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What a Complicated Month...

8/26/2011

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for Bee Blocks.  Pure coincidence led to almost every block this month in my quilting bees to be the most complicated blocks I have ever tackled.  I'm not complaining, no wait, I am, it stunk.  Though on the bright side I learned a lot of new techniques, and I also learned which quilts I NEVER EVER want to make myself!
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The first set was for "domestiCass" in the Christmas Fabric Bee, and honestly these weren't hard, I've done circles quite a few times now, and I was quite pleased at how these babies turned out.  These were the only ones that I would label as "quick and fun."  Cassey let us decide on the decoration for the center of the white circle, so I chose to make some Christmas hexies and machine stitch them, creating a nice star in the center.  Pardon the fact that I photographed that block upside down.  Oops! 
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The second set was for "flowerbirdquilts" in the Bee Connected group, and she requested quilt as you go log cabin blocks.  Though I do love the look of the densely quilted blocks, they took SO MUCH TIME to make.  Thankfully, these blocks were not complicated to put together, it just took a lot of time to quilt all those lines, though I do think it will create one stunning quilt.  The fabric is sewn directly onto the batting and quilted as you go, so all Cathi has to do is connect the blocks and add the backing.
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The third set was for "Kreated by Kari" in the Christmas Fabric Bee and she requested these nice and pretty super complicated blocks.  She was SO SMART to have others make these blocks for her.  I can not imagine the time it would take to make an entire quilt by yourself.  Don't get me wrong these blocks were very difficult to make, required a lot of brain power and reading the directions 100 times, but I loved making them.  It was like a super complicated puzzle that every single side is straight.  I loved the challenge, and was so excited to create such a visually appealing block.  Kari was nice enough to cut all the fabric for us, so all we had to do was to sew them together.  Thank you Kari, that made these blocks so much easier to tackle.  I can not wait to see this finished quilt!
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Lastly, the most complicated block of them all goes to the lovely "hehehe922" in the Always Bee Learning group.  I have always wanted to do a Cathedral Windows quilt, and was so excited to make this block and learn how it is done.  I am so glad to have tried this technique, but it has cured me of wanting to make a quilt myself, maybe a pillow someday.  Oh my goodness, the work, weight and sheer amount of fabric needed for these blocks is UNREAL, something like 35 yards of the solid color are needed to make a whole quilt.  35 YARDS!  This block that I have pictured here is HUGE, and I know that you can not tell scale from my photograph, but it is somewhere around 24" x 24" and was heavy!  Megan was also so smart to have others makes these blocks for her, though I can not imagine the work it is going to take to connect all these monsters together once she gets them all back.  Good luck Megan!

On a closing note, this month is the end of the Christmas Fabric Bee (insert sad face here.) Though I was a late addition to this group, added because another member dropped out, I truly loved this group and this group of ladies!  It was so fun creating and getting to know all of you.  Thank you for welcoming me to your group, and for helping me to create my very own Christmas quilt!  It was fun ladies, Thank You!
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Debbie link
8/26/2011 07:38:31 am

OH MY! I love how you kept saying, "They were smart to have us do the work for them!" haha. Seriously - especially that Christmas Bee puzzle block looks like a real mind-bender!!! Good for you, Marci. Lovely work, as always.

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Meesh link
8/26/2011 08:33:50 am

Your work is really nice! You can tell that you put a lot of work into each of your blocks :)

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Leanne link
8/26/2011 10:13:41 am

The blocks are all so beautiful, great work!

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Anna link
8/26/2011 10:19:36 am

You did a beautiful job on all your blocks! I agree, this month was filled with challenging blocks for me as well. I love the cathedral windows and hope to dig in to them soon for a pillow. But will never make a full quilt. I'm too impatient. Cheers.

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Lynne link
8/26/2011 11:07:33 am

Oh my, they do look complicated! But they are also lovely! My favourite are the Christmas blocks.

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Erin link
8/26/2011 12:02:47 pm

I am in all of these bees with you (that is sad that I am in all of them with you... I promise I am not a stalker!) and YES, this was a time consuming month for bee blocks. I messed up on the quilt as you go blocks and just quilted them in as I put them on the batting and did not do the straight lines. I am not sure it is fixable and might have to send them in as is. I don't know how I got so mixed up. I SURE hope next month is less work for us both!

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Katie B link
8/26/2011 12:06:25 pm

You're not kidding! That is a crazy month. They all look great!

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Karin @ Quilt Frenzy link
8/26/2011 12:39:51 pm

Oh, I love love love all those blocks! Especially the first one though! Neat that those hexies make a star in those drunkard's path blocks!

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Eleanor link
8/26/2011 02:46:48 pm

Wow, those are lovely blocks. You did a great job.

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Kari link
8/27/2011 12:06:08 am

All your blocks are beautiful and I love this blog post with a re-cap of your bee fun. So glad my blocks were a part of them.

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susan
8/27/2011 07:13:23 pm

I love that cathedral windows blocks. Very lovely. But 35 yards?!?!? Wow! That's a bit overwhelming.

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