Quilt #124 :: Purple Abacus

My 124th finish was more than a year in the making. In the fall of 2016, I decided to join an online quilting bee organized by Blossom Heart Quilts. I was placed in a group with 11 other quilters and we gave ourselves the name The Lovely Bee. Each one of us chose a month and a block. The block I chose is called Abacus. 

Here are some of the other blocks I made for the others when it was their turn to be Queen Bee. 

I chose August when I was on vacation. It was pretty fun to come home to squishy mail from around the country. Our group decided to send a little something extra with each block. Here are a few of my favorites. 

After I received all my blocks, life happened and I worked on other quilts. 

In January, I made a list of all the UFOs I could think of as part of Quilting Jet Girl's Planning Party. I want to see how many I can finish this year. Hopefully putting them in a list to compare to next January will motivate me!

The final push for this quilt was the announcement of the day when our local group would deliver quilts to a full grade of kindergarters at a local school. It's one of my favorite days because there are few things better than watching a child be surprised with a gift of a quilt. Totally makes me day!

Once the blocks were put together, it was the perfect size for a baby quilt, but I wanted it a little bigger for a lap quilt. 

For the quilting, I echoed along the white chevrons to make the purple abacus pop. 

I finished the night before our distribution. Just in time to let D finish the most important step. Product testing and adding his love to the quilt. 

Yesterday the quilt joined 50 others to be chosen by its new owner. 

I can't share photos of the little learners or the sweet girl who chose my quilt, but let me assure you that she adorable and her big smile is the reason I quilt. 

Linked to:

Thursday 
Needle & Thread Thursday @ My Quilt Infatuation

Friday
Brag About Your Beauties @ From Bolt to Beauty
Finished or Not Friday @ Busy Hands Quilts
Off the Wall Friday @ Nina Marie
Whoop Whoop Friday @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict

Monday

Design Wall Monday @ Small Quilts and Doll Quilts

Main Crush Monday @ Cooking Up Quilts

Modern Patch Monday @ Modern Cologne Quilters

Monday Making @ Love, Laugh, Quilt

Moving It Forward @ Em's Scrapbag

What I Made Monday @ Pretty Piney

Tuesday
Colour & Inspiration Party @ The Clever Chameleon

Let's Bee Social @ Sew Fresh Quilts
To Do Tuesday @ Stitch All the Things

Wednesday

Midweek Makers @ Quilt Fabrication
Wait Loss Wednesday @ The Inquiring Quilter
WIP Linky Party @ Silly Mama Quilts
WIPs on Wednesday @ Esther's Blog

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