Tuesday 11 February 2014

Bee blocking

Today has been all about doing some of my bee blocks. I am in three bees and it is a bit of a juggle sometimes, although I have three times the fun each month.

In the Bee a Brit Stingy bee, lovely Emily has asked for log cabin blocks. She is going to add them to the ones already made by her other bee. She is going to have one massive and beautiful quilt once it is all pieced. 

This log cabin block was a challenge of a 'fabricy' kind.
I quickly realised that  my stash has very few blues and even fewer Low Volume fabrics. Emily didn't want any repeats in either block and my stash was  challenged on this one. Fortunately I had a few pieces of Liberty blues left over from my 'hipBees fabric' that is being used by the hipBees, as I am the February queen bee.

The low volume fabrics weren't happening, so I texted Trudi as I knew that she was teaching near me today. Trudi kindly raided her fabric to bail me out. I met her this lunchtime and we furtively did a fabric deal. She is an excellent and generous fabric dealer and this enabled me to finish both of Lucy's blocks.

I think that low volume fabric stashing is in order…

Di x

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20 comments:

  1. gorgeous! I love this style of log cabin and the little touch of green and yellow in the middle is perfect

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  2. Gorgeous blocks :) I love a bit of low volume, me.

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  3. These are lovely blocks! I have recently stocked up on LVs as I had none to speak of at all but looking at the quilts I like there does seem to always be a LV element to them. Well done for your super Bee progress!

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  4. They're gorgeous! I surprised myself with the number of LV-type fabrics in my stash...most of them were also provided by fabric dealers ;o) Did you foundation piece your blocks to keep them accurate?

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  5. Gorgeous blocks! I did mine for Emily today. Did you mean for my name to pop up in that post?!

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  6. Great pair of blocks! Don't forget the siggy!

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  7. lovely lovely - great colour placement

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  8. Fabulous blocks. I need a fabric dealer too, it was a real struggle with the fabrics. Haven't made my 2nd block yet

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  9. Beautiful blocks! I realised the other week i don't have much in the way of navy and darker blues n my stash, which surprises me as I love them, maybe I just need to buy more fabric :o)

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  10. Lovely! This will really be a huge quilt putting all those blocks together: Can not wait to see how she is going to arrange them.

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  11. I think Log cabin blocks will always be my fav. These are so lovely. I need to build my LV stash too! Guess what I'll be asking Troods to bring with her in March!! Jxo

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  12. This is good, I made Emily blocks in the other bee. Yours are lovely.

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  13. love the balance in these blocks - colour with LV - gorgeous :-)

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  14. Beautiful blocks Di! My stash is also lacking low volumes and some navies too, I clearly need a fabric dealer like Trudi to live near me ;)

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  15. Oooh they look lovely!
    Three cheers for the Troods xxx

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  16. Every time I see blocks for Emily I fall in love a bit more. Love her choice of blocks.

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  17. I love the beauty and versatility of log cabin blocks, and yours are fabulous, especially with the colour contrasts.

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  18. I love these blocks too, they will look stunning altogether.

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  19. I am so lucky! Thank you to you and Trudi too for contributing to my quilt. Xx

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