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Are you ready for a little applique this week? It's Jan Patek's week and that means it's time for a sweet applique design. But keep reading all the way down since we also have an AWESOME GIVEAWAY this week for a lucky quilter- a MODA BLOCKHEADS T-SHIRT!! But first...the block...this week's block has a charming Beeskep with stripes. Color studies are simple, just showing light on dark, dark on light with some little alterations (flowers and bee). The pattern is at Jan's blog:  I decided to make my flower more of a group of circles. I added extra circles on the Bird and Urn block and liked that and thought this would tie in well with that block. Instead of a star, I liked the idea of a bee on this block. My blocks will be living on the lighter end of my brown row so I'm staying closest to the last color image.  The all-thatched block has a soft tan background from flipping the Oatmeal Thatched to the backside and letting that chambray look be the whole background. Chunky stripes for my beeskep with a nice fat bumble bee. For my block with a mix of fabrics, I've used Ombre Confetti for the beeskep darker stripes and the background. I cut graphic flower circles from my Stalks print in Solana and used the charcoal leaves from Dandi Annie for the hive base. The bees are little ones cut from one of the coordinates in Painted Meadow. They are small but I sewed them on along the black rows on their tiny bodies (and these all use fusible material too).   So I mentioned a GIVEAWAY! Moda has some BLOCKHEADS tshirts with a sampling of blocks from this 3rd year of the sewalong. There is a block from each designer. I'll be doing a random drawing for one lucky person to get one of these tshirts of their choice. To enter, scroll down and leave a comment telling me what you liked best about the start of the school year! For me, it was new clothes, new lunchbox, the excitement of possibility for the year ahead, and the smell of fall leaves!  This is the image from the front of the tshirt. The back has the designer's IG names. You can purchase one of these shirts if you'd like and Moda will donate money to local food banks. There are three styles- short sleeve, long sleeve and 3/4 sleeve baseball tee. If you want to buy some, use the links below to order. The short sleeve v-neck is $29.50, long sleeve is $34 and baseball tee is $3o. I will draw a winner from my blog comments on Sunday, August 23rd.    Happy sewing everyone!!
-Robin
107 Comments
Gretchen Gantner
8/19/2020 06:17:38 am
I loved new school clothes and shoes.
Geneal Yardley
8/19/2020 06:18:16 am
You have one of my favorite Moda Blockheads 3 site to visit with your color studies. I love your new designs, especially the one with the yellow background.
Teresa Willets
8/19/2020 06:23:59 am
I always loved getting new school supplies and backpack for the start of the school year
Merrilee Jung
8/19/2020 06:28:45 am
I always loved getting new cloths. We didn't get new things except at school start, Christmas and Easter.
Wendy Farmer
8/19/2020 06:29:00 am
I always loved getting a new lunch box. As a teacher, I loved planning a bright happy classroom and decorating my bulletin boards.
Melissa
8/19/2020 06:34:22 am
I grew up on the farm so it was always nice to get back to school to see all my friends.
Denise P
8/19/2020 06:37:41 am
My favorite things about the start of a new school year were shopping for a new pair of shoes and the smell of a new pack of #2 pencils. I still love the smell of pencils!
Tammy B
8/19/2020 06:45:44 am
I loved lunchboxes and school supplies ( I loved getting pens and pencils ) and still have an obsession with pens that drives my hubby nuts
Kresti Lyddon
8/19/2020 06:47:36 am
I always looked forward to seeing my friends, getting new notebooks - a whole spiral bound with the clean pages just waiting to be filled, and new school clothes!
Teresa Aikens
8/19/2020 06:50:20 am
I always have loved the smell of new: shoes, crayons, scribblers, pencil case, etc. When my children were in school, I enjoyed writing their name on all their new belongings. Three years ago, I graduated as a practical nurse. As a much older student every, class or semester, meant I was getting closer to being finished. Now I have grandchildren getting ready and excited to start another school year. I think I will buy a box of crayons, to relive the smell of new, and exciting times.
Rose Lamers
8/19/2020 06:51:17 am
Getting dressed up with new outfits, and greeting my friends around the block to walk to school! Getting to know all the new kids in my class!
