Saturday 10 September 2011

Bee Blessed - the first gathering!

Many of you will already know about a new charity quilting bee that Sarah and I are starting up, called Bee Blessed.  

Well this afternoon, the first official gathering of Bee Blessed got underway in my house.  I have been amazed by the enthusiastic response to this exciting new venture!

There were 8 of us today, and that was with 4 apologies from others who couldn't make it! 

Some of the ladies hard at work!
The furniture got pushed back, the tables & ironing boards were set up and the tea, cake & bicsuits were out.  Lots of chatting, laughing (& some sewing!) was the order of the day!
New friendships were made, along with more wonky star blocks to make into cot quilts.


We even had the lovely Karen (Listen to the Birds Sing) travel all the way down from Coleraine to sew with us.  
Sarah & Karen
It was a privilege meeting Karen, who is a recent blogging friend, and she touched my heart with her generosity, gifts for me & my girls, and her warm personality.  Sarah & I have arranged to meet up with Karen for another sewing day, up in her neck of the woods, next month!

L-R: Karen, Me, Sarah

So well done ladies on a fabulous start to Bee Blessed.  I look forward to sewing alongside you again in 3 weeks time (I'll try to talk less and sew more next time, honest!).


Next time, we will start putting the blocks together into quilt tops, and chat about what our next project will be. 
To those of you who have already donated wonky star blocks and fabrics - a huge THANK YOU!

Also a big THANK YOU to River Fabrics for donating some gorgeous kiddie fabrics to the Bee.

For more Bee Blessed pics, see our Flickr page.


17 comments:

  1. Wow! What a beautiful set of blocks! Can I join your bee, please?

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  2. Looked like you all had a great and fun day

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  3. Oh you ladies did so well!! PS what was Karen's daughter's name again?

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  4. Love the blocks made. Love, love your house. And totally love the photo of you, Sarah and Karen together, thanks for this post!

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  5. Good going Judith, what a great day you all had - good seeing pics.

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  6. Looks like you had a great time and a productive one!

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  7. Sounds like such a wonderful afternoon!! I'm so impressed that you and Sarah organized this, and I definitely want to contribute a block (once I get caught up on my current commitments). So nice to meet and see all of you in photos!! The blocks look beautiful!! Glad you all had fun together!

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  8. I sure wish I could come and join you too, it looks like you had a great time! I will get some stars ready to post on Monday so you have them in time for your assembly day.

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  9. Yes, how could you chat so much and sew so little?! Hmph! Just kidding - thanks for letting us invade your house - I can't wait till my house gets trashed next time around!

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  10. I want to be there, it looks like you all had a great day, and for a worthy cause too. is it too late to contribute a block?

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  11. Looks like you all had a fantastic time and all for something so worth while!

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  12. Very productive! Looks like a fun time :o)

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  13. it looks like you all had such fun, wish I could've been there!

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  14. This looks fun, ah how I wish I was nearer, having said that Dublin is only 2 hours away!

    Fi

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  15. Looks like great fun - you've had an amazing start to your bee, well done!

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  16. I'm so embarrassed that I don't know anything about this Bee! It's such a great idea and a chance to meet friends and have fun too. Brilliant. :)

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