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Beige textured paper with decorative bee elements at the top and bottom and green wavy line at the top

16" x 16" Finished Block | 62" x 78" Finished Quilt

The Honey Bell Block & Quilt Pattern

$16.00

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A rectangular quilted blanket or throw hanging outdoors on grass, featuring a repeating bee-and-flower pattern with olive green, cream, white, and small yellow accents. The quilt is photographed in a real yard with shrubs and house siding visible in the background.
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Digital PDF | Confident Beginner | Foundation Paper Piecing

Meet the Honey Bell Pattern

A little garden, pieced one section at a time.

The Honey Bell brings together blooming flowers, leafy branches, and one very tiny bee in a statement foundation paper pieced block designed to be just as lovely on its own as it is repeated across an entire quilt.

The pattern begins by walking you through one complete Honey Bell block from your first cut to final assembly. Once you've learned the block, Part 2 takes you through making twelve and turning them into the full Honey Bell Quilt, complete with inner and striped borders. Yes, bestie! You're getting both patterns in one!

Make the block. Make the quilt. Or take the block and make something entirely your own.

Quick Pattern Details

A rectangular quilted blanket or small quilt hanging outdoors on grass between two trees. The design has a beige center with repeating diamond motifs, white floral shapes, olive green borders, and small yellow-and-black bee accents.
A quilted textile featuring a geometric pattern of olive green diamonds, dark gray tree branches, cream clouds, and small bumblebee motifs, displayed outdoors next to green hydrangea bushes.
A close-up of a quilted fabric featuring a repeating pattern of stylized bumblebees in yellow, black, and white, set against olive green diamond outlines and dark gray branch-like shapes on a warm beige background.
Close up of quilt with green and white stripe border. Flower and bee quilt block.
A handmade quilted textile featuring a geometric pattern of stylized bumblebees, displayed draped over a wooden staircase in a home interior.
A brown and white bulldog lies resting on a quilted patchwork rug featuring a geometric honeycomb pattern with stylized bees in yellow, black, and white.

  • Skill Level

    Confident Beginner

  • Technique

    Foundation Paper Piecing (FPP)

  • Block SIze

    16” x 16” Finished

  • Quilt Size

    62” x 78” Finished

  • Format

    Digital PDF Download

  • Included

    Pattern Guide and FPP Templates

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Plan Your Honey Bell Block/Quilt

The original Honey Bell uses six fabrics to create the background, stems, leaves, flowers, wings, and little pieced bee.

One Pattern, Many Maker

See the Honey Bell through somebody else’s sewing room. One of my favorite parts of creating the Honey Bell pattern was seeing how completely different it became in the hands of each pattern testers.

Different fabrics. Different palettes. Different personalities. Same little bee.

Their versions are proof that Honey Bell doesn’t belong to one color palette. Make it soft. Make it bright. Make it moody. Pull from your stash. Make it Yours.

Marisol | @marisoldc1

Elizabeth | @elizabethflavien

Sydney | @squid.makes

Madeleine | @mb15508

Tricia | @tryanntryan

Emily | @emilyhinterlach
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Recommended Notions and Tools

  • A stack of folded colorful fabrics in shades of blue, yellow, gray, brown, and white, centered inside a pink scalloped oval border with the word 'Fabric' below on a white background.
  • A square gray cutting mat with white grid lines and concentric square guides, shown inside a pink scalloped badge with the text 'Cutting Mat' on a white background.
  • A rotary cutter with a white and gray handle and orange accents, centered inside a scalloped pink badge with the text 'Rotary Cutter' below it.
  • An acrylic quilting ruler with a white face, black measurement grid lines, and orange beveled edges, shown inside a scalloped pink badge with the text 'Acrylic Ruler' below it.
  • Elmer's Washable School Glue stick with its cap removed, displayed inside a pink scalloped frame on a cream background with the text 'Glue Stick' below.
  • Four translucent plastic sewing clips in blue, purple, pink, orange, and yellow, arranged diagonally on a cream background with a pink scalloped border and the text 'Sewing Clips' below.
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More Than Just Templates

The Honey Bell pattern was designed to guide you through the entire making process, not hand you a page of mysterious lines and wish you luck.

See What’s Inside

  • Tear-Free Foundation Paper Piecing instructions
  • Guide to reading the foundation templates
  • Single-block instructions
  • Single-block fabric requirements
  • Full-quilt instructions
  • Full-quilt fabric requirements
  • Detailed cutting charts
  • Fabric cutting diagrams
  • Full-color assembly diagrams
  • Printable cutting labels
  • Coloring page
  • Beginner notes and tips throughout
  • Printable foundation paper piecing templates
  • Access to a step-by-step video tutorial
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Sew Along With Me

Is the Honey Bell pattern for me?

Honey Bell is designed for a confident beginner who’s comfortable using a sewing machine and ready to learn Foundation Paper Piecing. Helpful basic skills include:

Skill Level: Confident Beginner

  • Rotary cutting
  • Sewing a straight seam
  • Using a ¼” seam allowance
  • Pressing
  • Basic quilt construction

You do not need previous Foundation Paper Piecing experience.

The pattern includes illustrated instructions for the tear-free FPP method and encourages first-time FPP makers to complete one Honey Bell block before cutting fabric for the full quilt.

Take your time with the first one.

By block twelve, you and that little bee will know each other very well.

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Sewing Room Gallery

Tell me how it went. Share your creation with everyone!

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