A Bee Happy Finish

 Back in early November, I shared a quick project I was making for a neighbor who wanted a gift for a friend who keeps bees.

She wanted me to keep it simple and relatively small.  I pulled out a panel I had that was filled with some fun bee panels and she picked a couple she liked.

I then went to my scraps and found some coordinating bits that I cut to 2.5" square.

I found a nice gray fabric for the backing and quilted it in a grid in a serpentine stitch.  I used a black fabric for the binding to match the frames around the panels.

My neighbor loved it and has already taken delivery of it.  I am glad I was able to use some of my exisitng stash to make something special for someone.

I know a few readers said they have the same panel.  I still have quite a bit of it left and may make a few more like this in the future.  This was definitely a quick and rewarding little project!

Happy December everyone!

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Bee Prepared!

 One of my neighbors came over the other day to buy one of my quilts and she asked me if I could custom make her a wallhanging for a Beekeeper friend.

I disappeared for a minute and quickly came back to show her a Bee panel I had stashed away.

She loved it!

Once she picked which of the little panels she liked, I had to frame them to bring them up to a useable size.  They never seem to be standard.

The plan is to stack the framed pieces and surround them with scrappy 3.5" squares out of my scrap bins.  So the piece will be long and narrow.  And because I still have my AccuQuilt 3.5" die out, I already have all the squares cut.  I just need an empty design wall to finalize a layout.

I love when I can meet a request without doing any fabric shopping.

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Finished...But not as Planned

I have finished another little quilt from the orphan block stash. I think this makes project number four.  This one was originally planned to be quite different but I never did find some purple fabric I swore I had.  But I still really like the finished wall hanging.

I featured an improv orphan block I received in a bag of scraps.  I love the colors and fabrics in it.

I have used the purple and white striped fabric (second in from both ends) in a previous quilt and thought I had more in my stash.  

I was originally going to incorporate that fabric and make a much bigger quilt.

Once I reorganized and folded my entire stash looking for that purple fabric, I realized I needed to come up with Plan B.  So I pulled a bunch of purple, pink and orange 9 patches out of the suitcase.  These were made from the extra 1.5" squares I cut for my postage stamp quilt.  

I knew they would come in handy some day!

BTW - Check out that binding fabric - Is it not perfect!

 Here it is in its entirety.  It measures about 26" x 30".

I really like how it turned out and decided I needed to keep it for myself.

Purple AND orange - I just couldn't let this one go!

 I had a large open space on one of the walls in my sewing room.  It just fits!

But looking at this photo, I think it is time for me to reorganize the artwork on all the walls in there.  I am sure they could be color coordinated a bit better!

But I love looking at them all (including the wall that is not shown) - I like the fact that they are all eclectic and come from lots of people.

They constantly inspire me!

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My Last Finish for 2016

Here it is, the last finish for 2016!

This little quilt was made using the Runway block I designed for Quiltmaker's 100 blocks last fall.  I sewed up four of the blocks to show how they look put together and made a wall hanging.  The block is paper pieced and you can read more about it here.

 The piece measures about 30" square.  I plan on hanging it in my sewing room with some of my other minis and wallhangings.  I might just have to make a bigger quilt from this block one of these days - I really like the design.

 I even got a little fancy with the quilting!

I wasn't sure I was going to find time to get this one quilted up, but I realized that this could be the first time in MANY years that I started a new year WITHOUT a stack of quilt tops of my own to quilt up.

Yep...at this point every quilt top I have finished is quilted and bound!

Woo Hoo!!!

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Colorful Trees and Pretty Bundles

I wanted to share these fun trees I saw on a customer's quilt.  She used some solid scraps she had leftover from another project and made these cute festive trees for a wallhanging.  I thought it was a great idea!

And I thought I'd share a picture of this pretty little giant bundle of Mirabelle I won from the Fat Quarter Shop on their Jolly Jabber blog.  Yes, there are 40 fat quarters in there and I am one lucky girl!!  The Fat Quarter Shop is sure good to the blogging community and I really want to thank them.

 Hmmmm...What to make....

I will just have to dream about it for now as I have to focus on some finishes!

I will be whoopin' it up over my prize at Confessions of a Fabric Addict.  Follow the link to see what everyone is celebrating about!

Starting a New Quilt

 I have had a pile of fabric sitting in my studio for about a year just waiting to be cut into.  I decided today was the day!  I am meeting some friends soon for a day of sewing so I thought I would have this project cut so I could assemble it then.

 Here are the focus fabrics and colors of the quilt.  I thought they would be a fun spring project.

The Jack in the Pulpit fabric is by Jane Sassaman from her older Sunshine and Shadows line.

This colorway is not something I would normally work in but as a shade gardner, I just love this print and couldn't resist when I saw a bunch of it for sale at a deep discount.

I snatched up some of this fabric when it first came out but in the blue colorway.  Here is a wall hanging I made that hangs in my hallway.  It is a piece I have always loved.

Well, back to cutting.  Hopefully next week I will have a finished top to share with you!

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