April and May Bee Blocks

Well folks, this is the bee blocks post that has my first real mess up in it.  So lame.  Let's get it over with...

April was "sewtobed's" month in Quilting newBEES and she requested this simple block that was supposed to be 25 squares with a simple wonky star placed anywhere in the block.  Simple right?  Yes, it seems the simpler it is these days, the more I mess up.  I had it in my head that it was a 16 patch, so I started making 2 wonky stars in order to make 2 blocks, only to realize I didn't have enough solid purple to finish the second star...what was going on?  Oh crap.  So I did what I could and am one row short on the block.  I am truly sorry, and hopefully you have plenty more of this awesome Kaffe Fasset fabric in order to finish it up.  On the bright side, using the pieces I made should make that next block go together really quickly right?

Now that my mess up is over with, here is a graphically stunning Carpenter's Wheel for "Mad Maddy" in Always Bee Learning.  It measures a large 24.5" square and the color scheme is one that I have not worked with before.  Very pretty!

Does this block look familiar? I made one in March for another member!  It is called "Potager" and is from the Modern Blocks book, and can be found on page 146-147.  Requested by "marycatharine" in the Modern Blocks Bee, she sent some Nicey Jane and asked us to make this one block!  Easy peasy, it measures 12.5" square!

These two lovely blocks are for "wendydi1" in Bee Connected.  She requested two asterisk blocks, and we were given the freedom to make whatever we wanted and were able to work with these wonderful Reunion by Sweetwater fabrics.  I am especially proud and in love with the first one.  The second one was a challenge to squeeze another block out of the fabric I had left, but I had just enough.  This quilt will be so great, and I have decided that I love when we get to be creative with the blocks!

Now it is time for May's blocks!  This is the Greek Cross for "tadams in texas" in Quilting newBEES.  Simple enough, measures 12.5" square and is made of some lovely Batiks.  This is the first time I worked with Batiks, and I loved the "crisp-ness" of these fabrics.  So fun!

The Single Girl by Denyse Schmidt!  I always wanted to make this block, but not the whole quilt, so this block scratched the itch for sure!  "Watch Meesh Run" painstakingly cut all the pieces for us and all we had to do was sew them together.  We had the easy task, if I do say so myself.  Cutting all those 31 different pieces was the hard part.  This block was part of the Always Bee Learning group, and we learned curves with this block.  For some reason all my blocks look way more wrinkly in photos than they really are, I promise!

This block should also look familiar, if not, you should check out my Bloggers' Quilt Festival entry!  The "Set Sail Block" from the Modern Blocks book, found on pages 166-167 was requested by "Jensen.elizabethann" in the Modern Blocks Bee.  It measures 12.5" square, and she sent the sky and water fabrics and asked that we use our scraps for the boat.  It is fun to see how different everyone's blocks are turning out, and I can't wait to see this quilt as a whole when she is done with it.

Last, but not least is a gorgeous Swoon block for "Meredith Daniel" in Bee Connected.  She sent us this lovely Echo fabric and requested one block.  I believe Swoon measures 24.5" square and is a rather large block.  i took my time and tried my best to orient all the fabrics in the correct manner, and was totally successful with the purple stripes!  I love this fabric line, and think this will be a stunning quilt.

I know this was a super long blog post, and appreciate you hanging in there and checking all these blocks out!