As I said the blogger's quilt retreat was fabulous! Here are some details by numbers:
- Ten wonderful quilters from seven states:
- Toni - Iowa - not actively blogging - raising two young boys
- Rene - Florida - http://www.renecreates.com/
- Michelle - Georgia - http://frustratedquilter.blogspot.com/ - new blog!!
- Stephanie - Michigan - http://peasinapod.typepad.com/
- Shelly - Missouri - http://prairiemoonquilts.wordpress.com/
- Amanda - Wisconsin - http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/
- Cindy - California - http://aroundtheblockdesigns.blogspot.com/
- Terri - Wisconsin - http://terrisnotebook.wordpress.com/
- me - Minnesota - http://maryonlakepulaski.blogspot.com/
- Doris - Iowa - http://threadsofconversation.blogspot.com/
front: Toni and Shelly
back: Doris, Michelle, Rene', Terri, Amanda, me, Cindy, Stephanie
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My goal was to finish the flimsy for my king size Single Girl. I sewed like crazy the entire three days, but failed.
I left with:
- 558 circle pieces
- 144 inner and outer arc pieces
- a total of 702 pieces
- 18 circle pieces
- 36 inner and outer arc pieces
- 54 completed arcs
- for a total of 108 pieces
And after more stitching since I returned home, I now have
72 completed arcs
plus the two previously completed circles!! I think I can finish this!! Stay tuned!
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If you read any or all of the other blogs, you will know we sewed, ate, talked and laughed the whole weekend (throw a LITTLE sleep in there)!
Plans were discussed for this talented group to gather again next year.
Eye candy from this group:
Stephanie
Amanda
Amanda
Amanda
Cindy
Shelly
Terri
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I finished block two of the Embroidery 101 Stitch & Quilt Along from Clover & Violet:
Block three is ready to go.
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25 readers left a comment:
Busy lady - cannot wait to see your completed circle quilt - just lovely. Thank you for sharing the eye candy from the retreat. Happy sewing.
You didn't FAIL! That's a lot less pieces you came home with...
BTW, did you determine what Kona cotton that was you needed? I'm still curious...
This was the BEST weekend! And you are making great progress on Single Girl. I can't wait to see it completed. it's going to be amazing. (I only made lap size--I can't believe you are making one this large!--super impressed with that)
You were in great company for the retreat! What wonderful talented women! Love your little stitchery too!
Mary, you did sew like crazy and accomplished quite a bit!!! Loved seeing your embroidery blocks with the Fandango and that Single Girl is absolutely fabulous!!!! You CAN do it and can't wait to see it completed! Great sewing with you again this year.
Looks like a lot of fun! The group had some amazing quilts. I can't even imagine how big the single girl in king size must be. I did a twin...and left off a row. Still I thought it was quite large enough for a twin. A king! Wow!
I am not sure I would consider all that you accomplished failing. If so, I would like to fail too. The pictures of the quilts are gorgeous. The flag one is stunning.
Wow, gorgeous quilt show..
any sewing at all is not a failure..you did well!
looks like it was fun.
Julia ♥
Good going, Mary. That is a lot of piecing. Cannot wait to see the whole thing. Also....love that new block. So cheerful, I even showed my mom! She thought it was adorable. And look at all of those inspiring quilts....looks like fun was had by all.
wow you werent kidding when you said eye candy!!!!!!!!!!
looks like so much fun!!!
What an amazing group of quilters. And it sounds like a fantastic quilt retreat. I'd love to be able to join sometime.
SewCalGal
www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com
You all had such a great time together! And your progress is big, hope to see the whole quilt soon :)
Best wishes,
Tatyana
Awesome projects and how wonderful that you could all get together! What fun!
Sounds and looks like you all had a wonderful time at retreat! Beautiful projects made by everyone.
what a great recap, Mary. it really was so much fun, wasn't it? oh, man, i'm almost caught up on my sleep and it only took until Friday! sheesh! but i can not wait to do it again next year!!!
What a fun time :-) thanks for sharing all the beautiful quilts!
What a lovely lot of projects, I love them all and it looks like you had a great retreat.
Oh my goodness...now you ladies looked too rested...lol. if you had fun and did get a few hours quilting...successful you were..great shots.
Looks like fun was had by all. Amanda is wonderful to work with isn't she? Love to know about the ext one.
Looks like you had fun! You always get so much finished. Great work.
All lovely. How fun.
It must have been amazing! Is this the second year in a row?!
Wowee! what a talented group of ladies.
Looks like so much fun! Sewing with a bunch of kindred spirits is just the best. Good for you!!
I had such a fun time sitting with you. Thanks for all the wonderful company! I am so loving your stitchery blocks. I have printed out all the patterns so far. I want to start it soon. And I had to get me some Fandango fabric to go with mine, too. Hope you don't mind a copy cat! Maybe you'd be willing to tell me what colors of floss you are using, so I can totally copy you!
S.
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