Making: Free Bee - Procrastination

I've been bad at doing my homework lately.  My blocks for the Free Bee are both being turned in late.  There's still hope that I'll be able to get my act together for May!

March's block is actually an improv strip set based on Sherri Lynn Wood's Mod Mood Quilt for Krista of Spotted Stone Studio.

April's block is a triangle based on the prints of Leah Duncan for Ethne of Flaming Stitches.

May's block is going to be based on the totem quilts of Erin Wilson.  I'd better go get started!

Making: Free Bee - February

Another month gone, another Free Bee block turned in late.  I think I have a hard time following the rules when it comes to quilting.  The instruction for the block (given by Mari Haak, herself a VERY inspiration quilter herself!) was to base your inspiration on an urban photograph and use neutral, darker tones.  Her suggestion was to study the work of Elizabeth Barton, to see how she interprets landscape in fabric.  I think that's where I went astray...instead of focusing on a photograph, I decided to take my inspiration from another textile artist, Karen Goetzinger and a piece of Marimeko fabric.

Free Bee Block for Mari

Here is what I came up with.  You can see how others interpreted the challenge over on Flickr.  I'm not crazy about mine and wish I had more time to play with it, but even though February gave me an extra day, I've run out of time and must send it off!

Making: Free Bee - January

Let the piecing begin!  I've completed my first block for my first online-based quilting bee. 

Free Bee January Block

Luckily for me, the group I'm in is called the "Free Bee," and blocks are meant to be improvisational in nature.  I know I can handle that!  At least, I thought I could...this is the January block, and it's now February.  This should have been on it's way to it's new owner at least a week ago!