My first Bee blocks

I had been curious about Bees for  about six months. I was not sure how they worked or how you found them or if they just found you. I mentioned to Amy that I was interested and being the CAN DO gal that she is, she told me about one the very next day.

I was accepted to join the Bee a {modern} Swapper  group of  hives! The first thing was the pincushion swap {super fun} and now it is actual blocks! I got caught up  in the courthouse steps quilt and then painting and the blocks are due to be mailed before Sat!!!! Eeeek!!!!  I really did not intend to wait so long to start but I did finish in time :o)

My Queen Bee asked for trees and I found this tutorial on Cluck Cluck Sew. It has been bookmarked forever as one of those I must try someday projects. It was fun to go through the scraps and play with the size of the leaves and the colors. I decided on the light blue background. It is from Harmony Arts and is my favorite go to fabric, this color goes with everything!

I used wonder under and then zig zagged the leaves down and on the trunks I used a blanket stitch.  I hope my Queen likes them!!!!  Katy is in love with them so it looks like I will be making some more in the near future :o)

I finished off the day by laying in the hammock just looking up...

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Ten little blocks

Ten more completed!!!!! I am so close to being done I am getting excited!!!! I am going to finish each color set instead of jumping around like I was before so I can have this wrapped up by March 26th.

Rachel at Stitched In Color announced some more of the giveaways for the Scrap Attack challenge. There is still time to get scrappy and enter for some great prizes!!!!!

I need a bigger board!

More spring has been coming to visit too, I have been spending more time outside with the kids and less time sewing. I think I need a featherweight and a little table for outside on the deck *giggle*

Katy found this perfect nest

We have been keeping an eye on this to see what comes out

and there is a POPCORN tree just a couple of houses away { and just about everywhere else here at the moment}

More of the same...

I know I am driving y'all crazy with my courthouse steps but this is the best way for me to keep gettin em made!!!! Now I found out that there is another reason to get this quilt completed...PRIZES!!!!! I saw a fantastic post yesterday from Rachel over at Stitched In Color. She started the Scrap Attack in January, she is always doing super cool and motivating things over there. I needed that gentle kick in the tooshie to tidy up my sewing scraps, although in doing so I have actually added to the piles since I was missing some colors but SSSShhhhhhhhh... I would tell if you won't ;o)

I am going to have to up my production of these babies to complete the project in time to participate and hopefully you guys will bear with me! I finished SEVEN yesterday...WOO HOO and thank goodness for pre-school!!!!

It is growing!!!!!!!

So if you are working on a scrappy project be sure to head on over for the linky party and prizes!!!!! Thanks so much Rachel :o)

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