Let's Bee Social #202

Welcome to the Let's Bee Social!

I have been away at Quilt Market and haven't been doing any sewing lately, so I have nothing to share of my own. I did take a few photos with my phone while away and hope to share an update soon!

Thankfully, there are other busy quilters out there who are willing to send me emails and photos of what they have created. And that they have allowed me to share them with you!

This fun Black Birds quilt was made by Ann who wrote, "Thank you for making such a fabulous pattern. I haven’t been inspired to quilt for a few years but a good friend was having her first baby so I hunted around looking for a pattern that would inspire me. Thanks to you I have my quilting mojo back!"

Erica also allowed me to share her quilt and wrote, "My Dog Gone Cute quilt won an Honorable Mention in the Washington State Quilters Annual Spokane Quilt Show. I quilted each Doggy face individually to enhance their features.  I added your extra borders and also quilted bones and paw prints in the outer border."

Thank you Ann and Erica! 
Both of these finishes make me so happy!
And it is so fun to be able to share them here on my blog!

If you are interested, the Black Birds pattern can be found here.
And the Dog Gone Cute pattern can be found here.






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Click to visit the Tablerunner Bliss bloggers who are quilting along this week:

• Melisssa (Happy Quilting)
• Kim (Persimon Dreams)

Want to quilt along?

Tablerunners a great for a quick make for gift giving... Even if you end up wanting to keep it for yourself! Tablerunner Bliss by Sherri Falls is the perfect book for inspiring you to create.

You can order your own copy of this super cute book here at Fat Quarter Shop.  

Now... It's your turn for Show and Tell!!!

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Let's Bee Social #201

Welcome to the Let's Bee Social!

This is a tale of two shoes.

At last week's Let's Bee Social I explained that I love it when I see people using their imaginations. It excites me to see when you take something I designed and "tweak it" to make it suit your needs. And this is another example.

The work above was sent to me by Dianne. Dianne wrote to me following my post about The Tutorial and said, "Hi Lorna, After reading about your recent "problem" I got wondering if what I have done is going to be my "problem". When I was doing the shop hop this summer I stopped at the quilt shop "Quilting by Design" in New Hamburg and got your row for the Row by Row there. I have had an orphan block that I needle punched and painted at least 30 years! ago and wanted to make it into a wallhanging. I thought your shoe pattern would be perfect for it as it was a lady's head wearing a fancy hat. I also planned on paper-piecing a couple of dresses to go into as well. Unfortunately, your shoe pattern turned out waaaaaaaaaaaay too big so I reduced it by 50% and figured out how to make a paper-piecing pattern for it. I do not have a blog and certainly do not intend to do anything else with it. It is just for my personal use. The only thing I was going to do is take to my quilt guild meeting this month for show and share but felt I should contact you to make sure it's okay. If not, I will just leave it at home."

Now that broke my heart.

I replied, "Oh Dianne! Please don't feel like you have done anything wrong. I think it's great that you found a way to use the shoe design and cleverly went about figuring how to reduce the size and paper piece it. Really, I would be proud for you to share your wallhanging and if you mentioned that I designed the shoe pattern, but you worked out how to make it work for your purpose, that would be great! It makes me so happy to see people take any of my designs and to be inspired to make them work for their purposes. As you did! I would love to be able to share a photo of your wallhanging on my blog for the Let's Bee Social, with your permission. Thank you so much for writing to share how this confessional post of mine got you to thinking. Obviously what I did was a more clear cut case of what not to do. But like with what you have explained, there are a lot of not so clear cut issues out there that we aren't always sure what to do. You did the right thing by just contacting me to raise your concerns. And I commend you for doing so! Wishing you Happy Stitching!"

So Dianne wrote back and explained how she went about making the shoe blocks for her wallhanging, "Hopefully, attached is the picture of my wallhanging, tentatively called "Decisions, decisions". As you can see, I pinned the shoe from your row-by-row so that you could see the difference in size. To make it smaller, I took the small picture in the instructions and folded it in half horizontally and then in thirds vertically to give me the sections I needed to draft a new size. Then I just printed out copies on my printer until I got the size I thought worked best."

And that is the tale of two shoes.

Let's Bee Social! 

Click to visit the Tablerunner Bliss bloggers who are quilting along this week:

• Greg (Grey Dogwood Studio)
• Melanie (A Bit of Scrap Stuff)

Want to quilt along?

Tablerunners a great for a quick make for gift giving... Even if you end up wanting to keep it for yourself! Tablerunner Bliss by Sherri Falls is the perfect book for inspiring you to create.

You can order your own copy of this super cute book here at Fat Quarter Shop.  

Now... It's your turn for Show and Tell!!!

What have you been working on?

Sew Fresh Quilts

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Let's Bee Social #200

Welcome to the Let's Bee Social!