Michelle Bennett
8/19/2020 06:51:48 am
My favorite part of the new school year was the new school supplies! Brand new notebooks always held such possibility and excitement! I still have a notebook obsession. 8/19/2020 06:55:11 am
My favorite part of the new school year was to think of the possibilities the new year would bring. I have ADHD (not diagnosed bach in the old days) and each year means being able to start fresh and leaving my troubles from the previous grade behind me.
Kristi Castanette
8/19/2020 06:56:59 am
I always loved the new school clothes my mother would sew for me. She was a talented seamstress and I’m sure I got my love of sewing (if not her talent) from her. I also loved seeing my friends whom I missed during summer break.
Priscilla Frappier
8/19/2020 06:58:10 am
I loved how the air “felt like school.”
Denise
8/19/2020 07:05:21 am
Thank you for your color studies. They help inspire me. I love fall because of the new shoes and the smells of fall.
Karen Osborn
8/19/2020 07:08:59 am
It was the new school supplies for me. Being from a family of 5 kids in 8 years we got a LOT of hand-me-downs, but those brand new notebooks, folders, crayons...brings back great memories. Thanks for that! BTW, I LOVE your fabric collections!!
janet fedor
8/19/2020 07:19:06 am
Don't have any children in school just grandkids. TThe ones that were able to go back to the classroom were happy to see friends they hadn't seen since March. The ones that are in school virtually are having a hard time (still) adjusting to being taught by their parents. Hoping and praying things get back to the regular "normal" no t the "new normal" soon.
Becky
8/19/2020 07:23:28 am
I loved getting all the new things (clothes, books, all of it)! But I wasn’t a morning person, so that was usually a struggle.
Jody carter
8/19/2020 07:29:55 am
I lived in a remote area, so no neighborhood kids, I always looked forward to seeing my friends again.
Maggie
8/19/2020 07:36:13 am
I wore uniforms & went home for lunch. So, my favorite parts of back to school was new book bag and school supplies! LOVELOVELOVE your color studies! Thanks Robin for all that you do to enhance our quilty selves!
debra y long
8/19/2020 07:43:50 am
Surprisingly enough...I love to shop for school supplies! I donate most of them as I have no school age children but I enjoy trying to get the lowest price for things like crayons, glue, markers, pencils, paper, etc. It's weird right? LOL Love your block - Stay Healthy and God Bless!
Marylee Toensfeldt
8/19/2020 07:52:06 am
I looked forward to seeing classmates I had not seen all summer.
Jana Marsh
8/19/2020 08:02:06 am
I loved the idea of getting to know my teacher/teachers!
Donna Rowe
8/19/2020 08:02:20 am
Even though we homeschooled our 5, we always made a big deal about any aspect of learning and getting new crayons and pads and just about anything they asked for was always a jubilant day.
Jodie Stewart
8/19/2020 08:06:58 am
The best about the new school year is pencils with full erasers, clean notebooks, and new shoes. Also seeing old friends. A fresh start and so many possibilities!
Yvonne
8/19/2020 08:07:00 am
I loved going with my grandmother who was a professional seamstress/garment maker to pick out patterns and fabric for a few new clothing items. She would also take me to buy new panties, slips, socks and shoes. (My dad was an only child and I was the 1st grandbaby so maybe a tad bit spoiled) 🙂 She is the wonderful person who taught me to sew and have a love for fabric and anything handmade. My back to school memories start with her. ❤
Carol
8/19/2020 08:25:08 am
Love the shirts! I loved new clothes, even though I always wore a uniform and fresh school supplies. I even loved when school supplies came out to buy for my boys each year. They are in their 20s now but I always have to find some new school supplies to buy for myself. Ha!
eve elliott
8/19/2020 08:30:31 am
$$ we're always tight but my Mom would usually manage to by one outfit for the school aged daughters from the Montgomery Ward catalog. It was a wonderful treat to get those outfits. We loved the fact that they would be handed down to each of us in turn!
Jill Johnson
8/19/2020 08:36:52 am
I’m with you Robin! We got new clothes and shoes for school. I remember them laid out on my bed, and in our small town, all us kiddos (even the boys!) would trek around to each other’s house to show off our new duds. I remember once I had pigskin leather shoes - we all laughed and smelled them (did we smell bacon and ham?? we think so?!) What fun and simple memories. I have to add how sublimely special that new box of sharp pointy crayons was too. We could now conquer the world!
