Have I confused you all..?

Good morning again everyone, I don't think I explained myself very well yesterday. I don't expect anyone to buy the fabric as I have it all already! Thank you for the offer Elaine but I'm happy to post, it's only a small envelope...

I just needed to check that you would all be happy to access the pattern from the bake shop not the fabric....








I think that I'll just print it out and pop it in the envelope anyway... Don't you just love Sweetwater fabric..?


So I should be posting on Monday my time, hope you all have a fabulous weekend...

(another photo taken from the bake shop, so still not the actual Mama Said Sew fabric)

Ready, Set......

this is it ladies, we're nearly ready to go...!
Just a question first though...


I'd like to make this quilt for my bee quilt....





...but it would mean that you would make three two blocks each..!! Basically it's just a nine patch with a twist ;o) but it needs every one to make three two blocks so you can mix them up!

edit: I've just had another look at the pattern and size and two blocks will work equally as well so I think that's what I'll go with!! 



the blocks will finish up at a fraction over 13" so a great size quilt. the nine patch is made from charm squares so there is no cutting until you come to cut up the finished block.

You can check it out here at the Moda Bake Shop...

I have 'Mama Said Sew' charm squares that I'd want to use, think it should look awesome in those reds, greys and blacks!!

I just need to know if you're all okay with that and if you're all able to access the bake shop or will I post you all a copy of the pattern? I would like to put the packs together on Saturday as I have the day off, and post on Monday. So if you could let me know by perhaps Friday that would be great..

Getting excited to start now....

I think I'm Three?

Hi, all!  I think I'm the third one to post an "ID".  I'm San-Dee and I live in Bethesda, Maryland (the northern most Southern state...).  I am one of the founding members of this bee, and it's a pleasure to have a go at another year!

I work part-time as an accounts payable assistant for a family held company in information services.  It sounds a lot fancier than it is:  I pay the bills and do lots of filing.  In my varied work career, this is now the longest job I have held (7+ years) which continues to amaze me.  By education I am a teacher (English, Phys Ed and Health), but unfortunately trained in the time there weren't a lot of jobs available.  I taught for six years prior to my marriage and move to California, then I entered the financial work world.  I took time off while my children were small.

My husband works for NASA at headquarters in Washington DC.  Yes, we are space geeks.  His health is not the greatest, probably too much rock-n-rolling when we were young and lousy genes.  I have two daughters, the oldest is almost finished with her PhD program in Planetary Geology and getting married this October (2013).  My younger daughter is about to embark on an adventure teaching English in Beijing, China for six months.  She has a master's degree in East Asian Art and had been taking Mandarin for about a year.

I began sewing as a child and had two wonderful mentors along the way.  I made most of my own clothes through college, then took a break until the kids were born and I started sewing for them.  I began quilting after years of interest and reading and non-action.  I also do a lot of needlework, mainly crochet but I have been known to pick up knitting needles.  I love handcrafting (such a nicer word that homemade) and would rather be playing with fabric and thread than just about anything else I do.  I love that this group ranges all over the world and that we are drawn together by our love of stitching.  My personal blog is sno-wear, listed on the side of this blog, but I have not been good about posting of late-probably because the Redhead (DD2) has been using my laptop rather than her own!