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Calling all Canadian based Modern Quilters!

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I have to started a Canadian Improv Sewing Bee. You can find the work of this past years participants on Instagram by following the hashtag #canadianimprovbee or #improvnorth. Several of our members have decided not to continue for the next year. So now I am looking for 10 modern quilter who are comfortable with improv quilting and looking to support, push and encourage one another. What is a Sewing bee, you may ask?  Each month a single member leads the group. At the beginning of the month they will post their prompt on Instagram, tagging their bee mates.  Members then have a month to complete and send the blocks. Once those blocks are received they become the building blocks for a finished quilt.  The prompts may be personally difficult or challenging, so don’t be afraid to ask questions and have some frank discussions . This bee is based and inspired by the Beesewical group and these guild come from  an article titled #beesewcial from Curated Quilts Issue 5 - Improv   We hav