Pam Robbins
8/19/2020 08:38:38 am
Loved new shoes!!!...Saddle oxfords!
Mona Levingston
8/19/2020 08:46:06 am
It was the new stuff, pencils, paper, crayons and folders, and of course the new outfit or two. Thanks from Texas.
Kris
8/19/2020 08:53:29 am
Love your bee block! I am past school age children in my house but I always loved the first day excitement of kids getting to see their friends and meeting the new teacher. As a quilter I love the rich beautiful fall colors, green, orange, burgundy, and golden yellows !
Helen Bakay
8/19/2020 09:15:11 am
I loved new school supplies - notebooks, pencils, pens - you name it - I loved it all! I like the baseball t-shirt, size large!
Angie B
8/19/2020 09:32:49 am
In the UK we have uniforms and I always felt. Proud putting on my new uniform especially the tie and blazer xxx
Kay B
8/19/2020 09:55:05 am
Back to school meant seeing all my classmates especially the ones who rode together on the bus. Loving all these blocks.
Margaret Crow
8/19/2020 10:00:03 am
I love your little bee addition!! Your blocks are darling. My favorite thing was getting a pretty new binder, and fine point ball point pins. Backpacks were a thing of the future and my binder got rather beat up, by the end of the school year. I remember one was lime green with fuschia colored dots.
JoAnna Hunsucker
8/19/2020 10:01:27 am
Sew Greatful for the tips, time and talents of everyone in MBH3.Thank you!
Cindy Kokinda
8/19/2020 10:27:25 am
When I was young, $$ was tight so a lot of my school clothes were hand-me-downs....but there was always an air of excitement about school starting!
Joellyn Warner
8/19/2020 10:48:30 am
I always liked getting back to school to learn new things and see my friends. Good times. 😊
Yvette Cienski
8/19/2020 11:11:39 am
Awesome! Would love to wear my new school shirt when I show my finished Moda Blockheads Quilt!😀 8/19/2020 11:19:07 am
moda unisex jersey long sleeved tee would be comfy & cozy for the fall looming & sewing up the BH3 offerings . grateful
Bev Hutchison
8/19/2020 11:33:11 am
Love the blocks, especially with the bees.
Polly Perkins
8/19/2020 12:34:17 pm
I was a teacher and loved getting my room ready and meeting a new group of middle schoolers. Setting up a fresh start and new beginning was exciting.
Laurie
8/19/2020 12:53:27 pm
My hubby is a High School Math teacher. AND my baby just graduated in May. Sew.......I’ve been on mask detail for Karl. Trying to create fun looking masks and buying interesting masks online. He’s promised me he will always wear a mask, so I wanted to keep it interesting for the students ❤️
Heather Lyon
8/19/2020 01:32:01 pm
I always enjoyed getting my years textbooks, and covering them with papaer grocery bags. I loved decorating them all up with doodles and colors. Seeing all my friends after a summer off was a close second.
Janine A
8/19/2020 01:41:01 pm
I loved new notebooks with pretty covers and pristine new pencils!
Esther G
8/19/2020 01:41:48 pm
New books!
Candace Rice
8/19/2020 01:45:47 pm
I LOVED the school supplies! My grandmother would take me shopping when we were visiting, it was so special. The smell of the freshly sharpened pencils always signaled the start of school.
Sam Claypole
8/19/2020 02:07:58 pm
loved getting new stationery for the new school year and choosing highly coloured designed wrapping paper to back my school books. Colours and design have always fascinated me.
Catherine L. Carr
8/19/2020 03:14:28 pm
My mom had four kids and somehow found time to make some school dresses. I remember when Velcro came out and she put some into the placket of a brown shirtwaist dress with yellow piping. I probably drove Miss Turner crazy opening and securing that stuff!
Michelle
8/19/2020 03:15:34 pm
I definitely love shopping for new school supplies!
Patty
8/19/2020 03:23:15 pm
A new box of crayons and pencils, and the new clothes and shoes!! What memories!
Linda Miller
8/19/2020 03:26:03 pm
I lived in the country, and my school friends didn't live close to me. So back to school meant I would get to see all my friends again. Plus I loved getting my school supplies too.
Karen Nelson
8/19/2020 03:26:26 pm
I liked the first day of school when i was teaching at a local college, health classes.
