Blocks for Jessica

I'm sorry to have missed the Meeting this month, and I'll be missing next month too :(

I really wanted to share the blocks I did for Jessica for the Bee. So here they are. The spools were fun. :) I was going to stop there, but I used up the rest of the scraps to make the other two blocks ;)

February - Stars and pinwheels!

1. RBQB: Marissa 1, 2. First snow, 3. Wonky Stars, 4. Scrappy Stars, 5. shaping up!, 6. Flea Market Fancy mini quilt, 7. starquiltfront, 8. starry night table runner top, 9. oh, my stars

(Sorry about any cross posts. Here is the original post from my blog yesterday. I'll keep all Bee related topics on this blog from now on.)

Has it been 4 months since the inception of EMQG and 3 months since the Bee started? February is my month and I'm excited to say that the blocks resulting from this month will be put towards a twin sized quilt for my older daughter. A few tidbits about my daughter. She's 5, girly-girl, loves pink and purple, fairies, princesses, ponies and monsters. I'm not sure where the last one fits in. There have been so many warm, sunny days in January that I've been dreaming about summer hence the stars and pinwheels. For some reason they remind me of those types of nights. And to be honest, it will probably be summer before it's actually completed!

I have a vision, yes a vision of a quilt bursting with randomly placed stars and pinwheels here and there and some embroidery of stars/pinwheels in the blank white spaces. Vague? well, it's a blurry vision. :-)

So this month's challenge will be to create a star or pinwheel block (traditional and wonky are both fine) on a white background. They don't have to be centered in the block, there can be multiple stars/pinwheels in one block, big, small. They can be 6.5", 9.5" or 12.5" unfinished blocks. You can add from your own stash if you like. I've included alot of different prints and I do love the scrappy look. By all means, make more than one if you desire (ans if there's enough fabric)! I love to see the unique creativity everyone has given the same parameters. It's amazing how many different interpretations there can be on stars and pinwheels!

Please return the unused fabric as I'll be using the remaining fabric to make more scrappy stars or add them to a pieced backing. I'm looking forward to seeing what you all come up wtih! Happy crafting <3

Agnes

A button, a button...

Hey there,

I thought that it would be fun to get a button together for our bee.... maybe a catchy name?? It would be fun to put a button on the main blog and then on our personal blogs. ALSO, I can add all you bee members as authors on this blog. Then you can post your inspiration pics and fabric pics and things like that. Leave comments here for name suggestions and/or button ideas. I am also going to put together an email list for the group and I will send out a note to you all so that we all have the same list.

If you do not want to post your own stuff here. Send the pictures and an email of what you want to post to me and I will plop it on here. (You might want to try blogging though, it is really fun!)

Jessica

P. S.

Did every one (besides Stephanie get a fabric pack?? I have 2 extra, but I may have counted wrong initially.)

Thanks!

JMB

January-- Jessica!!

1. scrappy hex crib quilt, 2. Gnomes for Matt and Jody, 3. odd fellows cross, 4. double nine-patch, 5. Shoo Fly Quilt - DQS8, 6. Placemat Quilt Swap 2 Sent, 7. the whole thing, 8. DQS5front, 9. DQS5 Quilt for ... ???, 10. Bee Quilt Out of the Box- October, 11. My row 10 quilt, 12. XOXO quilt, 13. flower pot quilt, 14. Black Bird's Chair, 15. Dorothy's Spools, 16. Gwenny's Baskets, 17. Inspired by Anna, 18. Vintage Spools Block for me!, 19. All Present & Accounted For, 20. Chair Quilt

So here are some quilts for inspiration... I am really in to traditional blocks in different colors right now. What I am thinking for this quilt is "chairs and spools" as a theme. That said, I think that I am going to make a big chair for the middle of the quilt and I would like all of you to explore making a spool type block or a quirky traditional type block. I love Gwen Marston and Freddy Moran and their collaborative quilting style. I also am a big fan of Tonya's letters and her new book.
The little packages are all waiting for you guys... you can have them tonight at the meeting!!
To challenge all of you I picked an eclectic mix of red and light blue with some black and whites mixed in. If you want to add some appropriate solids or neutrals (Black and whites are neutrals in my book!) from your own stash. I am going to put the quilt together very collaborative quilting style so I was thinking of blocks that will finish at 6", 9", or 12". Have fun!! Post here if you have any questions. See you tonight!