Bee Inspired Terrarium Quilt
A couple years ago I joined a quilting bee for the first time. The group of ladies are amazing, see my Instagram post for more details on the group, and when it came time to do my prompt I chose a spring terrarium theme featuring improved pieced circles in green and flashes of spring flower colors. My bee mates went above and beyond and sent in some gorgeous blocks. I held onto the blocks for over a year when I finally decided to to cut them into quarter circles and mix and match the bits. I then started playing with different layouts on my design wall and finally settled on an over lapping layout and finished the quilt! After I'd finished the quilt I decided it need a little more and began to embellish it with Aurifil thread 12 wt. The 12 wt worked perfectly. It was easy to work with, which was important because I really don't know how to embroider, and the sheen added just the right amount of interest to the different shapes and forms. I ended up using 7...