March 2015 Meeting

The Bees met at Helen's house at our usual time and decided to have a quick meeting first and then go out to dinner at Applebee's. All the Bees except for Margie attended.

Next Meeting

*** Tuesday, May 26, 5:30 PM at Helen's ***
Food:  Rita - main;  Helen - salad;  Linda - dessert
Queen Bee: Margie

Demonstration 

We started the meeting with a demonstration from Helen on how to sash together quilt-as-you-go or any prequilted blocks. Last month Helen showed us a quilt in progress, which some of us Bees just didn't quite get, so the demonstration, complete with squares and sashing for us to play with, was very helpful for those of us who are a bit spatially challenged :) Linda has some quilt blocks she made a long time ago, which are individually quilted, and this is just the technique she needs to finally sew them together. We all agreed this will come in very handy and will allow us to make projects from some our practice squares, for example when doing some of the dense Leah Day-style quilting or zen doodling. Peggy and Tricia sometimes do quilting "in the hoop" on their embroidery machines, and this technique would allow for a nice quilt or wall-hanging from this quilting method as well.

Helen also provided samples and printed instructions for us to take home. Thank you, Helen!

Show and Tell

The only show and tell this month was a purse made by Tricia. She has been searching for the "perfect" purse pattern for a long time, and she thinks she finally found it. This compact purse has many pockets and compartments, and it closes securely with a zipper at the top.

Dinner

After the brief meeting, we drove to Applebee's and enjoyed dining together (but we missed you, Margie). Linda brought a book of photos from her trip to Germany and Italy, and we passed it around to get a taste of her family's travels. It looks as though they had a great time and created many special memories.

Business

During dinner, we confirmed that the schedule for our meetings will be on the last Tuesday of every month (rather than on the fourth Tuesday, which is usually the last Tuesday but  not always). That will simplify scheduling and minimize any confusion that could occur during those five-Tuesday months.

We also discussed the Queen Bee and food for the next month, and I thought it might be helpful to provide a list of the Queen Bee rotation over the past year. It has worked out really well sharing this responsibility, and it ends up not being very much work for any one person. We have had some really awesome demos and discussions because of the varying interests, knowledge, and skills among the Bees.

Queen Bees

April 2015 -- Margie (Peggy will do it if Margie can't)
March 2015 -- Helen
Feb 2015 -- Rita
Jan 2015 -- Dawn
Dec 2014 -- No Queen -- holiday dinner
Nov 2014 -- Helen
Oct 2014 -- Tricia
Sept 2014 -- Margie (but Linda did it instead)
August 2014 -- No Queen -- weekend sandwiching day
July 2014 -- No Queen -- weekend sew day instead of meeting
June 2014 -- Peggy
May 2014 -- Tricia
April 2014 -- Linda
March 2014 -- Dawn