Just Bee Cuz

There is something so addicting about quilting blogs. I know my Mom is intrigued by them, so when she stumbled upon this post from "Make it Do," she heartily encouraged me to make the quilt described. Incidentally, we ended up over at the quilt store, where I saw this bumble bee fabric from Timeless Treasures.

Naturally, I had seen it before, but I never had a project in mind for it. My Mom was with me and, since my birthday was coming up, she promised to buy the fabric as my gift. So, there I am staring down those bees, straining my mind (which really hurts by the way), and trying to envision something great with these funny little bugs that are just buzzing to be bought. This is about the time that my Mom suggests using it for the "half squares on point" quilt.

Needless to say, it is entirely out of the norm for me (I usually go for deep, rich colors and more complicated patterns), but I am hopelessly in love with this quilt!

Of course, the back proved to be absolutely adorable too, and I'm now creating a pattern to use the bee block for the front of another quilt.

So...thank you Calli for posting the pattern and the tutorial...thank you Gail Cadden for designing those charming little bumble bees...and most especially, thank you Mom for finding the pattern and providing the fabric!