You may have noticed, in the clutter of buttons on my sidebar, that a new button has appeared recently:
A while ago I was very flattered to receive an e-mail from the lovely Di over at Random Thoughts Do Or Di, inviting me to be part of a special international bee with the following ladies:
Hadley at Flying Blind On A Rocket Cycle down in deepest West Sussex
Dianne at Quiltova over in the Czech Republic
Helen at Run, Quilt, Knit, Write over in Switzerland
Danny at Mommy For Reals over in the US
Susan at Canadian Abroad down in Northamptonshire
Di at Random Thoughts Do Or Di over in the US
Annabella at Life’s Rich Pattern over in Morocco
We will each start by creating a strip or block for our own quilts, and then send it off into the ether to the next person on the list, who will build on it. Every 6 weeks or so after that, we will create a block or strip for the next person on our list, working in turn until in our last session we will not only create a block or strip but assemble the final quilt. The thing is, that once we’ve sent off our own strip or block, we don’t get to see what the others have made for us, just a sneak peek or two allowed! To cut down on postage along the way, we will send our finished strip to the assembler, rather than on to the next person, so that will add to the mystery too, hence the Stitch Tease name. I actually had suggested Strip Tease, but Di thought we may get some undesirables trying to join our blogs/Flickr group if we went with that, so I toned it down… ;o)
Now here’s my inspiration mosaic for my bee mates:
I’m asking them to create strips to make me a town/village type set up with houses, other buildings, vehicles etc, and with lots of bright, cheery colours, so I can’t wait to see what they come up with. I need to get thinking about mine too!
We’ve also each bought a piece of fabric to include in each quilt as it passes, and here’s mine:
I thought it would be great fun for fussy cutting to include in either the blocks or signature blocks for my bee mates :o)
What a great idea. Congratulations!!
Looks like a wonderful group, I'm not jealous at all… 😉 lol
B.R.I.N.G. I.T. O.N. xxx
it is going to be so fun seeing you girls make these quilts!!!
looking forward to seeing what happens in this group !!
Woo hoo, getting excited now!
What Sarah said. 🙂
I still call it Strip Tease. 🙂
What a geeat group. Ive seen Hadley's strip – look forward to seeing yours!
Sounds like fun! Love your mosaic and fabric, looking forward to seeing what you end up with!
Wow, that would be so much fun! I like that the quilt gets assembled by the final person. I've been trying to get an Aussie Bee together , I like the idea of strips… hmmm food for thought.
I so know what I am doing for you! If someone else does it they will have to unpick and do something else because this idea is mine, mine, mine!
Sounds fun!
It certainly looks and sounds like a lot of fun – way to go Katy!! Good luck to you too:o))
Take care and have a good weekend.
Hugs Lyn x
Have a great week end, and hope you are feeling much better. I love the combi van.
Hugs
Kay
I am very excited to work on your strip…but it's a bit is a tease!
This is going to be so good Katy – you`re first for me and I have a plan…the fact that I don`t actually have a plan for my own is another thing altogether!
Sounds like this is going to be interesting and fun. Enjoy your day.
Hugs
It's going to be great fun isn't it! Kind of scary too though!!
I can't wait to see your strip! And the strips the others make for you – such a great idea!
You are all going to have the best quilts!
Oops…out of touch so long that I've forgotten how to comment! Thanks for stopping by to share your grand reading list. I'm a big fan of crime fiction, too, and think we all need a fix of chick lit now and then!
I've been distracted this winter, but hope to leap right back into blogging…will be back soon to check on your quilts and your bear buddies, especially Travellin' Jack…:)
Ooh, gratzy on being invited to a bee! 🙂 I was surprised that it wasn't called Strip Tease, too… I giggled when you said you suggested it and then had to tone it down. 😀