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| Bee Hive Wall Quilt. 21" |
Earlier this year I was privileged to meet a lovely sister on Instagram via the "Quilty Sisters Instabee". I recently had some challenges to face and my sweet sister Carolyn had truly been a "loving friend and sister during times of distress" (Proverbs 17:17). I knew that Carolyn was my bee block recipient for December and I intended to include some extra special loving in her parcel as my way of thanking her for what she has done for me.
I know that Carolyn loves orange and that she loves bees. I had slowly been squirrelling away some items for her over the past months, but when I discovered this pattern on Craftsy, I knew that I had to make it for her (pattern link below).
I headed off to my local quilt store as I remembered seeing some bee related fabric the last time that I was there. The light brown background fabric & the small hearts is "Secret Garden" by Lynette Anderson Designs (printed by Lecien); and I have used "Bees Pls" by Saffron Craig on the back (purchased from Spotlight). I believe both are Australian Designers.
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| Laying out my fabric selections for piecing. |
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| Machine sewing the borders and background pieces. |
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| The flowers, beehive and bees were all hand sewn using needle turn applique. |
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| This quilt just cried out to be hand quilted with Perle 8. |
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| The back of the quilt. |
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| A close up of the hand quilting detail. I colour echoed a 1/4" outside of the applique. |
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| I hand quilted the borders in orange and yellow 1/4" inside the top and bottom solid triangles. |
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| A close up of the hand quilting detail. I colour echoed a 1/4" outside of the applique. |
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| The bees' flight path was hand quilted in black perle 8. |
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| Cards by "Willow Fox Design" in Bendigo |
It is no longer a secret that I have been making each of my Quilty Sisters a bible cover which I am sending out with their bee blocks. I had a bit of a giggle when I discovered some orange Tula Pink bee fabric amongst my stash and found some bee ribbon to match, therefore Carolyn also ended up with a specially tailor made bible cover.
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| The bible cover that I made for Carolyn featuring Tula Pink fabric |
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As this bundle of love has now safely arrived with Carolyn in America, I can now share all of these photos with you.
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| The Quilty Sisters portion of the parcel contained: Carolyn's Quilty Sisters Bee Bock, a Bendigo magnet, some Australian Tea tea bags, ANZAC biscuits, a Caramello Koala, my signature block & her bible cover. |
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| Oh yes I can assure you the bible covers fit - I personally test each one before I send them off! |
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| Some extra loving for this special sweetheart! ~ ~ ~  Bee Hive Wall Quilt Pattern by The Patchsmith. Please click on the Craftsy logo above to access the pattern. |
