New Bee at Work

I am excited... Via WORK.. I get to participate in a Quilting Bee that makes quilts and donates them to various organizations around Tacoma. The group meets once a month at lunch time.. and this is the first month that I get to go to the group meeting.   I usually am always out with a field crew..I don't always get to be at the right place at the right time... but...I think the stars are going to align correctly for me this week!!!! and I am PRETTY Darn excited about it.

This month the group is working on two quilts one for a girl and one for a boy.   I needed to make 4 blocks with Pink and White fabric and 4 blocks with blue and white.  I couldn't resist using a block pattern that we just used in my Wee Bee Learning Flickr Bee.   Last month Nita had us making Churn Dashes...she used Reproduction prints with white background and it's going to look fabulous.. I sense it *giggle*  I didn't use reproduction prints..but I like how mine turned out....

The Churn Dash (aka ShooFly or Monkey Wrench) is a classic simple and Easy to make block.

Here's my four Pink Blocks....

Here's my four Blue Blocks...

And Here's the Link (CLICK HERE) to the tutorial that Nita shared with us.   The only thing that I did different..and it is just to make it easier for me to square up my Half Square Triangle blocks..is.... I made the all of the 4 7/8inch blocks that the pattern has you cut into 5 inches and then squared them up to 4.5 after sewing and pressing them open.    I just find it easier to do HST's that way the little extra helps when I goof up on sewing down the center line I draw... That's just me...you can do your's anyway you like *wink*  

Will let ya know how all the other blocks look and hopefully will get to share a picture with you of them all together REAL SOON!.

Hugs,

***updated 8/15/12 6pm....the stars misaligned at the last minute today...due to a worksite job change.. BUMMER.....ended up being a good 35 minutes away from the meeting at the meeting time...but did manage to get the blocks to my SIL to turn in for me... we happen to have to drive by where she was working....so I snuck them into her Topless JEEP.. *wink*.   Hopefully I will get to go NEXT month...