Quilt Retreat

 My guild held our spring (actually summer) retreat last Friday and Saturday.  I got to sew for about 10 hours on Friday and 6 on Saturday.  I did get quite a lot done..............

This top is called Spangled, pattern by Kim Diehl.  I had cut this at the end of the year last year and started sewing but sort of lost my mojo for it.  Then a couple of weeks ago, I saw on Bonnie Hunter's blog that someone at her retreat center was working on it and I was re-inspired.  This is how the pattern leaves it, but I have lots of these scraps left, so am planning to add some sort of pieced border.

This is a pattern called Dan's Journey that I had picked up at the Gathering.  It is made from the scraps from the Spangled quilt (I still have a tub of scraps).  Those little stars finish at 3".  It needed two borders added to it which are done now and it's in the quilting que.

This is a pillow (18") that I am making for Sarah.  The deer fabric is called Fireside and it is furry.  It is also stretchy which made this not as fun to do.  It's all quilted now and made into a pillow, and is just awaiting a pillow form.

And I felt I should work on something seasonally appropriate...........

It's now complete and awaiting to be gifted to the person who always hosts us for a July 3rd cookout and fireworks.

I worked on another quilt, but only got a few snowball blocks done, so no photos yet.  On Sunday, I worked on putting the borders on Dan's Journey under the watchful eyes of my sewing supervisors.  I don't know how I managed to sew for 2 days without them!  Maybe that's how I got so much done?

So, another retreat is in the books!

Christi