Saturday, May 26, 2018

Black and White

I only have a couple of things I must accomplish per month.  One is the friendship block for quilt guild, and the other are my bee blocks.  Being gone for the majority of the month I kind of needed to scramble to get my bee block done. 

This month's block which was selected for the Queen Bee is called Mineral by Blossom Heart Quilts.  The Queen Bee wanted a white on black background.   Now it may sound silly, but it is much different than what is in my stash, which meant stash enhancement trip.  I headed to The Quilt Patch in Tecumseh, Michigan to search for white on black prints.  (Whenever I say that I think of the movie Madagascar the zebra saying, "I don't know if I am white with black stripes or black with white stripes!")  Per Wikipedia Zebras are black with white stripes, just in case you are wondering.

I found a few and purchased a yard of each.  I like being prepared.

I like looking through their fat quarters and picked up a few.  I love the circles.

Then while I was wandering I saw this very cute bicycle pattern and kit.

I loved the colors and it just looked like a simple fun quilt.

There is also a large quilt too.

Now I know many of you have made sew together bags.  I decided I would like to make one, and after looking at my pattern I realized I needed 1/2 yards and 1/3 yards for pockets and lining.  I had purchased some fat quarters from this line while on vacation....which reminds me I haven't shown the fabrics I picked up at a couple of fabric shop stops. I guess I will have to write another post. 

Since I am a frequent shopper, after I filled up my purple card I became a Quilt Patch Bag Lady. 

A great tote bag with a zipper!
Some fun quilty items-- A pattern, coupons, tailor's chalk, snips, best press, a creative grids ruler and bobbin saver. 

Oh, I digress...... back to the bee blocks.  It is a great pattern but 64 pieces!  Oh my.  I kind of lost my sewjo and really struggled to get these done.

Black fabric with white print, the center was to be your favorite colors.  I chose red and a rose pink, and all the little HST were just to be scraps.  Boy did I have the scraps!Tuesday I will get my bee block in the mail. 

I guess I better go find the names of the couple of quilt shops that I visited on my grand tour. 


14 comments:

  1. Your blocks came out beautifully--SOO many pieces--!

    Very pretty fabric acquisitions there, too hugs, Julierose

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    1. Thank you. I know when I started counting it was OMG!

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  2. What a fun post of beautiful fabrics. That Bicycle quilt would go with my newly finished bicycle quilt. 64 pieces? wow. your blocks are so cute.

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    1. I like the bicycle quilt and the colors are awesome, but the big one....I have a stash of red I see a big red bicycle quilt in my future. I know sometimes when it comes to blocks ignorance is bliss. LOL

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  3. Love the black and white prints that you picked up. Those are nice blocks, but that's a lot of pieces for a bee block.

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    1. I seem to have been accumulating a lot of black on whites. I was surprised I didn't have much white on black. Even after doing a BH mystery quilt.

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  4. Love the black and white, I have a couple of the same ones in my stash. Way too many pieces for a bee block. U

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    1. Thank you. I am still accumulating I saw some the other day from I Love Fabric and had to have them. I know about the bee block. Sometimes ignorance is bliss.

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  5. Love those white on blacks, and the bike pattern is the sweetest! Did you say 64 pieces - man that is a lot!

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    1. 64 pieces times 2 bee blocks. All those stitch and flip HST. But I ended up pretty good. Thanks for stopping by.

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  6. Your blocks are beautiful. They look like they are labor intensive, but they sure are beautiful!

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    1. Thank you so much. I loved using up the tiny scraps in my stash. Which is a plus. The way the blocks turned out is wonderful.

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