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Birds and bees!!!
Hello all you lovely quilty friends out there.( Bet that made you look and
its not OT) I am looking for ideas for my collection of bee fabrics, and yes a few have birds on as well! bg I have at least 12 FQ'rs and some yards as well in a selection of colours.I will want to keep as much of the bees showing, so not too many small "parts" and of course as they are quite busy (excuse pun) they will need to be surrounded by a solid colour I would think. Has anyone a suggestion for quilt or blocks for me to get my head around?I feel like saying TIA honey!!lol -- Estelle UK http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/gal.../ph//my_photos |
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In a magazine someone gave me there was a lovely quilt done in Snowball
blocks, sort of, they had a border around them done ala log cabins, going around the 8 sides of the snowball. I can picture the bees as the snowballs and the borders all done in flowers. The great thing about this was that the snowballs interlocked thanks to sharing a border with another snowball. Clear as mud eh? I can probably scan the picture to show you (unless, gasp, have I thrown it out???) or maybe sketch it if it sounds like what you want. Diana Estelle Gallagher wrote: Hello all you lovely quilty friends out there.( Bet that made you look and its not OT) I am looking for ideas for my collection of bee fabrics, and yes a few have birds on as well! bg I have at least 12 FQ'rs and some yards as well in a selection of colours.I will want to keep as much of the bees showing, so not too many small "parts" and of course as they are quite busy (excuse pun) they will need to be surrounded by a solid colour I would think. Has anyone a suggestion for quilt or blocks for me to get my head around?I feel like saying TIA honey!!lol |
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somewhere I found and used a paper piecing pattern for bees - it looks
great. If you want, I'll at least copy the pattern for you, if I can't find the link. |
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Diana Curtis wrote: In a magazine someone gave me there was a lovely quilt done in Snowball blocks, sort of, they had a border around them done ala log cabins, going around the 8 sides of the snowball. I can picture the bees as the snowballs and the borders all done in flowers. Funny you should mention this. I just did my daughter's graduation quilt in a snowchurn similar to this one: http://www.quilterscache.com/images1...ssnowchurn.gif I did it with the same blue and yellow theme shown in the picture (the colors in my daughter's bedroom.....don't ask) only my fabrics had bees and ladybugs. I put pictures of daughter and her dog in the middle of some of the churndash blocks. I sashed the blocks and used a floral for the cornerstones. The great thing about this was that the snowballs interlocked thanks to sharing a border with another snowball. Clear as mud eh? I can probably scan the picture to show you (unless, gasp, have I thrown it out???) or maybe sketch it if it sounds like what you want. Diana Estelle Gallagher wrote: Hello all you lovely quilty friends out there.( Bet that made you look and its not OT) I am looking for ideas for my collection of bee fabrics, and yes a few have birds on as well! bg I have at least 12 FQ'rs and some yards as well in a selection of colours.I will want to keep as much of the bees showing, so not too many small "parts" and of course as they are quite busy (excuse pun) they will need to be surrounded by a solid colour I would think. Has anyone a suggestion for quilt or blocks for me to get my head around?I feel like saying TIA honey!!lol |
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That is a lovely quilt! I have sketched it, it looks quite fun to do kind
regards -- Estelle UK http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/gal.../ph//my_photos "me" wrote in message ... Diana Curtis wrote: In a magazine someone gave me there was a lovely quilt done in Snowball blocks, sort of, they had a border around them done ala log cabins, going around the 8 sides of the snowball. I can picture the bees as the snowballs and the borders all done in flowers. Funny you should mention this. I just did my daughter's graduation quilt in a snowchurn similar to this one: http://www.quilterscache.com/images1...ssnowchurn.gif I did it with the same blue and yellow theme shown in the picture (the colors in my daughter's bedroom.....don't ask) only my fabrics had bees and ladybugs. I put pictures of daughter and her dog in the middle of some of the churndash blocks. I sashed the blocks and used a floral for the cornerstones. The great thing about this was that the snowballs interlocked thanks to sharing a border with another snowball. Clear as mud eh? I can probably scan the picture to show you (unless, gasp, have I thrown it out???) or maybe sketch it if it sounds like what you want. Diana Estelle Gallagher wrote: Hello all you lovely quilty friends out there.( Bet that made you look and its not OT) I am looking for ideas for my collection of bee fabrics, and yes a few have birds on as well! bg I have at least 12 FQ'rs and some yards as well in a selection of colours.I will want to keep as much of the bees showing, so not too many small "parts" and of course as they are quite busy (excuse pun) they will need to be surrounded by a solid colour I would think. Has anyone a suggestion for quilt or blocks for me to get my head around?I feel like saying TIA honey!!lol |
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