Spent time this past weekend with 7 quilting friends at a retreat center near Ashville NC. We drew names ahead of time to put together little gift bags for each other. My person collects pin cushions. I had fun putting this one together although adding the crushed walnuts was an adventure! I rounded out her gift with some fun socks, a mini fabric bundle and a small tomato pincushion.
In return, a very generous friend gifted me a wonderful selection of low volume fabric!
I brought along multiple projects - of which I finished none of them!
- I was testing an upcoming pattern and decided I wanted to make a change to the one of the colors so instead of finishing, I ended up making most of the blocks but not assembling.
- My second project (seen on the design wall) was to FPP a phrase for a wall hanging. By plan, I made the letters only and will assemble the wall hanging at home.
- Had a bee block to work on for November's prompt. While I had the time and the fabric to finish, I wasn't sure I liked where it was headed so I put it aside
- Started a 2 color FPP of a coyote for a mini quilt and after sewing for about 20 minutes, realized I reversed the colors and the coyote was going to be sky colored. Will reprint and restart this project now at home.
- Started big stitch quilting my project from a May workshop
I am so very fortunate to have such a fun group of friends for a quilting getaway. So many laughs and far too much food! Our next retreat is in April!
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Have a wonderful day!
Patty
That sounds like a fantastic time; I'm glad you all carve out and plan well in advance for these weekends!
ReplyDeleteI love knowing that you too get to participate in a "small group of friends" retreat. Those are the best, aren't they? It's great to see your room set-up. It made me smile because it's very similar to what our small group does. You're in a condo? A resort place with rentals? That's what we do. Then we go in, take pictures of the apartment's set-up (so we know where everything goes after retreat), and move everything around. It works. As for food, we each bring our own. Though in the past we tried taking turns and making for everyone, there were enough dietary restrictions or foods people didn't like, that we had to stop doing that. Now the only things we share are desserts - cookies, candy, and other sweet snacks. I know exactly how you felt about your projects too. You bring numerous ones to work on, and then for various reasons, can't make much progress. I used to think I'd quilt a quilt, but the lack of flat space on which to lay the quilt quickly made me give up that notion. Still, your little corner of the retreat space looks like a fun spot to be. I'm glad you got to do this with friends.
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