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Putting together my bee quiltI saw this quilt by Aneela Hoey awhile back.  I haven’t been able to get it out of my mind – I just LOVE it!

So, how about a House and Tree Quilt–Along?!

That’s right – a tutorial for a block with either a house or a tree (or both). I seriously LOVE this quilt and ‘house’ quilts have caught my eye for a long time.

I talked to Aneela Hooey about my idea since her quilt was my inspiration.  She thought it was a great idea but has too many obligations this year to participate.  BUT she did give me a link to a house and tree tutorial on her blog so you can always start with those and work your own design off there.

The blocks designed are 12.5” x 12.5” (so it’s a finished 12” square). Each one has a house, a tree, or both incorporated somehow into the block.

Pick your Fabrics

Schedule

Block 1: January 17th – Kim Lapacek - LIVE - My Home
Block 2: Januray 19th – Diane Lapacek - LIVE - Lapacek's Orchard
Block 3: January 24th - PamelaQuilts - LIVE - House by the Bay
Block 4: January 26th - Quilts By Barb - LIVE - My Tilted House
Block 5: January 31st - TerryAskeArtQuilts - LIVE - Two Trees
Block 6: February 2nd - Quilties - LIVE - Tree of Life
Block 7: February 14th - Quilt Jane - LIVE - Under the Moreton Bay Fig
Block 8: February 16th - Kim Lapacek - LIVE - A Wonky Modern House
Block 9: February 28th - CraftyMamaD - LIVE - Scrappy Trees
Block 10: March 1st - Michelle Foster from QuiltingGallery - LIVE - A Home for the Birds
Block 11: March 13th - Prairie Moon Quilts - LIVE - The Happy Tree
Block 12: March 15th - Olive and Ollie - LIVE - the little house
Block 13: March 27th - Around The Quilt Block - LIVE - three trees
Block 14: March 29th -  Melissa Stramel of  Lilac Lane - LIVE - Under the Apple Tree
Block 15: April 3rd - Samelia's Mum - LIVE - A Home for Hoot
Block 16: April 5th - Sally's Ponderings - LIVE - Branch Sweet Branch

BONUS Blocks

accuquilt home
Marcia's Crazee Patch House
Rippling Pond - Marcia's Crafty Sewing & Quilting
Acid Cottage - Love Affair with my Brother

Sashing BONUS

Home Sweet Home Template Correct

Template for how I pieced my Home Sweet Home Top.

There's a Flickr Group to post your completed blocks in:  http://www.flickr.com/groups/1850682@N20/

Bonus Sashing Tutorials

  1. Four Rectangles
  2. Scrappy Strips
  3. Stepping Strips
  4. Four Squares
  5. Trees in Blossom
  6. Window Trees
  7. Mosaic Tree
  8. Truffula Tree
  9. Spinning Tree
  10. Hexagon Forest
  11. Diamonds in the Rough
  12. Shoo Fly Sashing
  13. Geese a Flying
  14. Tall True North Tree
  15. Tall Trees
  16. Wild Trees
  17. Eight Rectangles
  18. Branches Wild
  19. Birds in the Bushes
  20. String a Flower Garden
  21. Steps
  22. Let's Strip
  23. Stripped Squares
  24. Tri-Recs Trees
  25. Hexagon Trees
  26. Strips and Mosaics
  27. Stacked Modern Pine
  28. Suburbia
  29. Tetris
  30. Spinning Pinwheels
  31. Happy Neighborhood
  32. Nine Patch Centered in Red
  33. Drunken Geese
  34. True North Mini Tree
  35. Chevron
  36. Tri Strips
  37. Twelve Rectangles
  38. Zig Zag Pathways
  39. Checkered
  40. Window Panes
  41. Bird House 
  42. Split Hexie Tree
  43. Tall Pinwheel Tree
  44. True North Tree
  45. Zig Zag Sashing
  46. Rail Fence
  47. 36 Patch
  48. Two Rectangles
  49. Stepping Strips 2

Cornerstone Ideas

Fat Quarter Shop Fabric Finds
Hawthorne Threads Finds

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