Monday, 15 April 2013

Flowers From Ceri!

My uber talented Brit Bee buddy Ceri is queen bee for April.

Last month, she asked us to send her a simple doodle!  It could be absolutely anything!  I sent her this:

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Ceri then hand carved stencils for all our doodles & screen printed them onto fabric! How cool is that?  Here are my screen printed flowers:

Screen printed images by Ceri
One of these goes back to Ceri as a siggy.
So the plan was to incorporate some of these screen prints into 2 log cabin style blocks, along with some screen prints from the equally talented Karen (Blueberry Park) & using other solids and prints that Ceri had provided.


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Block 1 using Karen's screen prints

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Block 2 using Ceri's screen prints

It must have taken Ceri hours to make these stencils and prints, and she made enough for us all to have some leftovers to keep!  What a darling!

This is one of the many great aspects of being part of a sewing bee.  You get to try out lots of new stuff that you wouldn't otherwise do!

I'd highly recommend it!




21 comments:

  1. You are so right being part of a Bee can be so much fun. Even the blocks that look too hard rarely turn out to be so.

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  2. ooooh, what an amazing idea. Love your doodle, and the fabric, and your blocks, just beautiful, and so wonderfully imaginative.

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  3. What a great idea for bee blocks! I love what you doodled and made!

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  4. What a fantastic idea, and don't they look great

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  5. Fab blocks, your flower came out so good too, didnt it!

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  6. Those flowers are so cute! I'll trade you a flower for one of mine.

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  7. I love the colors she used! This are fabulous blocks

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  8. Fab blocks but Ceri has done a sterling job with all the printing etc. Di x

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  9. Brilliant - I need to post mine to Ceri, and those Bee Blessed blocks to you - Wednesday, promise!

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  10. That's such a good idea and brilliant blocks :)

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  11. This was such a fab idea, love your flower :o0

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  12. What a brilliant idea - top quality doodle! x

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  13. what an excellent idea!! love them x

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  14. what an excellent idea!! love them x

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  15. She is so super cool. What a great idea!

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  16. Awww I LOVE my blocks, and that siggy is totally the icing on the cake! Thank you so much, lovely xx

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  17. wow what a wonderful and novel idea!

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  18. Cool - was thinking who is Karen sending all her fabrics to - and now I know!

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  19. I don't know how I missed this post but love Ceri's creativity and your blocks are beautiful. I love Karen's fabrics :)

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