Bee blocks galore!

I have been busy making bee blocks.  I thought it would be good to get them out of the way and sent off before the middle of the month.


I have made two blocks for Jess in the scrappy? sew bee it bee.  She asked for winged square blocks using the tutorial by Amy Friend found here.  The colour scheme was quite select but I was fortunate to have two FMF prints by Denyse Schmidt that fitted the bill for the central square and I am well supplied with orange, red and grey prints for the HSTs.  

I went with Kona Snow for the background to show up my pale grey prints as otherwise I thought they'd disappear!



Next I have made two Pineapple blossom blocks for Catherine in the bee_a_brit_stingy bee - they were super fun and super quick using Bonnie Hunter's amended tutorial (the one using the measurements in red).

I managed to mess up the first set of bonus blocks that can be made at the same time.  I was on auto pilot, it was the evening and I trimmed quite a lot off the HSTs before realising that I was trimming my blocks to the original block measurements not the larger sized block.  Oh well I made one small pinwheel block from it and left the bonus blocks from the second block untrimmed - the way Catherine wants them!


Then I pushed ahead yesterday with yet another block as I seem to be on a roll!  I made one of the blocks Rhonda asked for in our modernstitchingbee.  We are using the Modern Blocks book compiled by Susanne Woods on and off! 

Rhonda cheekily chose two different blocks from the book but I can't blame her!  They are both cute and most people in the bee have chosen blocks from elsewhere.

Here is my version of Checkers (p40) designed by Monika Wintermantel.  Rhonda wanted an all white background and something to represent ourselves as the centre square.  I went with my Flickr icon - Little Red Riding Hood!   And have embroidered my blog name as well, as requested.

I managed to represent Rhonda (owl lover supreme) in the little surrounding squares with a little owl at tree level and then a square with hoot in it!  

Darn it I was going to add a brown square as Rhonda likes brown (long story) - forgot it, but hope she is pleased nonetheless!

Next I need to finish off the HST extravaganza that is the Diamond Nipples Ripples block on p47 by Lorna Finlayson .... - maybe I should sneak the brown in there!  Darn - forgot again!

Sorry Rhonda - absolutely failed on the brown front but hope you still like the blocks.

Phew exhausted but happy to be up to date with these bees as sadly I am several months behind on the Star of Africa bee!  Working on Eilean Donan Castle for Fiona next....then Brinda's tree and Cindy's celtic knot!   Don't know why I'm sitting here still...do you?