November was Charlene‘s month in the Fat Stash Bee. She asked us to follow a tutorial by Elizabeth Hartman for it. It consist of log cabin with a center piece and 4 rings in 4 different colors. She wanted the rings in red, pink, aqua and white. I received an FQ in aqua and a […]
Yes! I’m already done with my blocks for October in the Fat Stash Bee. October was April‘s month. She asked us to do a garden fence block following this tutorial. I love her fabric selection for her quilt. Here is the ones I received. Both are linen/cotton blends. They have a really nice texture. […]
For the month of September, we were asked to do a block from the Freshly Peced blog: “Hexing Around Block”. It consists of an hexagon with four concentric rings. We were provided the center piece and were asked to do the rings in four complementing colors. We were also provided with an FQ of a […]
June has passed and even though there was some delay due to the strike at Canada Post, I received all my blocks from the Fat Stash Bee. I got all my blocks and much more: 20 in total. Thanks to everyone in the bee for your generosity. I had asked to do crazy scrappy blocks […]
This month block was really fun to do. Sarah wants to do a Confetti Block Quilt like shown in the book Block Party– The Modern Quilting Bee (take a look at their blog for more info). As a framing fabric, she provided us a fabric with a yellow print instead of white. It is a […]
For July, we were provided some photos as a source of inspiration. We were asked to use fabrics colors that remind us of the outdoors (grass, sky, sunrise, wildlife, etc). Sharon is doing a quilt for her husband. She asked us to think Old West, prairie, sunrise/sunset, ranch-y and she provided us a blue FQ. […]
I’m finally done with this project I started back in April (see previous post). It is three patchwork blocks that I decided to mount on stretcher bars (which are usually used for oil painting canvas). The first and central block is a wonky log cabin with a screen print I’ve done on fabric for the […]
June is my month in the Fat Stash Bee. As I said in a earlier post, I’ve decided to do a baby quilt. Here is a reminder of my fabrics. I sent out everyone an fat quarter of one of the colored fabric (pink, green, red or blue) and a little piece of Alexander Henry’s […]
For the month of May, we were provided a blue gingham fabric and we were asked to let go our imagination, the theme is picnic! I’ve done two blocks. One which was inspired by a block I’ve seen in the Quilting Bee Blocks group on Flickr. It is pretty simple, yet I found it was […]
About a month ago, I did a screen printing course. One of the three projects was printed on fabric. I had decided to print a blue poppy on cotton fabric. The plan was to integrate this in a mini-quilt to hang it on my bedroom wall. I had bought Kate Spain’s fabrics from Moda in […]