Wednesday, 12 June 2013

The Strip Bees

It's been non stop around here these last few days.  And what do you do when you are flat out?  Sign up to a bee of course!  Well that's what I have done, because it sounded like so much fun and I just couldn't resist!
 
So thank you so much Maria for inviting me to join your wonderful bee...
 

There are 6 lovely members, who I am so looking forward to getting to know much more.  Do take a look!  
 

The idea is that we each make a strip, 40" x 8" and then pass it on to the next person.  A Round Robin if you will.  So the fab thing about it is, we each get to contribute to one another's quilt, and we all have a finished quilt top at the end of it too!  I just loved the concept, it really is going to be the ultimate friendship quilt.   
 
Anyway, in case you missed my post the other day, here's the fabrics I decided to use for my first strip. 
 
 
It's the Gypsy Girl Collection by Lily Ashbury.  I love them so much it was hard to cut into them! 
 
It look me a while to come up with a design that wasn't going to take me too many hours, but at the same time was going to be pretty and show of the gorgeous fabrics. 
 
In the end I decided to have a go at some Octagons. (not Hexagons, as I may have mentioned in a previous post.  Doh, can't count!) This is what I came up with. 

 



I just love the colours in this bird fabric.  Luckily bought extra of this one :-)


And aren't these deer adorable. 


So that's my first strip done!  I am so excited (and nervous) to send it off to Julie, who will be adding to it in round two.  And I am equally excited (and equally nervous) about receiving and adding to Amy's strip, which from what I have seen so far is amazing!!

This is my first ever bee, and it's so much fun.  I look forward to sharing sneak peeks of the rest of my strips with you.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

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18 comments:

  1. Cloud CouCou12 June 2013 at 05:15

    Great to see what you've been up to! I love that fabric and the design is a great idea, not seen it before.

    Just realised that I didn't list the other bee members in my post...will update it now and mention in my next post. Can you tell I don't know what I'm doing!

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  2. Amy12 June 2013 at 05:15

    very nice! I love the fabrics you are using.

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  3. Erin @ Once Upon a Donkey12 June 2013 at 05:46

    What a fun idea! Love, love, love your first strip. The colours are gorgeous! :)

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  4. Michelle12 June 2013 at 05:52

    I love Gypsy Girl by Moda!

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  5. Sara12 June 2013 at 06:59

    The deer are awesome sauce! Beautiful Progress!

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  6. maria12 June 2013 at 07:41

    Gorgeous I love your strip.
    So glad you could join us in the bee.
    I'm sorry to say I haven't started my strip yet, I just don't seem to have had time for sewing over the last few weeks but that's about to change!

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  7. Fran12 June 2013 at 08:39

    A beautiful first strip! After seeing the Kaffe Fasset exhibition, I thought about doing snowballs too, they look amazing. Think I'm sticking with stars though...

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  8. Tanyia12 June 2013 at 09:49

    its beautiful! Those colors are really lovely!

    I am stopping by from the WIP post, hop by if you get a chance! http://domesticdeficitdisorder.blogspot.com/2013/06/wip-wednesday-june-12th-edition.html

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  9. jan12 June 2013 at 10:01

    Sarah! I love it! I have some fabric that I have been saving because I couldn't come up with a pattern that I thought would show off the fabrics, but this would probaly be great. Have fun in the bee. Sounds like alot of fun.xo jan

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  10. Mack and Mabel12 June 2013 at 15:26

    Ooh! Very nice indeed. I keep changing my mind on what I'm doing. Must start this weekend though - can't keep procrastinating for ever!

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  11. Sarah13 June 2013 at 00:00

    I've never done a bee either,but this one looks fun and uncomplicated, one I could cope with! The fabrics are amazing and your strip looks great. It will be very pretty when finished.

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  12. Lorna McMahon13 June 2013 at 05:08

    Your strip looks yummy, Sarah. And I'm sure the bee will be a lot of fun. Jennifer of Glinda Quilts is a great gal. I am looking forward to putting in a visit to all the others!

    Lorna of http://sewfreshquilts.blogspot.com

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  13. Glinda ♥14 June 2013 at 14:15

    What a great start, Sarah. Love your fabric choices - I'm loads behind but will make a start ... soon :)

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  14. Vicki15 June 2013 at 16:27

    'Snowballs' always make for a fun quilt! Love the colors.

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  15. Chris Dodsley @made by ChrissieD18 June 2013 at 14:47

    Loved seeing them for 'real' earlier and now catching up on your blog posts and your new blog look! ;)

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  16. RobotMomSews19 June 2013 at 14:23

    That sounds like so much fun!! That deer block is SO adorable!

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  17. Casey York26 June 2013 at 07:45

    I love the look of your website--so glad I found you through the blog hop! Your work is lovely--congrats on finding a way to do it professionally!

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