Bee Creative Quilts (#83 & #84)

Deb Strain's Bee Creative has made 5 beautiful little quilts, and here are the last two.

Perfect for an outside bench ...

or a swing ...

This collection seemed overwhelming with 28 fat quarters and a huge panel - but just chomping through all this beautiful fabric with little quilts was totally the solution.
The other bee quilts are here and here.

Materials:
Bee Creative / Deb Strain / Moda
Fusions Text Collection Ebony / Robert Kaufman
Dimple dot minkys / binding scraps
Warm & White batting
Aurifil 50wt. #5004 (grey) & #2314 (beige)
Size: 44" x 45"  and 43" x 45"
August 2017

Accuquilt Snowball Quilt in Bee Creative (# 80)

The fat quarter bundle of Bee Creative by Deb Strain was huge and has made lots of lovely little quilts.

This is my 3rd snowball quilt in this bee fabric and it beautifully showcases the novelty fabrics. The Accuquilt snowball die is a great way to show off large and busy fabric.

Yarn dyed Essex linen in black and this awesome border is paired with a black minky for the back.

Robert Kaufman's Fusion Texture is the border and I got it at a real quilt store. I would never have seen its potential in a small on-line image.  My local quilt store has since closed and it saddens me to think of all the choices we miss by not being able to feel, touch and experiment with fabrics we would never buy on-line.

Materials:
Bee Creative by Deb Strain
Essex linen yarn dyed black
Fusions Text Collection Ebony / Robert Kaufman
Accuquilt Snowball die
Warm & White batting
Aurifil 50wt #5004
Black dimple dot minky / Hawthorne Threads
Size: 48.5" x 48.5"
June 2017

Bee Creative Lap Quilts (#62 & 63)

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What better way to show off Deb Strain's lovely Bee Creative line than with snowball blocks that look all hexagon & bee like.

Both these little lap quilts are on their way from sunny California to jolly olde England to keep my cousins warm in the cutest outside hut ever.  The whole vibe just screamed BEEES to me and the fabric choice & shape were ... meant to be!

All fabric was starched, ironed and then cut with the Accuquilt snowball die.  Yarn dyed Essex linen in black is the accent fabric with minky scraps on the back. 

Using a 1/2" seam to join the minky and then sewing over them again from the front to re-enforce the join - you can hardly see the stitching because the Aurifil 50wt. thread just sinks into the fibers ... love that. These seams won't unravel even after lots of washing.

Large patterns and novelty fabrics do great in snowball quilt blocks because all the wonderful designs & details show to advantage.

The generous amount of 28 fat quarters in this bundle means there are more small lap quilts to be made. 7 rows across by 7 rows down makes a blanket 41"x 41". 

Materials:

Bee Creative by Deb Strain for Moda

Essex linen yarn dyed Black

Dimple Dot minky

Warm & White batting

Aurifil 50wt. Grey Smoke (#5004) Sand (#2000)

Accuquilt snowball die

Size: 41" x 41"

December 2016