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Archive for May, 2017

Let’s Bee Social #179

Posted on: May 31st, 2017 by Lorna McMahon

Welcome to the Let’s Bee Social! So glad to have you join us for the Let’s Bee Social weekly linky party! This week I am working on so many things! First up, I designed a new pieced Alphabet pattern. Here are some ideas of how the letters can be used to personalize any quilt.   The Truck block […]

Sew Fresh Quilt Bee – Prizes Awarded!!!

Posted on: May 29th, 2017 by Lorna McMahon

It’s time for the first Sew Fresh Quilt Bee linky party PRIZES! We have been such busy, busy bees. I have thoroughly enjoyed working on the blocks and managed to make two quilts for Canada’s Big Quilt Bee. You can see my small quilt here. And my large quilt here. I would like to THANK all […]

Ducks in a Row

Posted on: May 26th, 2017 by Lorna McMahon

  Have you got all your Ducks in a Row? After sharing my Love Birds quilt last week, I was inspired to design another simple baby quilt with just a single row of piecing. I shared my EQ7 drawings for the Ducks in a Row design, showing the many possible colourways I had come up […]

Let’s Bee Social #178

Posted on: May 24th, 2017 by Lorna McMahon

Welcome to the Let’s Bee Social! So glad to have you join us for the Let’s Bee Social weekly linky party! The Love Birds quilt that I shared with you on Friday has got my creative juices flowing…   This week I drew up the Ducks in a Row….    I am having fun trying […]

Love Birds

Posted on: May 19th, 2017 by Lorna McMahon

  Meet the Parrots! These love birds love hanging out together – some kissing – and some back to back.     I know that I have been using prints a lot more lately. I am trying to challenge myself to go out of my solids comfort zone. But for this one…. I could not resist […]

Let’s Bee Social #177

Posted on: May 17th, 2017 by Lorna McMahon

Welcome to the Let’s Bee Social! So glad to have you join us for the Let’s Bee Social weekly linky party!     It’s been a while since I started a new project by first choosing the backing fabric. This week I dug into the drawer of yardage and found this piece from the Urban […]

Birds of a Feather

Posted on: May 12th, 2017 by Lorna McMahon

  Birds of a Feather….. Flock together! This little quilted table runner was made for my mother for Mother’s Day. All the fabric used in the front are from the Hopscotch collection by Jamie Fingal for RJR Fabrics, which you can view here. When I last visited my mother, I noticed that she had redecorated […]

Let’s Bee Social #176

Posted on: May 10th, 2017 by Lorna McMahon

Welcome to the Let’s Bee Social! So glad to have you join us for the Let’s Bee Social weekly linky party!     Last week I remarked that things were going to the dogs. This week is for the birds! That’s perfect for today’s Let’s Bee Social post, as Birds of a Feather flock together. […]

Forest Friends 2

Posted on: May 5th, 2017 by Lorna McMahon

  It took a while… But I finally made the Forest Friends 2 turn from a design idea into an actual quilt.   I am so excited to have transformed these new forest animals and birds into fabric form! All the fabric used in the front are from the Hopscotch collection by Jamie Fingal for RJR […]

Let’s Bee Social #175

Posted on: May 3rd, 2017 by Lorna McMahon

Welcome to the Let’s Bee Social! So glad to have you join us for the Let’s Bee Social weekly linky party! You could say this week…. Things around here have gone to the dogs….. These two Husky dog blocks were designed for my good friend Elaine. She is also known as Crazy Quilter on a […]