I love going to retreat. So much uninterrupted quilting time with so many wonderful ladies. Good snacks! And overall just a good time! I come home tired from sewing so much, but I really love all the friendships, quilting ideas, and the give-away table. This year we had a whole table of wool roving and I avoided it. We also had many suitcases of fabrics from a former quilter at 4 dollars a yard. I filled in my pink and purple voids of my stash along with some dots. And I was gifted with a bag of mini-charm packs. I need to repay her somehow.
So I spent a few days sewing over 500 strips to make this quilt for my daughter: about 70 inches squared. I need to have her select a back for it. HOORAY!
And then I finished my Over the River quilt top for the remaining days. This is a multi-year project. I found my post where I had finished the embroidery February 2019. But I started it in the summer of 2016. The stitching began one summer and it took a week just to trace the designs and back it with a thin fabric . I was able to complete the pieced blocks and middle assembly at another retreat. All that was needed was the large flying geese as the last border. And now to get it off to the quilter. 2nd HOORAY!
