It's true. My friend, Christine and I have attended two quilting retreats in March, two weeks apart. (We won't mention that we were away for a week at the end of February at QuiltCon in Raleigh, NC...). This is the end of our quilting retreats for until November, when we have two more. We are both very productive on the retreats and manage to get lots of sewing done. It's amazing what you can accomplish over the course of 2 1/2 or 3 days of concentrated time with no cooking, dishes and other distractions! I spent ...
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Last week was our sleep-at-home retreat, and after bragging that I usually get so much work done, this one had other plans for me. I had cut a lot of projects to take with me, and began with the one for the pot handle pads. Ah, yes, best laid plans. Arriving at the venue, I was surprised to see a different configuration of the tables than we have done before. They were set up in a “T” pattern, with two tables long sides together so those quilters would face each other, and two more tables at one end, with quilters ...
read moreThis week is our guild’s Sleep-At-Home retreat, and I look forward to going every time we do it. It is three days of sewing time with friends, where we can set up our machines and projects, and leave them overnight while we go home to sleep. In spite of spending a lot of time chatting, and eating, looking at other ladies’ projects, and generally just enjoying the time with friends, I usually get an extraordinary amount of work done. I have run out of projects in years past, so now I take more than I think I can get ...
read moreNot only did I Quilt and cross stitch this past year, but I attempted some other crafts. Some of the things I'm going to show will be some items that I didn't make but that I helped or taught others to make. I also belong to a craft group that meets once a month and there are a few fun things for that. And others items are just things I thought I'd try.
Craft Group - it's a group of about 14 ladies from my sisters neighborhood (mostly) and we meet once a month and have a ...
read moreCreative Passions Retreat Center in Chesaning, Michigan offers crafters solace from the everyday and adequate space to work on their craft. They cater to crop and quilt retreaters. I traveled to Chesaning for a solo retreat in early December, but spent the days with a group of four quilters from Toledo, Ohio. Another group of […]
read moreIt was a crazy day, and there are two more Zoom presentations today. But after today -- I have ZERO presentations until January 6. I can hardly wait for two weeks of downtime! And next year, the classes have been slashed in half! So, there will be less prep and less follow-up!
Zoom has been a great way to stay connected to people during the pandemic, but I definitely see a fall in attendance. And it doesn't help that we are one week from Christmas!
I have already sent half the follow-ups from yesterday and two more to do later ...
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This past weekend, my friend Christine and I went to the semi-annual Oxford Guild Quilt Retreat in Stratford. We both were very productive at the retreat--sewing morning, noon and night with breaks for meals and sleeping only! This is why there was no blogpost here this past weekend. I brought lots of projects with me--heaven forbid I run out of things to sew!
I made a couple of Christmas gifts, one of which I can show here now. This little wall hanging is for my MIL for her room in the nursing home where she lives. She loves Christmas and ...
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I have so many pictures to post of my activities over the past week during my retreat. It's hard to know where to begin. The quilters were amazing, and the group bonded from the very first day. Here's a sample from some of the show and tell sessions, and work throughout the retreat. Enjoy the morning quilt show which begins with one of my designs for which I haven't finished writing the pattern. Laurie put her own finishing touches on Huckleberry Hill. Now, I want to finish mine!
It was chilly in the morning, and ...
read moreWow -- it's Day Two of the retreat, but I've barely done anything!
It was the first day of my events introducing the new products for Husqvarna Viking. The biggest one is the Designer EPIC 3. I need to tweak the presentation a wee bit as I went over by 20 minutes! But -- there were a lot of questions, and I'm OK with that!
The weather looked horrible in the morning, but the temperature was amazing, and I went for a 1 1/2 walk! That isn't going to happen today! It was warm, and I was ...
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Here are just a few pictures from my November retreat. As soon as the cars were unpacked the quilters started right in quilting.
Yes, I mean recovery from Covid. (I have not entered a 12-step program to disengage from my sewing machine.) It's October, which means a week in Tobermory with the Beach Girls, and that seemed to me like a perfect place to recover!
I know, I know; I've been AWOL with no clue as to when I'd return or why I had disappeared. The last you knew I had my cast taken off and I was footloose and fancy-free again. Well, let's just say that was a very short lived state! Sigh. After a few days of catching up with all the tasks that required two free hands I contracted some sort of virus that presented with almost every symptom you
read moreI know, I know; I've been AWOL with no clue as to when I'd return or why I had disappeared. The last you knew I had my cast taken off and I was footloose and fancy-free again. Well, let's just say that was a very short lived state! Sigh. After a few days of catching up with all the tasks that required two free hands I contracted some sort of virus that presented with almost every symptom you
read moreSome of the girls walked around the lake.
They are always helping each other out.
We shared a lot of information.
Until next time.......
Lynn
read moreThis is Rob, the singing Lodge manager who keeps us entertained.
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The first part of the post are pictures I took while wandering around the room at the retreat to see what everyone is working on. My sister Gail is finishing up her blocks for Bridle Path.
A lot of the girls are doing beautiful handwork.
I taught a session on little foundation pieced houses.
Mary and Lisa collaborated on this project. Lisa does the applique, and Mary does the piecing. Lisa gets custody of this beauty.
The sewing machines were rolled in, set up and immediately put to work.
My first little mini workshop on foundation paper piecing will begin at 9am this morning. I will be teaching wool applique this afternoon. In between the workshop, the girls will be working away on their own projects. One of the girls made a schedule of what she plans on doing during the retreat.....and she is sticking to it!
The quilters worked until 5pm, then headed over to my cabin for an ...
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I'm finally getting around to posting more retreat pictures......and I still have a lot more! Mr. Joe and I sat out on the deck for lunch yesterday and Fall was definitely in the air. What a great way to start off this post with Ann's Scrappy Maple Leaf quilt. This quilt is a work of art!
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