Yup, it started out as a joke that we needed a dude in our Fab Bee online quilt bee and it’s an on going joke that we still don’t have one in the FVMQG either. Other guilds have them, sheesh VMQG has a handful of them! So I jokingly offered up my husband. That night as my husband and I were tidying up the kitchen after supper, talking about our day I broke the news to him that he was now in a quilt bee. To my astonishment he, without skipping a beat said, “I’ll do it.”
“What? Really? Are you sure?”
“Oh ya, I could totally do it.”
“Um, okay…”
And just like that he was in! It’s the last month of the bee and it’s his turn to be the Queen Bee… er King? Bee. Actually, April 1st we were to have all the fabric out the door, which we tried desperately to do before we left for San Fransisco. Since getting back, every weekend he has been working on his write ups. Each one is different, with links, a history and trivia. Um ya, I kinda created a monster. He even wrote a program to generate images in a way that would make it easier for the ladies. His theme, video game pixel art from arcade games back in the golden era (the ’80’s).
While he worked away on his write ups I knew there would be no way he could get his sample block done so I did my block instead. We finally got them all sent out last week!
Can you guess what game it’s from? Do you remember the game Burger Time? It was one of the games I was fairly good at and had a chance at being a wiener, I mean winner!
Permalink
I think Chris’s idea is fantastic and I’m impressed with the time he took to assign each of us a different game! I’m in awe of your block, Lysa and am curious how big those pixels are. They look tiny! 1/4″ finished? Were these 3/4″ squares to start?
Permalink
Thank you! The final pixel size is 1/2″ and they started as 1″. It was tons of fun to make!