Saturday 9 February 2013

Bee-ing Friends

You know you have bee friends when you receive blocks like these!

From Janine - England



From Fiona - Latvia


From Patti - Canada



From Benta - England


From Cindy - USA



In the Star of Africa Bee we are representing our country in making blocks for our bee friends across the world.  You may have seen Nessie, a Highand bull and Scottie dog representing Scotland on my behalf.

But these are the blocks I've received so far having asked for favourite children's books, myths, legends etc!   I am overwhelmed with joy to receive these beautifully designed and crafted pieces of work!

I am going to make a bookshelf wallhanging when they all arrive to hang in my sewing room and remind me of these creative friends!   

We have all fallen a bit behind in our schedules but it takes time to consider how you can represent your country in the guidelines given by the Queen Bee and more time to implement it!   I know I have been challenged!

But I think the results are well worth the wait!



21 comments:

  1. those are amazing! What a great idea for a bee :-)

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  2. Wow, they're wonderful! I particularly love the penguin!

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  3. Brilliant! I would've has great fun doing this!

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  4. Wow! I seriously can't wait to see this quilt put together - your idea of asking for books is pure genius. Love!

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  5. Wow! Nicky, these blocks are absolutely fantastic! I love the Anne of Green Gables! I love them all! Really one of the best ideas I have seen in a long time.

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  6. Nice to see something so different!

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  7. Love the pigtails and skipping rope, they are such happy blocks!

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  8. What amazing blocks! Love the idea of books representing each country. It will be a great wall hanging.

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  9. Wonderful work! This will be so unique!

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  10. Those are all beautiful blocks. Do we get a review of the stories too?

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  11. Adorable. Love to see others when they come in.

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  12. They all look well thought out. You'll have a treasure when done

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  13. These are so individual and personal! It will be a v.special quilt. Jxo

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  14. Fantastic blocks. What a brilliant quilt they will make. Di x

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  15. Fabulous! Going to be a really special quilt!

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  16. Loving the variety and what a great idea for blocks.

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  17. your received blocks are amazing, what talented crafters!
    Can't wait to see how you put them together.
    So gorgeous.

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  18. Lovely to see them all together! We are thinking of copying your idea at school for our newly refurbished library.

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  19. They are just stunning aren't they?? I used to love Anne of Green Gables as a girl. I think I would love it too now. *sigh*

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  20. What a cool idea! Love the American one, of course :)

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