One of the biggest attractions for me was the fact that they set it up electrically so that each person could have an iron at their sewing area! I took along two paper-piecing projects and got a lot done on them:
I made 12 centers for my New York Beauty quilt! I'll finish them now that I'm home. I just did the paper-piecing part at the retreat- I would have had to bring a LOT of fabric to make whole blocks!
I also made about 20 blocks for my Park Slope log cabin- not all of them are pictured here! I laid them out to show some of the ladies what the curved log cabins do when you put them together.
Saturday evening I put away all the paper-piecing and pulled out a jelly roll of my all time favorite fabric, "Shangri-La" by 3 Sisters for Moda. Using the "Keyholes" pattern from Anka's Treasures, I whipped up this quilt from Saturday 5pm to Sunday 12pm! It's 78" x 78"- I made the borders a bit bigger than the pattern called for.
It was a wonderful weekend, and I'm already looking forward to the next one. Which is in November :)
Sure sounds like alot of fun and that you accomplished alot....like everything you showed....wonderful!!
ReplyDeleteyou made some really amazing things on your retreat! i love the NY Beauties!!
ReplyDeleteThose NY Beauties are coming along great! Looks like it was a really productive weekend!
ReplyDeleteI love, love, love your New York Beauty. Shangri-la is one of my favorites, too.
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute NYB quilt (or partial). I love NYB's and may have to try brights and black. Really sets them off. And the Keyhole quilt is really cute. And it's so fast. Great job.
ReplyDeleteI love your projects! How fun! :-)
ReplyDeleteDo you have/know of a tutorial for the curved log cabins? I love what you did with those!
ReplyDeleteoh, oh! Can I come next time????????????
ReplyDeleteI want to come! Maybe you could let us all know about it?
ReplyDeleteVery productive. I am in awe of that paper piecing.
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