My Blocks for the Red & Aqua Bee
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Pickle Dish blocks for Red & Aqua bee, 2.
Red and Aqua Bee March 2010, 3.
String pieced blocks for Lisa, 4.
Spiderweb block for Susan, 5.
Liberated Wedding Ring block for Corey, 6.
2 Mondrian blocks for Suzy, 7.
Pinwheel block for Karen, 8.
Flying Geese for Karen, 9.
HST Star for Karen, 10.
Wonky Star for Karen, 11.
Asterisk blocks for Ryan, 12.
My sample block
It's been awhile since I've posted about my progress in the
101 Things in 1001 Days challenge but I'd better get busy, because I have just one month left to complete my list! Today, I'm posting about my first virtual quilting bee, the
Red and Aqua Bee. It was definitely a learning experience and a challenge! We started off with several paper pieced blocks and I had a chance to refresh my rusty skills. I was often late with my blocks (I blame Canada Post!), but I managed to make them all in the end.
We made Mondrian-inspired improv blocks last summer and I was really pleased with how they came out. We had several people drop out for a variety of reasons and by the time my month came along, I
only got blocks back from
six seven people (after I wrote this post, I got one last block!). I had the last month in the bee (Feb 2011) and am planning to make a quilt for Ellie with my square in a square blocks.
Lessons learned:
- Canada Post takes forever and I often got blocks from the States with just days before the end of the month, leaving me perpetually behind the 8 ball.
- A stated colour theme got a little repetitive over the course of a year and it might be nice to have a more open-ended bee next time.
- Accountability and communication are key! It's more fun when everyone participates in the bee and posts to Flickr. I don't mind if someone's going to be late if they post about it.
- It's fun to make online friends and then meet them in real life (it turned out that
Karen and I joined this bee and then both became members of the new Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild!)
- Despite the hiccups, I'm excited to participate in another bee and looking forward to making more quilting friends!
Way to go Holly. I'm feeling a little daunted on your behalf knowing you've only got a month left. How many of the 101 have you managed to check off? I tried to make a "100 things to do before I die" list, but couldn't even think of 100 things!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Krista! I just checked and I've only completed 40 items! There are some on there that absolutely can't be completed by August 28th (eg 30. Visit Leavenworth, Washington in December (see a concert or A Christmas Carol)), but that's ok. The list inspired me to do a few new things and I feel like it's served its purpose.
ReplyDeleteWow cool! You got to make so many different style blocks, fun!! And way to go on your list!
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