Sideways Snow!

There's something not quite right about the view outside my window today!

Isn't snow meant to fall vertically, not horizontally?  In fact, it has been snowing sideways now since last night, and is forecast to continue until Sunday!  Groan!

Yesterday I took some pics of my bright and friendly garden daffs.  Just look at them now!

Yesterday                                                                  Today!

 
Well, it might not be a day for being out and about so that means one thing - sewing!!

I got 2 more blocks made to make up the deficit on a Bee Blessed quilt:

And then I turned these donated Farmer's Wife style blocks into a lap size quilt top, also for Bee Blessed.

I love this little quilt!  I could look at all the different blocks for ages! 

But I'm thinking it needs a skinny border, followed by a final narrow white border before I bind it! 

What do you think?

Bee Blessed December Block

A new month already!  I'm struggling to keep up!

Thank you everyone for donating brilliant Kiss blocks for November to Bee Blessed.  We have at least 25 in so far, with a few more still to come!  You can see some of them here.

Following on from Trudi's brill idea to make some Patchwork Wheel blocks (Hugs) to go with our Kisses, I thought it would be good to set the Patchwork Wheel as December's block.



I appreciate how busy everyone is and will be this month, so please don't feel under pressure.  If you happen to have a spare 20 minutes to rustle up a block following this tutorial, then that is fantastic.  As before, please keep to one fabric for the O and white background.

Our quilt nominations list has had a recent influx, so we will be as busy as ever at our last Bee Blessed meet up of 2012 on 15th December.  The needs of folks for comfort and hope are as great as ever.  Thank you for being an important part of this much needed blessing.

I will soon be updating the Bee Blessed page with our 2013 dates, so you can get them into your diary!

Hugs & Kisses

This month in Bee Blessed we are making a block called The Great Big Kiss!

It is bringing a smile to my face receiving lots of 'Kisses' in the post - thank you!

I've never actually tried this block myself so I thought I best have a go!

 

This was a satisfyingly easy block to make!  You can find the tutorial here.

And the block on the left is my 'hug' block,  originally designed by Don't Call Me Betsy and called the Patchwork Wheel (you can find the tutorial for it here).

A rather clever bloggy friend of mine came up with the idea of doing 0's as well as the X's, which means the finished quilts will have hugs as well as kisses! Genius!  Thanks T!

If you would like to make a contribution to Bee Blessed, there is still time to donate a block or two.  Either (or both) of these blocks will be received with thanks and a smile!

And one final block to show you!

 

The Mod Mosaic block (designed by Elizabeth Hartman), made for Emma in Sew Bee Happy. 

 

This is the last month of this scrappy bee, hosted by Kat.  It has been lovely getting to know some new folks from all around the world. Thank you ladies for your blocks and the opportunity to make some blocks I haven't tried before.

 

Have a great Thursday!