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I am thrilled and honored to be part of another year of the Bees Knees Quilting Bee.

This month’s block is for Sherri McConnell from a Quilting Life, and I was super excited when her fabric arrived in the mail- a Christmas themed Scrappy Trip.

Scrappy Trips are so fun and easy to make that I had to make two!

After making Sherri’s blocks, I sorted through my stash to decide if I possibly have enough fabric to make a Christmas scrappy trip for myself.  I love the white running through the center of her blocks.  Her finished quilt will be so fun and festive.

Now I’m off to run a few errands… including dropping by the post office to get the blocks in the mail… on time for once!

My mom has been working on a new quilt for the last few weeks and I love it so much, I asked her if I could share it.

Over the last many years, when she finishes a project, she cuts some of the scraps up into 1-1/2″ to 2″ strips, in varying lengths.

She’s saved them for a rainy day.

In May it must have have rained, since she pulled out her scraps and started a quilt.

The widest rows are about 16″ wide and the narrowest are about 5″ wide.  I love how a few sections run the wrong way.  And a few rows have narrow rows through a section.

She’s been hand quilting it before she goes to bed each night.  It should be done in a few days.

When my husband saw it, he said, “Oh man, that is an ugly quilt.”

I think it’s one of my favorites that my mom has made.

She has enough scraps to make a few more quilts, so I may be making an ugly quilt just for me.  And he won’t be allowed to use it.