The ambiance and setting of our retreat was amazing. Truthfully though, I didn't take in too much of the scenery because I was relishing the opportunity of getting a lot of sewing done. This picture by the beach was taken on our way out.
There was lots of late-night goofing and joking around. We stayed up till near 3 am on Saturday night- Rachel was very intent on finishing the hand sewing of the binding on her quilt and she accomplished it! Friday night (wish I had used my camera) the highlights included a recreation of the royal wedding (thanks to a LONG cut of batting) and some rolling around in scraps.
Hours before leaving, I took advanatge of the opportunity to use the design wall and placed my near 50 blocks there - I had sewed them all the day before.
We took a machine quilting class from an experienced teacher, McKayla. She really inspired me to attempt free-motion quilting on larger quilts and I also took the opportunity to practice different quilting designs on some practice swatches and my own mini-quilt.
It was A LOT of fun. More pictures to come, including photos of our fabric shopping exploits. I had to laugh that I had said we were planning on doing some "teensy bit of fabric shopping" - that translated into 4 different stops at 3 different fabric stores!!!!!
6 comments:
Looks like you guys had an awesome time! I am totally jealous!
Wow that looks like a lot of fun! I would love to find more quilters my age too.
Love that Pop Garden.......and love you, too! xo
pretty design wall!!
(not pretty picture of me at 3am :) )
GREAT fabric purchases.
YES! i figured out how to post on your blog!!!!
Looks great!! All of it. I especially like the pic on the beach. I wish I had been there.
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