Modern Quilting/Crafting Bees
June 27, 2009 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Home & Living
Getting together to sew quilts, exchange news, and enjoy one another’s recipes constituted the pioneer quilting bee. This often was a rare social time for these ladies who were busy with the day-to-day work (drugery in some cases) of running a household and helping with farm chores.
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Today, quilting and crafting ladies still get together for what I’d call “modern” quilting bees. As I read Cindy’s Stitches in Time blog post about friends getting together to work on quilt kits they had purchased at quilt show, I pondered on the many types of quilting bees in today’s world of the computer and Internet.
- Friends getting together at one another’s homes to work on projects
- Quilting groups meeting regularly to work on projects; these might be their own or a charity project
- Groups working on fund raising projects
- Internet groups that exchange information and news via e-mail
- Round robin projects sent through the mail to those within a group.
- Two quilters who exchange projects and news via mail and e-mail.
- Quilting classes that continue as quilting groups who meet regularly
(Although I mention quilting bees, these gatherings could involve most any art/craft.)
What type of quiting or crafting bee are you involved in?
