Nuts And Bolts.......

Strange title, but it was the name given to the "Churn Dash" variations, asked for this month, by Bee Blessed.
I have followed a blog called "Just Jude" ( you can find it here judith-justjude.blogspot.com ) for a while now. It's written by a lady called Judith, from Belfast, and (obviously??) the majority of what she writes is to do with needlework.......Hmmmmm.......Why else would I follow her blog??
Anyway, Judith is invovled with something called "Bee Blessed", which from what I can gather from the blog, is a Quilting Bee ( I can feel shades of Cranford creeping back in) that makes quilts for children and their families in hospital.
The idea is, that if you wish to, you can join the Bee, via the joys of Internet Access and Flickr......though I'm sure if you'd prefer to join a Quilting Bee in someone's front parlour, once a fortnight, they can probably be found too! Anyway. Once you've joined the group, you can see what everyone else in the Bee is up to. Stitching wise. And once a month, the Bee asks for a couple of new blocks.
If you are able to ( and there is no obligation!) you follow the tutorial for the design, make it into a block (or as many as you feel like) and then post them off to Judith. Simple. Once your blocks arrive in Belfast, Judith and her friends add them to the others that have arrived, sew them into quilts, and then give them to those who need them.
I, for one, think this is a lovely idea. It's what quilting should be about......a group of people making a quilt for someone who would benefit from it.
So this is how I've spent my Sunday afternoon. Sewing away, trying to ignore the last scragg ends of The Headache. And tomorrow these will be heading over the Irish Sea.........

Judith asked that they were bright, as they are intended for children and teenagers....I hope they fit the bill!
Thanks for popping by. xx