Saturday, April 27, 2013

Plan Bee!

Well, there was no Plan A!

This, however, is the plan for my turn for the

Mid-Century Modern Bee...


a paper pieced AMH Feather!

I made one last year and loved how it looked!



And it has been on my 'to-do' list all year....

Once I had this colour palette in my mind....


but so few of the fabrics to make it with,

I decided to enlist the help of my bee buddies!


So sure I was of making this quilt, I had bought 3+ 

yards of background solid...

(but have no idea of its name/shade!)

It is somewhere between a grey and a beige.


I cut and sent a piece to all my ladies, 

with two little parcels 

taking less than four days

(Melbourne to California) 

to get there!


So now I am asking for one feather, 

foundation pieced to 

save on fabric, using this tutorial!

In fact, Linda has already made one!

Thank you Linda- its perfect!

Here's one I made earlier.....



I am really loving being the Queen Bee of May!


Happy sewing!

SUZ



30 comments:

Jess @ Elven Garden Quilts said...

I LOVE your fabric choices Susan - this will be beautiful!

Melody said...

Such a gorgeous palette of colours.

OPQuilt said...

This will be terrific. I uploaded your King Fisher colors to our Flickr group--should have read this first!

It will be fun to make this for you.

:) Elizabeth E.
opquilt.com

Karen @ Pieces of Contentment said...

I love your colour choices Susan, the finished quilt will look amazing.

Carla said...

Oh, so pretty! I remember when you made the first feather and was smitten! I'm so happy to be invited to make one for you.....LOVE the color selection, too...my kind of colors!

Kirsten said...

Your feather looks beautiful - I really love the aqua and orange combo! And thank you also posting the link back to Fiona's info on the foundation pieced feathers as I was looking for it the other day.

Melissa P said...

Those feathers are just so tempting. No time to give in at the moment, so I will enjoy yours. And live vicariously through your lovely fabric combinations.

Carla said...

Hope my fabric comes soon. This will be fun : )

Jess @ Scrappy n Happy said...

I love this block! Your fabrics are great, can't wait to see how your quilt looks!

Nat at Made in Home said...

This is on my to do list too! It looks amazing! Great to ask the other bees to make some for you.

Mareenchen said...

Oooh, beautiful. The colours are a great combo and that little birdy is so cute!

Mrs Flying Blind... said...

Great choice and beautiful colours xx

Nicky said...

love your inspiration and it looks like it will be a fabulous quilt! You will be dreaming of Kingfishers then?

Nicky said...

love your inspiration and it looks like it will be a fabulous quilt! You will be dreaming of Kingfishers then?

Anorina @SameliasMum said...

Such beautiful fabrics. Love the feather block.

Karen said...

I look forward to seeing how this one comes together.

Barb said...

Love our feathers. Your color inspiration is wonderful!

Canadian Abroad said...

I love the feather blocks, and think you picked a beautiful colour palette. Can't wait to see the resulting quilt.

Selfsewn said...

Insanely beautiful xx

Kris from Duke Says Sew What said...

Looking forward to seeing all of them together!

www.randomthoughtsdoordi.com said...

this will be a lovely quilt

Marg said...

Love the colours you have chosen, it's going to look fabulous.

Rachaeldaisy said...

I love those feather blocks and it will look fabulous in the colours you have chosen!! You'll have a great time receiving soft parcels in the mail.

quirky granola girl said...

what a fun bee block! i'd love to try that block but i don't want to make a whole quilt of it :)

Debbie said...

Have never tried this, so am looking forward to it!

Kirsty @ Bonjour Quilts said...

Oooh, really love this one! The colours you've chosen are gorgeous and a whole flock of them will be stunning. Nice job!

pandchintz said...

How gorgeous ! Enjoy the fun and the feathers.

Anne / Springleaf Studios said...

Can't wait to make this. Have lots of orange and turquoise to choose from. Is that cute little bird from Australia? I don't recognize him.

Claire Jain said...

Those are so pretty! I still haven't made any, but it's on my to-do list.

Carrie P. said...

your feathers are fabulous. I love using design seeds for inspiration. thanks for stopping by my blog during the bird blog hop. good luck in my giveaway.

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