Buzz Buzz - August

Last catch up post I promise - well at least for my bee hive block anyways.  For the month of August, Michele S. (yes, there were three Micheles in a row!) was the lovely queen bee.  She was super gracious to all of us swamped by summer and picked the new, fun and super easy bonus block - Checker.  Oh my, what a fun block! And then she made it even more fun by asking us to pick any single saturated color of our choice for the half square triangles in the block.  She also asked us to name the blocks after food - pretty sure she was hungry when she was making up a few sample blocks. hehe  I also discovered that we both have very similar fabric crushes which made it all the more fun to have an excuse to pull out some of my most loved fabrics for Michele's blocks.  Yes - blocks as in more than one.  At one point I had fabric pulled for 6 blocks laid out on the bed, but my husband told me to calm it down a bit.  I ended up making three blocks because when the block is this fun and easy, one simply isn't enough.  Here is my Mango Muddle block:

 Here is my Saskatoon Berry block:

 And my Cheetos block:

 Wanting to include an extra special little extra into Michele's package since she has become such a fantastic friend through the coarse of this bee hive, I pulled out a pattern I've been wanting to try for a while.  It's called the Two In One Pouch by S.O.T.A.K. Handmade, and it's a super cute little double zippered pouch.  I pulled out some mutually favorite fabric and made the smaller size from the pattern.  Oh, so cute!!  Knowing it was going to a special home made it more bearable to part with.

 Overall, August was a lot of fun.  The package I put together to send to Michele was especially special to put together, and when Michele got the package, she was ecstatic!  Love it when everything I so carefully picked out and sent, ended up being just perfect including the little "Keep calm and..." sticky notes. hehe