So… the High Point Quilt Guild’s annual “Drop Everything
and Just Quilt!” Retreat was last week, hence the reason there was no blog from
me. Instead, I was with 32 other
quilters at Haw River State Park, quilting four days away.
Boy, did I have a good time! And boy, do I love those ladies. They are sorely missed as this week I had to
get back to reality and my “real job.”
Unfortunately, I have no photos of the retreat. In the process of getting my things hauled
from the DH’s truck to the main room, I left my camera in the cab and by the
time I realized it, he was long out of sight.
But trust me when I say a good time was had by all and a
lot got done. I finished three quilt
tops, my next round of the Round Robin, sewed over half the strips for my
Double Wedding Ring, and almost finished Peppermint Place.
Two of the quilt tops I made were doll quilts for my two
grand darlings. I’m not sure which one
will go to Evangeline and which will go to Elli, but there are dolls and doll
beds to accompany each of the quilts. I have
one quilt marked and will quilt that one out hopefully this weekend.
One of the doll quilts sandwiched and marked for quilting
Back of the above doll quilt
Before I left, I did the center square for my Raspberry
Swirl flannel quilt. It’s a fairly
simple pattern – the pieces are large and the most complicated technique is
half-square triangles. Patterns like this lend themselves very well to flannels
as long as the biased edges aren’t exposed until the last minute and the fabric
is pressed and not ironed. There is also
some flannel applique involved. Lots of fun stuff!
I promise there will be more next week. I’ve received several suggestions for topics
that should be pretty interesting.
Love and Stitches,
Sherri
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