Bee Blocks. I was able to join a circle of do.good.stitches this past month and as luck would have it, April was my month as quilter! I had two weeks to come up with a quilt idea, make my blocks, and post instructions. No pressure there! I spent a lot of time reviewing my favorites on flickr and pinterest and finally landed on the scrappy granny square. This was the perfect opportunity to test out a block I'd admired for so long!
I followed the tutorial at Blue Elephant Stitches, but made a few modifications: I used 3" squares for the colored "rings" and 3" x 3 3/4" rectangles for the border. This yielded a block that finished just under 11 1/2" with wiggle room for trimming.
I just received the last of the blocks from my bee mates last week and need to get started on the quilt top soon!
I just received the last of the blocks from my bee mates last week and need to get started on the quilt top soon!
But first, I stitched up my May blocks. Scrappy plusses in aqua. I might have gotten a little carried away. I have four to send away and a few more on my sewing table to keep for myself and add to my list of wips!
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