Well, hello there! It seems I up and stopped blogging about six months ago! That was totally unplanned. I've still been over here creating and learning new skills. I'm not sure why I stopped blogging here, but now I am back with all of the good intentions a new year brings.
I thought I'd start by reviewing all of the bee blocks I made last year for the Quilts Unscripted Bee! Our improv bee is currently in the middle of it's second year and going strong. Here are the blocks I made in 2022.....
January
In January we made blocks for Emily. Her request was for blocks that represented our dreams, goals and growth using analogous colors on the color wheel. My first block represents my dreams/hopes for the world, peace and calm....
In February I requested improv log cabin blocks using the Kona color of the year, Cosmos in a prescribed color palette. These blocks became the quilt "Darkest Before Dawn" which will hang at Quiltcon next month in Atlanta!
March
In March, Sarah G asked us to make improv sawtooth stars. I had fun with these...
April
In April, Isabelle requested all the colors and tiny piecing. Such happy blocks!
May
May was the first month of our second year as a bee and it was E.A.s turn. She had us make blocks that literally say "hope". Check out her instagram to see photos of her powerful finished quilt.
June
In June, Chris asked us to make signature style blocks inspired by a beautiful Ukrainian egg she had bought. I made her these...
July
July was Charles turn. He asked us for abstract art slabs using colors he sent to us. This was challenging and fun!
August
In August, Sarah R had us making blocks inspired by outer space. Mine are a nebulous and a shooting star.
Elizabeth had us make improv grandmother's fan blocks in September, with black corners. Another block I had not worked with before!
Our October prompt was from Allie. She asked us to make ladders with white backgrounds. Crazy fun!
November
Our final prompt for 2022 came from Carole. We were to make half rectangle triangle blocks using black for one half of the block and bright improv for the other. I had bought Latifah Saafir's HuRTy ruler months before and never took it out of the packaging. Time to learn something new! What a great ruler. And Latifah has awesome videos that step you through it. I've become a big fan of HRTs since November and I promise you'll see more uses of it on this blog soon. Here are the blocks I made for Carole...
Sorry for the long post but I had some catching up to do! I hope you'll follow our bee's hashtag on instagram, #quiltsunscriptedbee for even more inspiration.
1 comment:
Love seeing you back in this space AND seeing all your bee blocks together with their prompts - thanks for sharing!
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