Finished! Cristin's gorgeous green & gray quilt

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One of my favorite things about Virtual Quilting Bees is to see the full quilt come together -- after all the blocks have been sent home and they're sashed together (or not), basted, quilted and bound ... stick it in the washer and dryer and a little bit later this AMAZING quilt comes out that's been put together by 12 (if not more) people from all over the place. How cool is that?

One thing I'll be doing weekly is featuring a finished quilt that's been put together with blocks from different VQB's. Do you all know about our sister Flickr group, Quilting Bee Quilts, run by the lovely Rachel of PS I Quilt? If you've got a finished quilt made with quilting bee blocks, make sure you get your pictures in that group and maybe you'll find your quilt featured here next.

Cristin (HazelnutDesigns) is in the Sew New to Me Virtual Quilting bee, and January was her month. She put together this beautiful selection of green and gray fabrics and asked her bee members to make a block using squares and rectangles.

This is a great way to get a really personalized quilt as it allows each bee member to create and make a block especially for you. And you're pretty much guaranteed to have no block be exactly the same!

Here's a few of the blocks her bee members started making for her:

block made by sewdeerlyloved

block made by Little Miss Shabby

block made by alamodefabric

block made by Fresh Lemons : Faith

block made by Lpinette

block made by kimwoolf

block made by gretchen891

block made by SophiaAster

And a few pictures of the quilt in progress:

And finally, the finished project! Isn't it gorgeous!?  It measures 80"x80" and has a scrappy binding.  Love that.

The back is a mixture of a bunch of prints used on the front.

And a picture of the quilt all folded snug. (Did you know there's a Flickr group for that too? Quilts: Folded Edges and Rolls)

Thanks so much, Cristin, for letting me use your quilt as our first feature on a finished quilt! You guys all need to go visit Cristin's blog, Sew This is my Life and congratulate her on the adorable little baby boy she just had 4 days ago. Yes, she was putting this quilt together when she was 8 & 9 months pregnant!

So what do you think of this quilt? And of this idea to feature finished quilts? Let me know what you're thinking.  Can't wait to read your comments!

If you've got an idea for an article for QuiltingBeeBlocks.com or want your finished quilt featured, send me an email!