Bloom - a quilting bee quilt

This summer I managed to finish this quilt from my time (May 2019-April 2020) in the #birthdaywishesbee on Instagram! For my month as queen, I asked for drunkard's path units of purples or blues with low volume backgrounds. This way I could mix around everyone's units and blend them together more cohesively across the quilt.

I love this Kaffe 'fan' print, and lovelovelove how well it coordinates with the colors!

For quilting, I did some echo arcs inside each of the partial circles, in coordinating Aurifil 40 wt. threads. In the background, I used a light purple variegated thread in a stipple design. Binding is hand finished to the back, and the quilt measures 59”w x 68”h.

Many thanks to my bee mates for their help in creating this ever blooming quilt!

Kailie, SJ, Sue, Karen, Marie, Brooke, Ashley, Caitlin, Cheryl, Kerry, Cassie

Birthday Bee Blocks

So last year I was part of the #birthdaywishesbee on Instagram with a great group of quilters. Each month each of us got to be queen bee and request a specific block, with everyone else making 2 for the queen. 

In March, I requested these purple & blue curves with low volume background drunkard's path blocks. Everyone did such a fab job with the curves!

Watching the mailbox as these started to roll in was exciting and so was choosing a layout. To give the blocks some room to breathe, I added a low volume border, adding in extra length with the top and bottom. No clue how I'm going to quilt it yet, but I love it!