Wonky Bee Inspired

Georgia's Block is finally done! 

It's funny, I did a little write up on my blog about using bees for inspiration.  (The virtual sewing kind, rather than the buzzing honey making kind).  I joined quilting bees to force myself to use fabric that I would not normally select to make blocks that I would  not normally select to be assembled into quilts I would not normally select.  To open my eyes a bit.  It's like trying Thai food for the first time!

When Georgia's packet arrived, I wanted to die!   The pattern she selected was one that I absolutely did not like from the moment I got my Block Party book months back.

I may have pouted a bit.

Maybe whined a little.

A big ol' ugggghhh in my throat.

But we join bees to drag us out of our little comfort zone, so out of the box I begrudgingly crawled.

Now, I think I made Georgia's block backward (SORRY!).

But the POINT of the story is that it wasn't bad!  I didn't hate the block, I didn't hate the fabric, I didn't hate the quilt that it will join it's sister blocks to make!  I even...dare I say...LOVED IT!

And Georgia girl, I gotta say- that block and pattern INSPIRED ME.  Inspired me to create this, and THIS I LOVE!!

So next time I receive a block instruction set, or fabric or anything else that isn't my favorite, I will JUMP at the opportunity to see what dreams it may whirl up in my head!

Thank you Georgia for teaching me!

And yes, I tried Thai food for the fist time a couple years ago, and hate that I went thirty some years without it!