Buzz Buzz - April

I must admit, one of the best sewing community things I've become involved with this year has been the sewing bee for #thebeehivequilts.  I love the community I have with these women, and I really am looking forward to each month getting a chance to make my small contribution to this fantastic group of women.  

For April, Melissa got to be the queen bee and pick a quilt block and color scheme for us to all work on.  She picked the Star Plus block as her block, and she requested that we do a navy boarder, white background and either an aqua or pink center star.  Another fantastic choice by a queen bee!!
Even though I was just a few days away from a Craft Fair, I decided that I need to clear my head and got to work on Melissa's block. I raided my stash, pulled out some hoarded prints and got to work.

 Since I had all ready made this quilt block in February for the February Queen Bee, I actually found it quite easy to put together this time around.  I was really happy with how it turned out and kind of wished I could have kept it.  Since I couldn't do that, I decided to use some of the left over fabric to make myself a smaller version of the 1 Hour Basket.

It ended up being the perfect size to set next to my sewing machine to hold some thread, my pin cushion, scissors and other sewing accessory odds and ends in a vain attempt to keep sharp pointy things contained and out of reach of Mr. Grabby McGrabHands (aka baby).

Wanting to add in a few little extras to make the Queen Bee feel special, I decided to make a little English Paper Piecing starter set.  I have a 1" hexagon paper punch (from Joann's on Black Friday sale) which is perfect for making a pile of EPP papers in a hurry.  Digging through my box of 2.5" square scraps, I even managed to pull out a respectable rainbow of squares just begging to be turned into cute little hexagons.   And for a finishing touch, an itty bitty drawstring bag to hold everything.

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