Even though STLMQG hasn't met live in awhile, the Sew Bee Its are still active. Since I thought I would be moving away this year, I told the girls I'd still participate as long as I'm still in St. Louis. Well, I'm still here so I'm still participating. I sure do miss meeting up with them, though.
A few of the members got together in July and turned in blocks from earlier in the year. Here are the ones since July. Left to right, for Gayle, Judy, and Marie.
Judy supplied the fabrics and pattern for hers. Gayle sent a link to the pattern and asked us to sign up for a color so she'd get the variety she needs. Marie sent the pattern and one piece of the color, and we were to follow that color for guidance but make it scrappy.
The most recent block is for Theresa. She sent a link to the pattern and asked for a scrappy low volume background and strong black and white prints for the center. Orange was among the colors she suggested for the petals, and I was able to find some in my stash that coordinated nicely. This block required close attention to the instructions, but I really like it.
I have no idea when we'll get together again, but I'm caught up and I'll have their blocks for them if/when we do. Or if they want, I'll mail the blocks to them.
Although I miss getting together, I'm glad we're still making blocks for each other. Sometimes it's nice to have a small project that can go together in a couple hours. I didn't sign up to hand out this year because I thought I'd be gone, so I'll have to find out if they still have an open month that needs to be filled. Otherwise I'll just skip handing out this year and we'll go on to next year.
