New Fabrics and a Bee Happy Sew Along Update!

I'm so looking forward 

to my next sew along...

Bee Happy!

And I hope you will join us!

I'm excited to announce that 

we have been able to

 move up the date by 2 weeks!

We will be starting on 

Monday, August 28th 

and the sew along will 

go until we are finished 

with the quilt in October:)

This sew along will be 

celebrating the 

8 year anniversary 

that I have been designing 

fabric for 

Riley Blake Designs!

My very first collection was 

Sew Cherry that released in the very beginning. 

This summer there will be a total of

 3 Bee in my Bonnet collections...

YaY!

I'd love to tell you

 all about them!

This is my Bee Happy Quilt 

that 

we will be making

 during the sew along.

I designed it to use 

all 3 of my new collections

 that will be shipping to 

quilt shops everywhere this June!

First up...all about

Bee Basics

There are 31 prints total

 in this collection.

I have used all my

 happy colors!

I created this collection 

with a mix of 

vintage and modern ...

my favorite:)

In the photo above you sew

 30 of the prints...

And here is 31!

This fabric is made up of 

two color ginghams:)

I'm excited to sew up 

some fun projects with this print...

pillowcases...bags...curtains ...etc.

You know that I love gingham 

and I super love this print:)

Next up is about my 

Bee Backgrounds

I have always been obsessed 

with finding the perfect background 

for every quilt that I 

make and I especially love

 mixing a lot of backgrounds 

into one quilt.

That always adds the

 perfect vintage flair:) 

So I did an 

entire collection of

 24 backgrounds!

In this collection...

I also did a sweet mix of 

vintage and modern 

style together:)

I also added this 

gingham on white print

to my Bee Backgrounds collection:)

This one says aprons...bed ruffles...

pillowcases and or 

sewing room or kitchen curtains!

The third collection is my 

Bee Backings and Borders

There are 12 prints total

 in this collection 

and all are 108" wide.

Yes...

I said 108" wide!

YaY!

It will be so nice to

 have wide fabrics

 for quilt backings and 

borders without seams:)

I'll be using them 

for bindings too 

and best of all...

for piecing blocks!

Here you sew 

all three collections together...

ready for me to make the

 Bee Happy Quilt 

so that it can be displayed in the

 Riley Blake Designs booth at

 Spring Quilt Market next month.

If you are going to market...

stop by the booth to see it!!!

Sew Along Info

For those of you who are new and 

will be joining us for the

 Bee Happy Sew Along...

here is the information 

that you need to know at this point.

The sew along will 

work like all of my others...

it will take place 

here on my blog 

starting in August.

There is no "official" sign up list.

You simply follow my blog and

 tune in every Monday to see the block tutorials and instructions

  for that week.

Typically those who are

 doing the quilt

 post about it on 

Instagram 

or their blogs and 

show their blocks

 and progress along the way.

It's super fun and a 

great way to meet others 

as well as awesome 

quilty inspiration:) 

I always have a tutorial

 for each and every block 

and will have

complete and detailed 

cutting instruction  

for each and every

 piece of fabric in the kit 

so that you can 

"Bee Prepared" 

 when the time comes:)

You can pre-order/purchase 

a kit for the

 Bee Happy quilt 

from your favorite 

local or online quilt shop.

Just ask them if they 

will be participating.

If you can't find a kit...

no worries!

Simply get on 

Instagram and ask 

if anyone knows where you 

can find a source.

Chances are...that will help!

The Bee Happy Sew Along Guide

 will be a

 free download 

for those who are participating.

It will not be available

 until the first of August when

 we are closer to the sew along.

There is a new set of 

Sew Simple Shapes  

Bee Happy 

to make the quilt.

As the time gets closer...

(on August 1st)

as usual I will do 

a blog post with a 

complete list of supplies 

needed for the quilt.

You will always find 

all of the info needed 

right here on my blog:)

I really cannot even say

 how excited I am about 

finally doing this quilt!

When designing it..

I tried to fit in 

as many things as I could 

that represents me

and what makes me happy...

in hopes that you find things 

in my quilt that

 make you happy too!

xx

Lori