Crashing Hive 6 - PRIDE Plus for Jennifer

 

 

Hi Jennifer, this is my first try at hive crashing 😊.  I hope this green plus block works for you!  Happy sewing, Susan (Hive 5).

 

Hive 1 Tiny Tiles for Chris!

Hi, Chris, these were fun!! I can see this being a good pattern to use with something like an I-Spy quilt. I can't wait to see the final result!! They'll be in the 📫 today or tomorrow!

Hive 1 - Tiles for Chris

Here is my block for Chris this month. Such a simple block but I have no doubt that once it's put together, that quilt is going to be stunning. And in fall colors (which are my favorite), it's sure to be a beauty.

~ Diana

Crashing hive 5 - mug for Tasha

 

I absolutely love a good traditionally pieced block that showcases fun fabric, so I could not resist crashing Hive 5 this month for Tasha's sip n sew.

I didn't get quite the results I was hoping for with my first block. The fabrics I chose were too tonally similar. So I hope I redeemed myself with the second block.

This was super fun and I am really excited to see the finished project. What a great idea (that I might have to steal for myself)!

With kindness,

Nicole

Hive 1 - July’s tiny tiles for Chris

Hi Chris, 

I had a wonderful time picking out these beautiful fall batiks. Hopefully you love them as much as I do. 

Happy Sewing,

Nicole Buendía 

Hive 1 July - tiny tiles for Chris

This was a nice and easy set of blocks to make. And lucky for you, Chris, the only colorways I have in batik are red, orange, and yellow. I hope these are a nice addition to your fall set and am looking forward to seeing the finished project.

With kindness,

Nicole

Tiny tiles for Chris.

 Here you go, Chris. I love Batiks and just happened to have several in autumn colors. 

Sweet and simple. I am also sending a few extra mini squares for you to use.

P.S. This is Deana

Hive 6- July Tutorial- Plus Block for Jennifer

 

PRIDE Plus

I've always loved plus quilts. Based on the colors used they can all look unique. I've made a few as gifts.  

This one is for a special person in my life.

I’d like the plus to be one of the bright colors below:

It can be a solid or print, but should strongly represent the color chosen.

For the background, I would like all of the background squares to be from same all white or white based based neutral.  The background shouldn’t be a distraction from the bright color used in the plus.

 

Cutting guide:

 

4 – 5in Squares of Neutral background

4 – 2 ¾ in Square of Neutral background

1 – 7 ¼ X 2 ¾ in rectangle of your selected color

2 – 2 ¾ in squares of your selected color

Ideally neutral backgrounds will all be the same fabric.

Process:

1. I started with the smallest 2 3/4 in squares and joined them together.
2. Make the top row by sewing the 5 in square with the rectangle made in step 1
3. Make the bottom row by sewing the 5 in square with the rectangle made in step 1.
4. I then joined the 3 blocks in the middle row 
5. I then joined the rows together.  I pressed seams to the darker side.

It goes together quickly!

Here are some of the blocks I made:

I used solid colors, but you can also use prints if they strongly represent the chosen color.

I put 4 together in about 40 minutes, but based on the rules you only need to send me 1.  I'll gladly take more if you are in the groove and want to make morel!

Thank you for helping me put this all together, I am excited to see all the blocks!

-Jennifer

Hive 1 July Block, Tiny Tiles for Chris

 

Hi Chris,

Luckily I treated myself to an autumn colour batik jelly roll earlier this year! 

Hope you like the colours.

The blocks are on the way to you.

Happy sewing,

Rita

Hive 2- July Tutorial - “Plaid-ish Block”

At the start of the year I promised myself to start finishing projects.  This quilt is for my brother and my Stashbee mates from last year, helped me make Block As from the free quilt tutorial at Free Tutorial Plaid-ish  This year I am requesting you to make Block C if you are looking at the pattern, which is not necessary to complete the block as my instructions here will be complete enough.  Almost every version of this scrappy quilt is pretty, so it may be worth paying a visit to the actual pattern at Kitchentablequilting.com or googling for images of this quilt. 

You will need dark, medium and light fabric.  My color selections include dark greys for the darks, bright fabric for the medium and low volume fabric for the light.  Here is a sample of my fabric pull:

From the medium fabric cut 4 pieces measuring 4” x 5” 

From another medium fabric cut 1 piece measuring 1.5” x 1.5”

From the light fabric cut 2 pieces measuring 1.5” x 4”

From the dark fabric cut 2 pieces measuring 1.5” x 5”

These are my cut pieces:

Next, lay out your pieces as follows and sew into three rows.  For the top and bottom rows, iron toward the outside and for the middle row iron toward the inside so that your seams nest when sewing the rows together.  

Your finished block should measure 8.5” x 10.5 “.

Hope you enjoy making this block.  It’s all about contrast, because as you see my medium is rather dark but not against the grey.  Use what you have available as this quilt is very busy and forgiving.

Kim