I will make one that is a 10" square. I do have a question--Should we keep the blocks that we make each month colors that all match?