A huge thank you to everyone who entered our Giveaway, your enthusiasm, participation, lovely comments and shares meant such a lot to us – thank you ever so much x
Yesterday, the random number generator selected a winner! Yay!!
Congratulations to Meegan @nanas_needle_
If you missed out this time, please enter our next giveway. In the meantime do dip into the free patterns on both Honeybee Cloths, including Block 4 – Beachcomber…
Also, hop on over to Michelle’s CreativeBlonde blog – I’m really looking forward to spending some time making the lovely little kites from Michelle’s beautiful Block 3 – Fly High, and the beautiful Blocks 1 and 2
On the sea-shore, there are many precious things, just waiting to be found – sea-glass in pretty blues and greens, pearly shells, and shimmering rock-pools offering a glimpse into places where seahorses swim. Let’s go explore x
Block 4 – Beachcomber combines sea-glass colours, fussy cut limpets, and fusible applique shells. Other templates include seahorse and starfish.
Use a couple or all the templates to make your rock-pool. To complete sew a few sea-horse spines, dot a few French knots for sand grains, and a scattering of pearly buttons.
“Low cal” 4 triangle option shown, can also be made as the 8 triangle option .
Block 4 works equally well, with the gorgeous 8 corner triangle pattern Michelle is using over on CreativeBlonde blog. Pictures of the block made in the 8 triangle format are also included in the PDF instructions, as well as the “Low cal” version pictured here.
The materials used to make the block really remind me of the little limpet shells you find in rockpools or barnacles on sea shells. There’s some really pretty shell pink and sea-glass coloured prints in Brigitte Heitland’s Day in Paris quilting cottons…
Tutorial includes option of both fusible machine applique and needleturn to make the seahorse, starfish and limpets…
Or if you prefer needleturn …
There’s also an option to try, an interfacing applique technique for the clam shell, it’s very quick and easy, and ideal for rounded shapes.
To complete your shells, use the shell stencil together with Bondaweb, to make an overlay stitched onto the clam shell….
We’d love to see the things you make from our free patterns, so please share on social media using hashtag #Quiltandshine, so we pick up on them.
Also, there’s a Giveaway going on for this gorgeous “Day in Paris” Charm pack, so make sure to follow both myself Dawn (Honeybee Cloths), and Michelle (CreativeBlonde) on Instagram, for the chance to win these lovelies xx
Good luck in the Giveaway, as you can see from the pic of Pippi-cat, we’ve got our fingers and our toes crossed for you.
Thank you ever so much for following and have a really lovely weekend.
Our little hive has been buzzing, blocks are being joined and seams being sewn, as we complete our quilts for a very special date in our diaries…
The BIG reveal of Sweetest Things Samplers on Friday 8th March!
Both myself, Dawn (Honeybee Cloths) and Michelle from CreativeBlonde blog are super excited to see the beautiful quilt’s you’ve been making.
To join in simply post a photo of your quilt on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter, using the hashtag #SweetestThingsSampler. You’ll then be entered in the Sweetest Things Sampler Big Reveal Giveaway prize draw.
One lucky winner will receive a super-sweet bundle of sewing pretties. Including two beautiful Brenda Riddle Charm packs, Fat Eighth bundle and gorgeous Gutermann Threads.
The draw will take place on the 9th March, so let’s hop to it, and sew those samplers….
If you’re making the Quilt As You Go version of the Sampler, there are tips for completing your quilt in this blog post.
We’ll be posting a few sneek peeks of our quilts over the coming few days, so make sure to follow both myself dawn_HoneybeeCloths and Michelle @creativeblonde66
Till the next time, from our little hive to yours.