Liz Pelletier
8/19/2020 03:31:40 pm
My favorite thing about the start of the school year is buying new school supplies!
Janice
8/19/2020 03:33:49 pm
I always loved getting school supplies and a box of new crayons.
cathy k
8/19/2020 03:41:01 pm
I love new school supplies. It always felt special to have new supplies. Now when they are on sale I still buy them, but I use them for sewing.
PATRICIA PRATT
8/19/2020 03:41:16 pm
This is my first time doing the Block Heads. What fun this has been. These shirts are adorable.
Julie Lloyd
8/19/2020 03:50:05 pm
My favorite thing about school starting is that it means that Fall is right around the corner! It is my favorite season of the year!
Karen
8/19/2020 04:30:57 pm
I love it because it means Fall is coming! Live Fall. It seems school starts too early anymore.
Mary-Carol Sliter
8/19/2020 04:38:00 pm
Love these. I'm not much into bees but these might just change my mind. Thank you for sharing!
Debbie Barlow
8/19/2020 04:54:08 pm
When I was little, I loved the start of the school year because I’d see all my friends again and I genuinely enjoyed learning. As an adult, I love meeting my students and getting to know them, although I’m already feeling the pinch in my quilting time. Thanks so much for your color studies, I had an idea for this block, but really wasn’t so sure. Your studies have reassured me that even though it’s unusual, it’ll probably work great. Thanks so much!
Angela Phillips
8/19/2020 04:57:39 pm
I love love fall colors, pumpkins, and more sew time. 😁
vickie mone
8/19/2020 05:00:32 pm
hi - back to school to me meant seeing all my friends again.
Susan Du
8/19/2020 05:20:53 pm
I had loved getting new notebooks, pencils, etc. and especially a box of new crayons!
Susanne Miyake
8/19/2020 05:34:16 pm
The new school year always meant a new box of crayons. Just the waxy smell takes me back to those days. And, I always put the colors in rainbow order. Did you?
Linda Mullaney
8/19/2020 05:42:22 pm
Elementary school was all about finding the right lunch box! Wonder if kids still use them. By middle school it was definitely the new clothes.
Leanne Lake
8/19/2020 06:04:23 pm
I love the start of school, seeing all their art work and talking to the kids about their favorite classes and teachers.
Linda Piccola
8/19/2020 06:06:05 pm
As a retired teacher, I loved getting my room ready to welcome all the new faces!! All the excitement of getting to know each other! I do treasure those memories! And love all “my kids”!
Liz Stevens
8/19/2020 06:06:18 pm
I think my favorite thing about the new school year - for me was brand new pink erasers!!
Anna Gentle
8/19/2020 06:32:50 pm
Cooler weather and seeing old friends! 8/19/2020 06:52:19 pm
My favourite memory returning to school in Australia, was new colour pencils & new sandals! Occasionally a new crisp blue and white check uniform dress for summer. 🤗
Donna Bergeson
8/19/2020 07:04:59 pm
My favorite part was all the new “stuff” like sharp crayons!! I also loved seeing all my friends I didn’t get to see much over the summer.
Robyn Williams
8/19/2020 07:08:04 pm
Back in the late 50's and early 60's School clothes Shopping was an exciting time. You got dressed up, walked to the Bus Stop and took the 45 Min ride to Downtown Akron and the Big Department stores. If you were lucky you had a sit down lunch in one of the restrauants. Such an adventure.
Mary Marusin
8/19/2020 07:13:38 pm
My favorite part of school many years ago was white Oxford shoes and a new uniform. We took our lunch in a brown paper bag. I didn’t think I was that old but fun memories.
Joyce Comfort
8/19/2020 07:16:08 pm
Was there anything better than a new lined tablet of paper and a box of still sharp crayons? I loved coloring each space a different color from my new box. Maybe that was the start of my love for piecing and patchwork!
Theresa
8/19/2020 08:03:53 pm
My mom always made me a new dress for the first day of school and I would get a new pair of shoes and school supplies. I even looked forward to meeting my teachers. I found the first day full of excitement.
Jean Scharchburg
8/19/2020 08:26:00 pm
I always looked forward to a new lunch box with matching thermos! Riding the bus to school with my best friends was as close second.
Laurie Evans
8/19/2020 09:39:30 pm
I loved everything about the new school year, especially getting new shoes! Still get excited about new shoes which probably explains why I have way too many!