A few weeks ago I noticed that Jennifer of The Inquiring Quilter had joined us for the Let's Bee Social by sharing her Dog Gone Cute block that had been modified to look like her family pet that she grew up with. Jennifer had made her dog block with long floppy ears and I asked if she would be willing to share the instructions for how she made them. She agreed to do so, and you can read her post here.

For the record, I just want to say that I love it when I see people using their imaginations. It excites me to see when you take something I designed and "tweak it" to make it suit your needs. That's why I asked Jennifer to share her instructions with us today!




A couple of other quilts I wanted to share with you today....

Made by Deanna of Wedding Dress Blue, these two very sweet patchwork quilts make me so excited. I mean who doesn't love the look of some simple, colourful patchwork? And Deanna has also added a row blocks to each quilt. You can click on any of the photos below to be taken to Deanna's blog to read about these adorable finishes.

Cows by Deanna of Wedding Dress Blue

Cows by Deanna of Wedding Dress Blue

Cars by Deanna of Wedding Dress Blue

Cars by Deanna of Wedding Dress Blue

Don't you just adore how those backing fabrics were chosen to match the piecing in the fronts? Deanna used the cow blocks for the first quilt and car blocks for the second quilt, but you can use any block pattern in a repeat to make the row. I think it's a great way to make something really fun! 




I am on my way to Houston today. My sister is coming along with me to Quilt Market. If you are attending, please drop by booth #209 and say hi! I hope all goes well. We are driving down and back in my old pickup truck, stopping in Nashville for the overnight, both ways.

All my blog and facebook posts for the next week are scheduled to post automatically. So I hope there isn't any trouble with the link ups!!! If you send me an email during this time, you likely won't be hearing from me until I return. But I do appreciate your comments and good wishes and will get back to you in November!





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Click to visit the Tablerunner Bliss bloggers who are quilting along this week:

• Taunja (Carried Away Quilting)
• Lorna (Sew Fresh Quilts)

Want to quilt along?

Tablerunners a great for a quick make for gift giving... Even if you end up wanting to keep it for yourself! Tablerunner Bliss by Sherri Falls is the perfect book for inspiring you to create.

You can order your own copy of this super cute book here at Fat Quarter Shop.  

Now... It's your turn for Show and Tell!!!

What have you been working on?

Sew Fresh Quilts

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Let's Bee Social #199

A few weeks ago, I shared my Crossroads Tablerunner finish. Now I am working on my second project that I am to post about this coming week. October 24 is my next day on the Fat Quarter Shop blog hop. For this project I chose the Mingle Tablerunner pattern from Sherri Falls new book - Tablerunner Bliss. I shared a few photos of this book in this past post, but if you want to see some really great photos and read all the details, please click on over to have a look at this super cute book here at Fat Quarter Shop. 

The blocks were super easy to make. And I love how each one shows off these fabrics from the Lulu Lane collection by Corey Yoder. The blocks remind me of a hashtag! So fun!

I think this is only the second time I have ever set blocks on point. But it really is so easy and looks lovely!

Hope to have a finish soon!

Let's Bee Social! 

Click to visit the Tablerunner Bliss bloggers who are quilting along this week:

• Vickie (Spun Sugar Quilts)
• Susan (yardgrl60 on Instagram)

Want to quilt along?

Tablerunners a great for a quick make for gift giving... Even if you end up wanting to keep it for yourself! Tablerunner Bliss by Sherri Falls is the perfect book for inspiring you to create.

You can order your own copy of this super cute book here at Fat Quarter Shop.  

Now... It's your turn for Show and Tell!!!

What have you been working on?

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Let's Bee Social #198

Welcome to the Let's Bee Social!
Today I am sharing a few photos of these new Smitten Kitten quilt blocks.

I'm hoping to have 20 of them finished soon. They are 12" blocks. For the prints I'm using "Daisy Days" by Kerra Job for Riley Blake Designs and for the background I'm using the Essex Yarn-Dyed in Charcoal that I picked up in August.

The Smitten Kitten pattern will be available later this month.

I am planning to have it revealed at Quilt Market!

As you all know.... I have been working hard at using up stash this year.

But I could certainly use some help!

There are lots of fabrics, both regular width and wide backing, listed in my shop. 

Everything is $6USD per yard and can be found here.

I also have a few listings for quilt kits that include

fabric for top, backing and binding plus the paper pattern.

Check out the Quilt Kits here.

And one last thing.... 

There is a copy of the Tablerunner Bliss book for sale in my shop here.

If you purchase fabric or a quilt kit with the book, shipping is free!

Let's Bee Social! 

Click to visit the Tablerunner Bliss bloggers who are quilting along this week:

Sinta (Pink Pincushion) and Lisa (In the Boon Docks)

Want to quilt along?

Tablerunners a great for a quick make for gift giving... Even if you end up wanting to keep it for yourself! Tablerunner Bliss by Sherri Falls is the perfect book for inspiring you to create.

You can order your own copy of this super cute book here at Fat Quarter Shop.  

Now... It's your turn for Show and Tell!!!

What have you been working on?

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