The Bees Knees Are Back!

 This last year I have had the wonderful opportunity

to be part of an amazing Bee Group

The Bees Knees

where 12 of us worked together online.

Each month one member served as host

with the responsibility of mailing

 fabric and block pattern to

the other members of the group.

We kept track of our work

through Flickr

and our Bees Knees Blog

A very talented gathering of ladies

and I learned a lot.

I admit, I was a little sad when our year was up.

 The good news is that our faithful Bee Leaders

Sherri McConnell (A Quilting Life)

and Amy Smart (Diary of A Quilter)

have offered to host another year.

Sherri will keep us organized.

(does that make her Queen Bee?)

Several in the group had to drop out

because of time commitments,

which left 4 openings for new members.

I about jumped out of my socks when I found out

who would be joining our Hive.

 My dear friend, the very talented  
Lori Holt (Bee In My Bonnet)

Oh yay!

How I miss our days of quilting together when I lived in Utah.

Now we can BEE TOGETHER once again.

 My other friend, the also very talented
Jodi Nelson (Pleasant Home)

A few years ago I hosted a small quilt retreat with Lori Holt

 at my home in St. George

and Jodi came all the way from Washington.

Just thinking about it makes me wish we could do it again right now.

BEE-ing is a happy second choice.

 And then I read that the very famous

Carrie Nelson of

Miss Rosie's Quilt Company 

will also be a Bee Member!

Wow!

I have not met Carrie but have known of her

and followed her work for years.

I wonder if her block will be a Schnibble?

And fourth,

the darling Melissa Corry (Happy Quilting)

I've not met Melissa either,

but love her pattern designs.

These lady's blogs are on my side bar

where it's fun to keep up with all of their

creative activities.

What an honor to be quilting with such a talented group!

So happy to be continuing on with:

Shari Butler (Doohikey Designs)*Shari created our headers and logo's

Calli Taylor (Make It Do)

Tricia Poolson (Notes Of Sincerity)

April Rosenthal (Prairie Grass Patterns)

Sinta Borland (Pink Pincushion)