Nicola Smith
8/20/2020 03:53:45 am
I always loved getting the new school supplies-picking out fun notebooks and binders and the colourful pens was so exciting to me.
Nancy Crivaro
8/20/2020 04:19:12 am
I loved blank notebooks and a fresh start! I always felt the new year should be be in September -
Melanie
8/20/2020 04:22:58 am
The smell of crayons --- how can you not thing of school starting with that smell......
Colleen
8/20/2020 04:39:04 am
What a lovely design to show off our craft, quilting is so much fun.
Stephanie Hironimus
8/20/2020 04:39:08 am
I have to admit... I think I dreaded going back to school :-( So I'm excited now when my 9yr old daughter gets excited to go back! I do try to make it special for her with some new clothes & supplies!!
Alycia
8/20/2020 04:41:52 am
My favorite thing about the new school year was buying school supplies! To this day, Staples is one of my most favorite stores. LOL I love these shirts! The baseball tee with the black sleeves is my favorite, followed by the V neck.
Sue Ake
8/20/2020 05:36:02 am
I live in a college town so the new school year always brings the town back to life, buzzing with activity.
Mary Lessard
8/20/2020 07:09:17 am
My favourite thing about starting school was buying new school supplies with my mother, picking out my first day of school outfit and seeing my friends again, :-)
Jean
8/20/2020 07:20:42 am
I loved - not being at home.
Linda Cates
8/20/2020 07:25:41 am
Getting new school supplies was so much fun! My favorite part!
becky
8/20/2020 09:02:38 am
I loved brand new clothes and fresh school supplies.
Caherine Murry
8/20/2020 01:14:11 pm
I loved shopping with my mother and 2 sisters. We took the ferry to Fisherman's Wharf, then the cable car up and down the hills to Union Square. Around the square were major department stores. (there were no malls yet) We girls each got one new dress for school. Then we went to Macy's to lunch in their famous elaborate cafeteria. This once a year event only happened for 4 yrs. but it was magical. We were getting ready for school.
Mary Smelko
8/20/2020 02:58:30 pm
The change in the light, the vibrant autumn colours, the smell of the falling leaves, the beauty of the fall flowers, the crispness in the air, knowing that summer had ended and that a new season was to about to begin with all the excitement that change brings.
Kim
8/20/2020 04:07:16 pm
Love your eye for color! And for sharing the different color ways for the Blockheads! Also love these new tshirts!!
Cindy
8/20/2020 08:18:25 pm
As a retired school secretary I loved seeing the new freshman come in that first day it was so full of excitement, finding their classrooms, the bathroom, lunch shift, bus schedules. You got to see them enter that first day and watch them develop into young adults over the next 4 years. Every year brought new faces, names, and memories. The best part of going back to school was the preparation. I loved buying new school supplies, new lunch box, even new clothes for the school year. The joy usually lasted the first couple of weeks of classes then wore off once homework assignments started! I feel the same sentiments now as a teacher: updated lesson plans, new class activities, and homework assignments. I only hope the joy will last longer then the first two weeks! lol
Lisa England
8/21/2020 05:00:18 am
I did enjoy school shopping -- for new clothes and school supplies -- but probably the best part of back to school was that it also meant football season!
Beth T.
8/21/2020 04:19:43 pm
I loved new school supplies, choosing a new lunchbox, and going back to see my friends.
Leanne H
8/22/2020 05:02:15 pm
Fo me the start of the new school year mean't fresh new books and school supplies, summer uniforms, long hot days and seeing friends who may have been away during the holidays.
Sue L
8/22/2020 11:56:55 pm
The promise of cooler air on the way, the excitement of my kids seeing their friends and finding out their teacher...miss those days with my kids grown now and hoping to share the excitement with grandchildren one day 🍁 ✏️
Janetstock
8/28/2020 09:28:15 am
I loved the clothes shopping!! Grew up in a rural town in nw PA. We got only a few days vacation to travel to Pittsburgh and shop in a MALL! Only place we ever saw escalators! Got to visit aunts uncles and cousins while there. Wonderful memories!! 12/8/2020 01:40:46 am
I love Hand Made Applique. Since, I got aware of its benefits I'm in love with it.
Darlene Treger
12/28/2020 10:41:13 am
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