Since I’ve enjoyed making bee blocks this last year so much, I decided to join my first ever international bee – The Stash Bee. I made my first blocks this last weekend.
The Queen asked for four string blocks put together any way we wanted. I decided, of course, to do a chevron pattern.
The Queen asked for bright, jewel-toned fabrics. I thought I had an abundance of that in my scraps, but I actually don’t. I have lots of grays and cool blues, which I should have known. Most of my bright, jewel-tones are in solids.
Finally, I made a bee block for myself to match the other Modern Maples for the 3×6 bee.
I asked for low volume blocks, so I made a low volume Modern Maple. I love how it turned out!
Now on to even more bee block making!
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Where do you find all these wonderful bees? Are you worried about the quality of the workmanship or the fabrics? Since I love a challenge, where would I look for bees, especially as a more traditional quilter?
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Most of my bees are through the KC Modern Quilt Guild. If it’s a good bee, the Bee Mama will have some rules like only using quilt shop quality fabric, etc. Also, I take a laid back approach to it. I try to do as much prep as possible, provide good instructions, use blocks that can be trimmed and are pretty easy, and not worry if something is late.
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That is good information. I like more traditional quilts and fabrics so how would I find a bee for 1800’s or 30’s fabrics, for instance?
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I would recommend searching on Flickr or just a regular Google search.
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