Recent Bee-haviour

This is a shameful photograph.  It displays my bee blocks in arrears.  But this weekend was a sewing weekend for me, and I managed to catch up almost entirely on those blocks.
For the Incredible Shrinking Bee, I finished Claudia's Ohio Star,

and Madeline's Dove in the Window.

For the Maple Leaf Bee, Austen gave us quilter's choice and some Hope Valley fabric.  Her fabric was strips about 4 3/4" x 20" wide, so it made it surprisingly difficult to find a 12" block that could be accommodated; you couldn't use a 6" patch or even make a 4.5" HST.  But I found this Jacob's Ladder block that fit the bill, even though I had to supplement with extra white fabric.

I also made Ariane's Dresden Plate.

It was the first time I'd made one of these.  I used the zigzag stitch on my machine to sew down the centre circle, but I wasn't 100% happy with the way it looked.  So I took a chance and used the blanket stitch setting on my machine to sew down the petals, with much better success.

And for the Modern Tradition Bee, I made these two churn dash blocks, from a dark grey and Hope Valley.  I like this colour combination a lot - and from the blocks the others have made, I think this is going to be a knockout quilt.


I'm very nearly up to date, although not entirely.  But I did feel like I had earned the right to sew for myself a bit the next day.   On Sunday, I finished all the pinwheel blocks that are the foundations for the kaleidoscope blocks on my current project.  I'll show a photo taken previously, since it's been so long since I've posted about this project - you may have forgotten all about it!