I’ve Bee Sewing

July 26, 2012July 24, 2015 renegadequilter2 Comments

I have been back at my machine sewing. getting caught up on some bee blocks. this one dang near sent me over the edge. after what seemed like a gazillions hst’s and some trimming.

a block began to form and take shape.

let’s just say this was a challenge for me. I am always saying ‘make sure and read the directions’. I read them. I read them again. and again. maybe after about the 10th time through I was comfortable in sewing this together. something about the color of the fabric and it being someone elses fabric had me on edge.

now that its done I love the block. i think…….

thanks Bailey for letting me play with your fabric and for getting my brain back into the sewing world.

Bee Blocks

May 28, 2012July 24, 2015 renegadequilter2 Comments

another sewing project i have worked on is bee blocks for the online bee group that i am in Let’s Bee Together.

i made this one for Melinda for the month of April.

May is my month and i got this one back from Erin.

this one from Linda.

this one from Bailey.

this one from Shannon.

and, i made this one.

i have more of the fabric that is in the corners so i will be setting the blocks with that fabric. i have had this fabric for some time but never really knew what i wanted to do with it. now i know.

happy sewing

charity · fabric purchases · http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post · Let's Bee Together · quilt camp

Catching Up

March 20, 2011July 24, 2015 renegadequilter2 Comments

this weekend is all about catching up on sewing related stuff.

while i was gone i got some envelopes in the mail.

which contained my Let’s Bee Together blocks.

this one is from Carolyn.

this one is from Melinda.

& this one is from Bailey.
{thanks for the little gift}
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now onto some recent fabric purchases.
while i was in Boise i visited a few fabric shops.

1st up is Quilt Expressions.
i found the floral print & darker lining for another Cosmo bag & got some dark basics for my stash because we all know i don’t like setting quilts with light colors.
i also got this Moda Candy Bar box. i have been wanting to get one of these for awhile now but could never find one that i really, really loved. this one hit the spot with ‘bliss’.
the best part of it was that is was on sale. the box was beat up a little but ‘on sale’ HELLO of course i had to snatch it up.

the next stop was Quilt Crossing.
1st of all i about pasted out when i saw Neptune there let alone the other Tula Pink that i picked up while i was in that shop. i also got some laminated fabric for yet another Cosmo bag.

my last stop was Hobby Lobby
i found this yummy fabric there which i think i am going to use to make another (what i am calling) the zipper bag. i can’t remember the name of the pattern. i made one at camp which i have yet to show you but i will soon & then we will all know the name of the pattern.

currently i am working on some star blocks for Moda’s Just One Star project which i learned about from Rachel over at ps i quilt. go check it out & participate if you can.

i am also going to make some blocks for Beth over at Love Laugh Quilt who is putting together quilts for Japan. again, go check it out & participate if you can. thanks to Sarah over at Confessions of a Fabric Addict for featuring Beth on her blog if it wasn’t for that i wouldn’t know about this great cause.

i hope you all have a great Sunday & check back soon for a quilt camp wrap up post. its nice to be back home & back into my normal routine.

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Bee Blocks & A Tip

February 26, 2011July 24, 2015 renegadequilter3 Comments

this past week i got 3 more bee blocks in the mail from my Let’s Bee Together group.

1st up is this one from Colleen

next is this one from Mollie

last but not least this one from Wendy

i am very please with how all of the blocks are turning out.

thanks ladies you all have done a great job!!!!

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TIP ALERT

yep, you read that right. i have a tip to share with all of you. its not my tip but its a tip that i found on a blog that i read. i was over at Red Pepper Quilts which is a blog that i read often & i came across this post. at the end of the post Rita talks about the type of gloves she wears when machine quilting. to my shock & awe they are work gloves that have rubber on the palms of them as well as the fingers. i read that post & thought ‘why not’. so off to the hardware store i went where i bought these.

not the brand that Rita talks about in the post however they work amazingly well. better then any machine quilting gloves i have tried in the past. the best part is that they are about 1/2 the price of ‘quilting gloves’.

i have so much more control over the quilt with these. my hands do not slip at all. thanks Rita for sharing such a great tip. i suggest everyone give these gloves a try.

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Some Bee Blocks

February 20, 2011July 24, 2015 renegadequilter3 Comments

i have finished up the spiderweb blocks for Jeannette in my Bee Splendid quilting bee group.

i have never made a block like this before.

i enjoyed making them & now i have a project for some of my scraps.

the other day in the mail i got this block from Marta from my other online quilting bee group Let’s Bee Together. i love the yellow dot fabric. thanks Marta.

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