I started an online quilting bee.

Did you know that there is a such thing as virtual quilting bees? One of my goals for 2010 is to learn more about quilting so, I started one! I decided to call it QUILTING newBEEs since most of the members are new quilters. (And, in case you didn't know that newbee or newbie is a word, read this.)

Here's how it works: There are 12 members and we each take a turn hosting a month over the course of a year. When we host we send out fabric to the other 11 members along with the type of quilt block we would like them to make and then they send it back to us.

If you want to check us out you can go to our flickr group. We even have a cool icon that one of the girls came up with! And she turned it in to a fancy button for our blogs too so, whenever you want to see our flickr group, just click on the button!There isn't much in the flickr group yet but, I am hosting the first month (April) and will be posting a sneak peek of the fabrics I bought soon! If you are new to quilting, follow along with us to learn some beginner friendly quilt blocks (our group is full now but you could still learn the different blocks with your own fabric if you would like) or better yet start your own virtual quilting group!

Here's who is in the group: Me, Melissa, Judy, Nora, Trina, Brooke, Elizabeth, Susan, Cindy, Ruth, Leah, and Alek!