Wednesday, April 28, 2010

bee beautiful block catch up!

i'm in 2 bees.
march was my month in bee imaginative.
and i didn't have to make a block...

so somehow march got away from me when it came to bee beautiful
luckily angela was super understanding!

she asked for blocks with 90 degree angles..
no other rules.

i made 2 for her.

first i started with a square... and built around it..


and for the second i started similar..
but then got a bit more "free" with my piecing.


and april has been audrie's month

i also made 2 for her.

and i'll never make this block again.

sometimes bees inspire you to make blocks
and sometimes you learn what you don't want to make

don't worry audrie... i still love you!

17 comments:

mascanlon said...

I do like the challenge of piecing some difficult blocks occasionally but when I'm done...I'm done for a while too. All of these blocks look great Julie.

Angela Nash said...

i love my blocks! thanks!

holly | bijou lovely said...

All the blocks look great! I love the color combo in the 2nd one.

Audrie said...

Haha! I'm sorry! I love the blocks and I love you for doing them! And once again, I'm sorry! :)

Tracey Jacobsen said...

they're awesome!

I love that "free" piecing!

Joyce said...

I love the last two blocks, but I completely understand. Although I am currently teaching my daughter to sew, so I have been looking for only really straight line patterns. Soon I will need a good challenge or two.

IHaveANotion ~ Kelly Jackson said...

Very cool piecing....and I like how you are using the 60 degree ruler....neat...gives me lots of ideas :)

Smiles,
Kelly

Tricia said...

Those last 2 look awesome...I don't think I could make a whole quilt out of them though....good thing for bees!

Laura said...

Your points look great on that star, but I can see why you'd never want to make it again!

Terriaw said...

beautiful blocks! I love the colors on those first two blocks for angela. The second set is pretty too, but looks like it could be fussy. Good for you for finishing them!

Jeannie said...

All four look great! At least you can think outside the box.heheh.ee...

ilovebabyquilts said...

Love the first block! I really need some Wild Thyme.

Live a Colorful Life said...

So you're telling me when my month comes up in my block exchange that I shouldn't choose the block from Material Obsession 2? It sure is a great block!

Kelly O. said...

I agree.
if you like a block style but know it's gonna be a pain in your butt then it's best to source the work out in a bee or swap--like that modern chopped up looking block from oh fransson...got to do that for a bee--never touching it again!! :)

Jonathan said...

They both look great!!

Kerri said...

i need to do some catch up!! it's the last day of the month, better get busy!! :)

Micki said...

Awesome blocks!
Micki