Seabrook Retreat!

The consensus of the group that went to Seabrook for our retreat is that it was a really good time.  Here are a few pictures of the weekend.

If any of you have more pictures you'd like to share, please send them to me and I'll put them up with these.

Aren't we awesome!?!  

The guy who took our pictures was a great sport, and funny, too!

Tea Food!

Some of us dressed up beautifully!

Lisa and Sarah

The long and the short of it!

June and Jeanine

The upper room at Adeline.

Sarah and Lisa had their Jacob's quilts going

using William Morris reproductions

Lots of good sewing went on there!

Pat had her machine up there, as well.

Maggie's awesome packing job.

There was NO room left in the Jeep!

November 5th Quilt Celebrations!

Jessie and I each shared a project on the 5th of November.  I'm post dating this because the advent calendar was a gift, and I didn't want to risk spoiling the surprise!

I made this for my daughter-in-law and grandchildren

for Christmas 2013.  Something new for them.

It was a lot of fun to make, challenges and all!

It's a Nancy Halvorsen panel with the figures

fused to felt and then stitched.  I put the hanging

floss on with buttons on the back of each figure,

then attached them to the border and middle

by using a button-type hanger for each.

This one shows the figures in their proper places

after Advent is finished.

And this is of my grandkiddos with it on Day 2.

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Jessie made this crazy patch pillow for

my husband and me for our 35th anniversary.

It matches the quilt top she made for us for our 25th!

Such fun and such treasures.

Happy Quilting!!

October 15th Quilt Celebrations!

I know I've said this multiple times, but I really do continue to be amazed at the prolific output of our quilt group!

So, this week Joyce brought her

"Wear Warm Clothes" quilt made for her son-in-law.

She has decided that she needs to make two more,

one for each of her other two sons-in-law!

Different fabrics, same pattern.  I just love this!

Beautiful, Joyce!

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Jessie brought yet another crazy quilt pillow,

made as a gift for a friend.  I love the color play on this!

Lovely, Jessie!

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And then Diana showed us her "first quilt." 

She began learning quilting from Shirley Taylor

at Centralia College many years ago.

She's been carrying the quilt around in the back of her car,

waiting for a night when Shirley was with us

so she could show it to her.  And us!

Some of the fabrics are from Shirley's stash,

which she identified!  Such fun.

Diana, this is wonderful!

Happy Quilting!!

October 8th Quilt Celebrations!

Another spectacular night in the library!

Geralyn shared her Nine-Patch & Snowball quilt

made for her grandson, Collin (sp?).

It has so many wonderful Civil War

reproduction prints in it and the applique is fun.

Beautiful, Geralyn!

Joann brought her frog quilt.  So whimsical and such fun!

There were many ooohs and aaahs over this one!

Really a fun one, Joann!

Joan brought two to share.

This is her first machine quilted quilt!

Great job, Joan!

And here is her Jacob's quilt.

She started it last August at the quilt retreat

and here it is completed.

Isn't it gorgeous?

Lovely work, Joan!

 Happy Quilting!

October 1st Quilt Celebrations!

More celebrations!  Barb and Deborah both brought finished projects to share.

Barb finished her "Brick" quilt, adapted from an ABC kit.

She turned it into a Quilters ABC!

Such a comfortable looking quilt.

Deborah brought her blue-ribbon-winning Bow Tie.

She made it for her husband as a commemorative

for their first date, on which he wore a bow tie.

Very sweet, Deborah!

Happy Quilting!

September 24th Quilt Celebrations!

I continue to be amazed at how prolific our dear quilt group is!  We celebrated several more beautiful quilts last night.

Diana brought a very interesting piece with a great story behind it.

Her daughter made her a fused glass "quilt" for a table centerpiece,

and in turn, Diana made a copy of the glass piece in an actual quilt. 

She says batiks made it work.  It's rather amazing.

The small picture is of the glass piece, and you can see how closely they match.

I thought at first that the snapshot was a picture of Diana's quilt!

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Barb brought two to celebrate.  The first is a small applique.  Beautiful work!

The second is her Piece and Plenty quilt in red, white and blue.

I am very taken with this one!

She got the block of the month kit from Stitchin' Heaven.  Lovely, Barb.

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Then there were two Linus quilts shown.  Diana bound this one.

And Theresa told us about this one.

She made it doing a string pattern and particularly wanted us to see this Size 0

that the hospitals like for the newborns.  Fun one!

And last was the group quilt made for Possibilities Pregnancy Center.
Susy and Carolann have worked on finishing up the project
in which many have had a part.
Beautiful end-result!

Happy Quilting!!

September 17th Quilt Celebrations!

It's funny how quilts to celebrate often come in waves.  Tonight we had three!

Jessie brought her blue and white "Pavers" quilt

which she quilted by machine and also by hand with embroidery thread.

She commented that if she were to do it again, she'd use darks in the block sashing.

And here is a little bonus that she finished a few weeks ago,

but couldn't bring it to celebrate because

it needed to go to the recipient before Tuesday.

Crazy Pillow

Nicely done, Jessie!

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Then Joann shared her "Cathedral Windows" bed scarf

that she made for her grandson and his new wife.

Aren't the colors beautiful?

Beautiful, Joann.

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And Pat shared her "Stars" wall hanging.

I'm sorry Pat, I can't remember the name you gave tonight.

Let me know and I'll change this to the proper one.

Isn't it a pretty one?

Lovely, Pat.

Happy Quilting!