Show and Tell

 This will be my last post about my retreat weekend. These are some of my favorites from show and tell on Saturday night. It is always so fun and inspiring!

You can get a better look at this quilt on Pat's blog.

Beverly was working on these tops that are pieced from her daughters' onesies. Super cute!

Rosalie always has fabulous quilts to show.

Sue traveled from Tennessee to attend the retreat with her friend Jane. She took a spiderweb workshop last month!

We got to see three completed basket weave quilts from a Bonnie Hunter class last April.

This bug quilt has VW bugs in the border!

When Carole showed this quilt, we agreed this will be our project for next year! The pattern is by Julie Popa Designs.

Betsey was assembling this beauty during the weekend.

Our "Midnight" Madness project was this cute little fabric box. I can't find anything quite like it online, so I might write a tutorial. Interested?

Now to plan for next year!

WIP Wednesday

 It was a very quilty week, but I have no finishes to report.

New: Emerald & Selvedge Spider Web. This was our retreat workshop on Saturday. It makes me so happy! The Kona Fern is the closest I could find to Pantone Emerald. The selvedges play so nicely off that color. Can you see the tiny orange pinwheels in the center of each web? That is my little nod to Tangerine Tango from 2012.

 Progress Made: I worked on my Sugar Wave quilt on Friday night. I finished the quilting in the gray stripes and figured out what to do in the lava lamp shapes. I tried a feather and it looked horrible. After I tore it out, I did this horizontal loopy thing and it works.

 When I flipped it over so you could see the quilting better, I realized that it would be easier if I quilted it from this side, too. I'll be trying that later. I think I will try marking parallel guide lines to keep the loops evenly spaced. Winging it is fine, but neater will be better.

I also made two more album blocks for Pete's quilt. Retreats are a great place to get stuff done!

No Progress: Everything else is listed on my Works In Progress page.

Linking up to Freshly Pieced!

Getaway Spiderwebs

Our Saturday workshop at the retreat last weekend was a spiderweb quilt. Christine Bagley taught the workshop and provided inspiration in three beautiful samples. She gave design credit to Beverly Dunivent from a Quilters Newsletter Magazine article in the December 1996/No. 288 issue. You can also use Bonnie Hunter's pattern here. Chris calls her quilts Web Sights.

Although there were 57 ladies in attendance, not everyone participates in the workshop. We had a high percentage of participation this year, though. Take a look at the variety of fabric choices!

 

Rose & Sally

Norrene, Sue and Fran

Diane & Jessie

Nancy & Carol

Me & Suzy

Pat & Judy

Serafina & Pat

Marilyn, Pat & Amanda

Barbara & Rosalie

Elvia & Lynn

Carole

I ended with Carole Kenny because I love her fussy cut centers and she will be our instructor for next year's workshop.

Stay tuned for Saturday night Show & Tell!

Giveaway Winner

I'm happy to announce that Cecilia has won the little giveaway!

 Many thanks to my friend, Karen, for the bloggy love! 

And Welcome to my new followers!

 I had a fantastic weekend at the quilt retreat! This workstation was my home for 48 short hours.

 My friend, Chris Bagley, taught a spider web workshop on Saturday. I so admire her color sense and ability to use a vast array of fabrics to create the most amazing quilts.

 I finally dug into my stash of selvedges for my spider webs.

The staff at Alton Jones takes such good care of us and the food this year was especially delicious.

I'll be back later (after taking care of some Girl Scout cookie business) with more pics of show & tell and workshop projects. Wait until you see the variety of fabric choices!

Getaway Giveaway

 There is a lot to celebrate this weekend!

This is my 506th post. (#500 came and went!)

My blog has 200 amazing followers.

I will be spending the weekend with 60 of my closest quilty friends!

I wish you could all be there with us. Since that is not possible, how about a giveaway?

Leave a comment and I'll select a winner on Monday morning. Your gift will include a treat bag from the weekend (fabric, candy, etc.) and one of my paper pieced lapel pins.

Wishing you all a happy, quilt-filled weekend!

Great Escape - Part 1

This past weekend was our annual quilting getaway, also known as Quilt Camp.

I was so excited that Karen was able to come!

On Friday night, we showed our entries in the Flora Challenge. Our challenge themes are pretty broad. Last year was Animals (at camp, you'd like to see at camp, you wouldn't want to see at camp...).

Quite an impressive array of quilts! It was very difficult to choose winners. Everyone was given a ballot to choose their favorite in 5 different categories.

The overall favorite was Betty Tucker's spectacular 3-dimensional flowers.


Since we've now covered Flora and Fauna, next year's challenge theme is Merryweather!

The witch hazel is blooming! Hooray!

Friday night, we have a midnight madness, quick craft project.

My friend and long-time Girl Scout volunteer taught us how to make felt donut pincushions.
She even went to Dunkin Donuts to ask for an empty box to put them in!

More pix later!

Busy Busy Busy!

I'm getting ready for our annual guild retreat this weekend! I can't wait to see all my quilty friends. Karen from Sew Many Ways is joining us this year! We're sad that Jackie can't make it, and we're hoping that Shellie can come down for dinner and show & tell.

Today, I packed up some primroses for the challenge prizes and a few Thank You gifts.


The rest of my week has been spent with Girl Scout cookies!


I'm off to clean and oil my machine to get her humming before the retreat!

Weed Whacker Show & Tell

Bonnie, look at all the Weed Whackers! Aren't they awesome? Everyone loved this pattern. It was the perfect choice for a weekend of stitching and chit-chatting.

Bev, Suzy, & Deloris
(her grandson chose the red background- a wise choice!)

Sue, Rose & Carol

Pat & Norrene
(I love the grays in Pat's and who doesn't love polka dots and stripes!)

Sally, Rosalie & Serafina
(Sally is dressed to match her quilt!)

Barbara, Chris & Lynn
(Isn't the lavender with the 30's prints just perfect?)

Debi, Louise & Jane
(Jane chose this pattern for the workshop when she saw mine at our guild show last October.)
(sorry for the blur)

Jean, Maria and Jackie
(Jean came up from Florida!)

Carole made her weed whacker before she came. It was designed by her 5-year old grandson.

I wonder what we'll make next year!