June Bee Block

I have just one bee block to share with you this month.  Sew Bee Blissful and Do.Good Stitches have June off, so I get to fully focus on just one bee.  This little guy is from the Sew & Bee Happy scrappy bee, hosted this month by Henny.  She choose a seemingly simple block from the Modern Blocks book where there are 7 strips of fabric cut at 12.5 inches long, then sewn together to make a 12.5 inch square block.  Now, it looks super simple, but it's more difficult than you think.

I had quite the adventure digging through my stash looking for 6 strips of solid fabric within the same color family at least 12.5 inches long.  I kind of cheated and added in one white strip to embroider a bit of text, but it was the best I could do.

Henny asked for one word to be embroidered that reflected the colors of your strip as well as the quilting community.  I chose "hope" as you guys are always giving me hope that I will finish my  monster quilts or that my birds nests will eventually leave my quilting.

In other bee news, I have joined two new bees!  Eeek!  I am already in three bees, but one will be closing this summer and the Sew & Bee Happy bee only asks for 1 block a month.  Maybe I'm nuts to take on two more.  I will give it my best. I have joined the Modern Quilt Guild bee starting in July AND the Modern Stitching Bee which will kick off in August.  I can't wait to dive into them!  They are filled with SUPER cool ladies who will be great fun to stitch with.