Six more bead blocks for a total of...

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Here are my first three blocks.  Hopefully I will find time to make some more....

No maroon in my stash and very little yellow and orange. These are pretty much outside my color range. Although I actually like the block, I’m undecided as to whether or not I actually like making the block.  Made some of my 13 QAL blocks first to try it out. Might try other methods with the other QAL blocks I have left.  The only other circle blocks I’ve made in my life (Dresden block centers and a pillow center) were faced.  I...

I love this block! And, it’s so easy to make. Thanks for choosing my favorite color combo, Sophie! Here are three beads I made today. I have six more cut and ready to start sewing. I made the three so I could be sure to post them to get the entries into the giveaway that ends soon!  http://www.blocklotto.com/2014/02/tic-tac-toe-giveaway...

Hello, i have created 9 bead blocks for this months lotto....

I don’t trust my machine applique ability so these were hand sewn down. Then I watched the videos posted that made it look easy. I don’t know if I will get more done or not. The maroon is a problem here too…don’t have a whole lot of it. So 3 is the number for now....

One bead on a string for swap.  I hope it’s okay that I machine appliqued the...

I’ve been following along with the group for a year now, but this is the first time I’ve actually gotten my act (and blocks) together enough to get them finished, photographed and posted.  Phew! It’s the beginning of the year. Like many, I made a resolution regarding UFOs and new projects and decluttering and… Hey! It’s not January any more! Resolutions, schmesolutions!   These little darlings inspired me and...

Dug into my scrap boxes yesterday for fabrics for this month’s block.  Yellow, no problem;  orange, got some of that, too; maroon…hmm.  My first thought was a reddish purple color, found one of those.  Then I looked it up online, where it is defined as a reddish brown color.  Found one that fits that description better.   In the end I used them both – diversity makes good quilts, right?  So here are 6 for me, if the colors are...

Have you noticed all the great tips everyone has shared in their process of making the Bead-on-a-String block?  I thought I’d pull them together in this post for anyone who is looking for more information (and visual aids) for making this block. Andrew shared a link to a very detailed YouTube video which walks through the appliqué method that I call faced appliqué, How to Do Almost Invisible Appliqué by Machine. You might want to make...

Camera loaded this morning so these are 6 more Beads on a String blocks.  Which I love, even with a color combo I wouldn’t have put together.  It makes me realize I need to practice what I preach about stepping out of your color box.   I’m a better quilter for the challenge.  I do like the pieced circle technique, too.  This block brought out that old favorite technique that I hadn’t used for a while.