Bees among the blossoms

On By wanderingcatyarns

Before the year was out, I took a couple sessions in the studio to do a little work on the second be quilt. First, I needed to get all the dizzy daisy blocks done. I always say dizzy daisies are easy. And they are. But I’ve always done them in small numbers. I needed more than 30 for this one – and to be honest, it was a little tedious. But I pushed through…

Burton thinks they look quite nice with all those nine-patches, if a little busy. I agreed, so the next time we hit the studio, I set to work on sashing and corner stones.

Now I don’t do sashing the “normal way” where you do long strips and sew everything in rows to your blocks. I have a really hard time getting things to line up that way. Years ago, Mom showed me an easier way where you attach it directly to each block

This can mean more seams if you aren’t doing cornerstones – but in this case, it works out just the same.

When all the blocks have their bit of sashing attached, you just sew them all together.

Of course, I didn’t actually get that far. It took all afternoon to attach the sashing. Sew the sewing of the top will happen another day. Perhaps even today!

8 thoughts on “Bees among the blossoms”

  1. Betsy Saathoff Queen's avatar Betsy Saathoff Queen

    Burton seems to approve and that’s the important thing. Actually, I LOVE this quilt. I really like bees and you found the cutest fabrics for this one.

    Blessings and hugs,

    Betsy

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  2. Jacqueline's avatar Jacqueline

    What a useful tip about attaching cornerstones. I think I will try this method, thank you. Beautiful quilt, and very handsome cat too.

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  5. I love it!!! I do my sashing that way now too. I could never get anything to line up without lots of “adjusting” and I hate doing that. The Charmed Squares quilt taught me that trick and I’m never going back.

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