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broomstix 03-15-2016 09:14 AM

ideas needed
 
Hello Everyone.

I am in search of two blocks. must be easy to paint. You see I have two bee hives and would like to put quilt blocks on each one.
Thinking about 3 to 4 colors only.

thanks for your help .

Yvonne

Prism99 03-15-2016 10:18 AM

How about Hold in the Barn Door? Here are some images:
https://www.google.com/search?q=hole..._AUIBigB&dpr=1

And maybe a Bear Paw since bears like honey? Images:
https://www.google.com/search?q=hole...aw+quilt+block

It's easy to limit number of colors for both of these blocks.

Tartan 03-15-2016 12:49 PM

How about Grandmother's Flower Garden blocks? The hexagons are like honeycomb cell shapes.

Bree123 03-15-2016 01:57 PM

Sorry for the dumb question, but what do you mean about painting them? Sounds cool.

BETTY62 03-15-2016 02:06 PM

Those will be the cutest bee hives ever. Please post pictures of the completed project.

Material Witness 03-16-2016 04:47 AM

Bree123, she means to paint onto her bee hives like barn quilts you see on a quilt trail.

ManiacQuilter2 03-16-2016 04:49 AM

I like tartan idea of painting hexagons. You could make a template from a file folder or cereal box.

feline fanatic 03-16-2016 05:23 AM

Honey Bee!!!

http://www.quilterscache.com/H/HoneyBeeBlock.html

Bree, she is doing like a barn quilt and going to paint one to mount on her bee hives. At least I hope. I don't think I would recommend painting directly on the hive. I think the smell of the paint might make the bees unhappy. Also if you have a box that you need to eliminate from the hive for any reason or move around you will lose your quilt block. I think painting it on a separate surface and leaning against the hive or putting some sort of mount on the hive to hold it would be best. It can't be permanently mounted because you need to get into the lower boxes to inspect them. Also as the season progresses you will want to put a queen excluder in and add more boxes of frames as the hive grows.

I have bee hives too. Or I should say my DH does. He is the beekeeper, I just take advantage of the honey, wax and the yummy bee air. :-)

DOTTYMO 03-16-2016 08:17 AM

How about stars to depict the evening sky.

GramE 03-16-2016 08:21 AM


Originally Posted by Tartan (Post 7495100)
How about Grandmother's Flower Garden blocks? The hexagons are like honeycomb cell shapes.

i vote for this one!


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