Sunday 23 June 2013

Hip (hip horray) bee quilt finished

Just over a year ago, I met Di at the first FQR.  We were having lunch and Di mentioned that she thought she might like to start a bee - "I'd be up for it I said" and not long after, Di got Hipbee's up and running.  My month was November and I asked for Lynnebobsquarepants blocks (I don't think I was overly popular!!!).

Yesterday, I finally finished my quilt - this is also an FAL finish

 
I chose charcoal and different purples, along with some bright fat quarters I had been hoarding



It is hand quilted - I went with a basic flower design, that you can see better from the back


 I made scrappy binding



and I added my siggy blocks (I forgot to add them originally, so had to improvise!)
 
So, I want to say a mahooosive thank you to the lovely ladies who helped me make this quilt

 I would never have done it without your help - I can't tell you how much I love this quilt!!

Also, you may have seen that I have added a feedly follow button.  I love the Feedly blog reader thingy that they have, and the way it imports all your blogs over.  I can highly recommend it.

27 comments:

  1. Your quilt is wonderful. I especially love the hand quilting and congratulations on a finish too. I am using Feedly too.

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  2. It is gorgeous and so glad you hand quilted too! x

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  3. It looks terrific! Hand quilted too - bloody amazing!

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  4. Totally gorgeous!! I love the hand quilting!

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  5. Wow this looks stunning now it is all bound and quilted... enjoy it x

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  6. It looks fantastic!! And I didn't hate you for choosing that pattern - I LOVE hst blocks!

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  7. This is a fabulous Bee quilt. Well done to your Bee and to you for providing the inspiration and lovely quilting :)

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  8. Ooh that is just fantastic. The hand quilting is amazing and I love that scrappy binding. The only thing that I didn't like was doing all those blooming HSTs. No wonder it was your block choice as we worker bees did them!!!! Great make. Di x

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  9. Gorgeous! And even though I messed the block up first time I could never hate someone as lovely as you x

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  10. Such a great quilt. Love the fright colours against the purple. Well done everyone in your Bee

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  11. Oops that should be bright colours!

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  12. It's a brilliant finish C, and it was a joy to be a part of it! Enjoy your Hipbees quilt! Jxo

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  13. Wow that is amazing! In the top photos, where you can see the whole quilt, the bright colours give the effect that the quilt is glowing. I love this!

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  14. What a great quilt, it looks like a tiled floor, so striking.

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  15. It's absolutely beautiful!
    I wish I had such talent!
    Well done!
    Tammy

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  16. Oh it's so lovely Catherine. You have handquilted it beautifully too! And, for the record you are very popular - just don't set that block again!!

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  17. Woohoo! It looks fantastic! So pleased to have contributed to it :)

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  18. that's just fab, catherine, and the quiling is spot on. well done!

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  19. Haha! I can still hear them groaning!

    But it is worth it and you should all be proud of a fabulous collaboration!

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  20. I love your quilt, it looks fab. The hand quilting is smashing, I have never done it, I ought to give it try on something small to start. I love HST, I think they're a bit marmite!

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  21. Looks really fantastic - I love the handquilting!

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  22. It looks fantastic, love the back too!

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