Hooray! Another finish for this quarter. This pattern is from Missouri Star Quilt Company, called Falling Charms. It is a really quick finish using Charm Packs and Jelly Roll strips. I used a line of fabric "Bee My Honey" by Mary Jane. I love this line of fabric. It has bees, honeycomb, and even little honey dippers.
I have a couple of brothers who love honey so much that my parents bought honey in giant buckets. When we would visit Seattle, while we girls were buying handmade jewelry at Pike's Place Market, my brothers would buy little straws of honey. I think these memories are what makes me love this fabric so much!
Eventually, one of my brothers became quite interested in bees. I remember him picking me up from work once and I asked what he'd been up to. He told me he'd been at the library watching a documentary about bees. (This was pre-Internet...well, I think it was around, but not quite the fountain of knowledge it is today.) He must have continued reading and studying, because eventually he decided to keep some bees of his own. You can imagine the surprise when my parents got a call from the Post Office informing them they had a box of live bees that needed to be picked up immediately. ha. (I hope I'm remembering this correctly.)
Eventually, one of my brothers became quite interested in bees. I remember him picking me up from work once and I asked what he'd been up to. He told me he'd been at the library watching a documentary about bees. (This was pre-Internet...well, I think it was around, but not quite the fountain of knowledge it is today.) He must have continued reading and studying, because eventually he decided to keep some bees of his own. You can imagine the surprise when my parents got a call from the Post Office informing them they had a box of live bees that needed to be picked up immediately. ha. (I hope I'm remembering this correctly.)
This brother also has a pretty incredible garden -- so having this backing fabric for the quilt was perfect! Not quite the right color of yellow, but given the theme, I used it anyway.
Next I'm on to the Persimmon version of Falling Charms. I prepped all this "persimmon" binding, and now I'm wondering if it's too stark against the navy background. I have thought about finding a navy print for the binding instead, but since I have this prepped....it'll probably be orange. Hope I like it!
I am linking up to Quilt Story's Fabric Tuesday and Quilt Infatuation's NTT.
I am linking up to the 2015 Finish-Along at On the Windy Side.
very nice quilt!! sometimes the simpler ones just catch your eye, love this quilt!!
ReplyDeleteThank you! It is really a quick one to make.
DeleteI love both of your falling charms quilts and I hopped right over to youtube to watch the MSQC video. A question I have is how many blocks did you actually make and what size is the finished quilt? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI used 2 charm packs, making 80 blocks (8 across, 10 down.) The original pattern is larger. So doing the calculation (because I'm too lazy to pull it out and measure;)) my quilt should be 56" x 69". Thanks for visiting!
DeleteI love the quilt and the memories that are intertwined in it...the heartbeat of quilting (in my humble opinion). Visiting as a member of the official 2015 Finish-Along cheerleading squad
ReplyDeleteThank you very much! I appreciate your efforts to look at and respond to this and many other Finishes!
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