Bee Patriotic Sew Along - Week One!!

Well hello there and 

welcome back to my blog:)

Today is June 1st ...YaY!! 

That means it's time for some 

summer sewing and we are 

starting off with Week One of the 

Bee Patriotic Sew Along

I've had a lot of fun 

sewing patriotic things from the 

Bee Patriotic Bundle

I typically prepare 3-4 months ahead 

of time when planning and hosting 

my sew alongs like this and I simply 

cannot wait to show you other blocks

 and things that I have made way

 back in March from this bundle:)

Those things will come later during

 the sew along towards the end...

for right now let's begin by making

 blocks for the Bee Patriotic Quilt.

Grab your book

VINTAGE CHRISTMAS 

as you know that's what 

we will be sewing from.

We are doing a little twist on

 Christmas in July:)

This sew along will be 

easy to follow...

simply sew directly from the book!

CLICK HERE

to download the schedule of what blocks that 

 we are sewing each week as well as the

 cutting guide for the smaller quilt 

setting if you are making the 6" Blocks.

(12" Block setting is already in the book)

I took this photo of the 

design wall in my studio way back 

when I had made the first 7 blocks

 for the quilt...

I immediately fell in love with

 how they all looked together:)

You can see that two of 

today's blocks are at the top.

For this sew along I decided to 

do the blocks in alphabetical order...

which is how they appear in the book.

But.... because 

"you are the boss of your own quilt"...

when it's time to sew yours together 

you can put them in any order 

that you would like.

Also...because all of the patterns

 and step by step instructions are 

in the book already...

 you do not need to wait each week 

for me to announce the blocks...

 you can sew at your own speed!

You can use the exact fabric

 from the bundle as I did 

(you can easily see which prints that 

I put where in each individual block photo)

 or of course you can choose your own.

Just relax and have fun with them...

it's summertime sewing!!

Okay...let's get started:)

The first block is called 

CHRISTMAS STAR BLOCK 

and it's on page 22.

We can just call it the 

4th of July Star for this quilt:)

Coming up next is the

COZY STAR BLOCK 

and you will find the 

instructions starting on page 24.

Summertime is a good time to be cozy...

cozy isn't just for winter!

Our last block for this week is the

 GLIMMER BLOCK 

starting on page 37.

The word glimmer also works 

for summer don't you think?

I just love these colors together...

they are some of my favorites and 

this quilt just says summertime to me:)

I'm looking forward to seeing your blocks on 

 INSTAGRAM 

"Bee" sure to use the hashtag

 #BeePatrioticSewAlong

Picnics and homemade ice cream 

are two of my favorite things 

about summer and I have very fond 

girlhood memories of both.

Our ice cream machine was a

 "hand cranker" and mom would mix it up 

and fill it to the brim.

 All of us kids would each take our turns 

cranking it until our arms were tired...

and at the end when it got so thick

 that we just couldn't turn the

 handle anymore then dad would take over:)

Mr.Honey regularly makes ice cream 

all summer long...of course we both

 have graduated to an electric mixer...although we do have an 

old hand cranker that we take 

in our trailer for glamping trips:)

For many years he has used 

the same simple basic recipe 

and it sure is yummy!

I thought you might like to try our recipe.

You don't cook it and there are no eggs.

You can make it as is or

 add fresh fruit or flavorings to it...

adding fresh peaches is our favorite

I hope you try it! 

Mr.Honey's Homemade Ice Cream

1 can sweetened condensed milk

12 oz. canned milk

2 cups heavy cream

2 cups half and half

1 Tablespoon pure vanilla extract

1 1/2 cups sugar

Approximately 1/2 gallon milk

You will need a box of rock salt 

and a few bags of ice 

and your ice cream mixer.

In a big mixing bowl stir all of 

the ingredients (except milk) together

 by hand and pour into mixer.

Add the milk up to the fill line

 marked in your freezer.

Freeze according to your

ice cream freezer directions.

Serves 10 -12

Thanks so much for joining me this week...

I'll meet you right back here next week

 with three more blocks

and more summertime memories!!

xx

Lori