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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:

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

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  2. Such a gorgeous palette of colours.

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  3. 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

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

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  5. 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!

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  6. 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.

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  7. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  14. Such beautiful fabrics. Love the feather block.

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  15. I look forward to seeing how this one comes together.

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  16. Love our feathers. Your color inspiration is wonderful!

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

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  18. Looking forward to seeing all of them together!

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

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  20. 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.

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

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

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

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  24. How gorgeous ! Enjoy the fun and the feathers.

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  25. 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.

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

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  27. 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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