I belong to a small quilting bee in addition to the local quilt guild. Our bee currently has six members, but we have had as many as eight. We meet monthly at the home of one member. Each month, if anyone has a birthday, we bring a fat quarter of her desired fabric and have cake made by the person whose birthday was the month before. In the past we've had block swaps and row robin exchanges, but lately we've been working on charity quilts. Some of us bring our machines and we make simple QAYG string quilts from a stash that was donated. We set up an assembly line with stations for sewing, ironing, and squaring up. This keeps us busy as well as helping someone at the local cancer center.