August 2014

It's AUGUST(!!) and the queen bee wants a scrappy heart so that she can make a quilt like this one.  You'll find a link to download the free pattern on the link.

In our second hive the queen posted everyone two 2 1/2" squares of a gorgeous red fabric to use at the centre of two blocks that we were to make for her this month.  The brief was very simple. Surround the first red square with 2 1/2" white, then surround that with 2 1/2" black. Reverse and repeat.  It comes up a little like this.

Our paper pieced stars queen was a purple fanatic. I have to confess, I don't have a great deal of true royal, bright purples. Mine all tend to be shades of plum and bordering on reds. However I managed to find enough bits and pieces to pull together this block and I felt brave enough to attempt some pretty fine seams.