My Bee. Beetle, Butterfly Block Returns

My finished "bug" block returned home today. I am absolutely thrilled with the results. Thank you to Beryl, Ritva, Cathy and Margreet for a fantastic job.

Beryl's Completed Bug RR

Another completed block in the Bug RR. Here is Beryl's block before and after. On this one I did the "Beatles patch".

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Margreet's Bug Block

These are the before and after pictures of Margreet's Bug Block. Boy did I love the colors of this one. I did the center part. I will mail it off to her in The Netherlands on Monday.

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Cathy's Bug Block Completed!

Here is the first completed block in the Bees, Beetles and Butterflies Round Robin. I did the flower basket with bees, added beading and the lace butterfly around the pic of the girl. I also added several seam treatments, the butterly pin and the fancy green beetle. Quite a before and after!

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Ritva's Bug Block Before and After

This is the  most recent block I have been working on. This is the block pieced by Ritva of Finland before any work had been done.

This is the block after my additions. I was the third to work on the block and added the 3d flower, spider and web, garden with butterflies, dragonfly, watering can, and two seam treatments. One more person has yet to add her magic before it flies back to Ritva. 

Beryl's Beetles

For the Bees, Butterflies, and Beetles RR Beryl had used the blue fabric with music on it. I decided to tie the fabric in to the theme with a play on words. Fuzzy helped find some appropriate lyrics from a Beatles song, I embroidered it on a ribbon, attached it and added  Beetles...

Before January Ends

In the past I have not looked forward to Januaries...  The first week is fine, filled with parties and birthdays, but then it drags on, cold, snowy and dreary. But this year was different. In large part do to my escalating activity level in my hobby of crazy quilting. I have started three new round robins this month. The themes are Asian, Hearts and Bugs. Here are pics of the blocks that I pieced for myself and mailed out to Canada, The Netherlands and Louisiana. I will post a  month to month progress when the others finish their parts. First is the Asian block. I hope to add this one to the project I am making for our bedroom using the blue and white block that was finished last fall. I used the inspiration of the Blue Willow dish pattern.

The next is the block for the bug theme round robin. Technically called Butterflies, Bees and Beetles. I didn't have an idea of a color theme so I used a floral silkie I received from a secret pal for Christmas as the center and used it's colors as the inspiration. I think it tured out quite pretty and I am anxious to see what the girls do with it.

The last block is the block for the Heart Round Robin. I found a punch needle "love" motif that I received and decided to use that for the color inspiration. I will probably use this block as a wedding gift for someone to be married in the next year.

Stay tuned for the next few months to see what work is done on these blocks and the work I will do on the blocks of the other members. It was a great January, hopefully and precursor to a wonderful 2010.