I just got home from our guild quilt retreat about an hour ago and decided to share some of my projects on my blog. First up, handwork! Christine and I watched the World Series baseball games on the Friday and Saturday nights and while we watched, we did some cross stitch. She worked on her Halloween project and I added more stitches to my Fall trees. We had hoped for a different winner of the Championship but it was not to be this year.
I also did some hand quilting at the retreat --more diagonal lines have been added to my Rainbow Scrap Challenge pineapple log cabin quilt.
A friend gave me a kit to make some oven mitts a few years ago and before the retreat, I found it in my quilt room. This was my warm up project for the retreat. They are ready to use at Christmas time!
I also found a 2.5 inch charm pack in my sewing room and used the little squares to make this little lined basket. That little package has been in my stash for a while and I am glad to get it used up and made into something useful!
My main project was Jo Avery's 12 Green Bottles quilt. I am a member of her Thread House Academy this year and this was one of the project this fall. It is improv pieced and I spent many happy hours at the retreat watching the online lessons and then making the units for the two types of blocks. This will be a large wall hanging--about 66" square. I decided on a restrained palette of green and orange with gray, black and white as well as a sprinkling of black and white prints.
This quilt will take a while but I now know how to make all the units for the remaining 7 blocks. All of the fabrics are from my stash.
These little houses were made on the weekend too. They are from another Jo Avery online class. I already have 6 houses that I made previously as well as two trees. I forgot to bring the roof fabric with me so this table runner did not get finished at the retreat. I will work on it at home.
While looking for supplies for the retreat, I came to realize that I have quite the collection of interesting pincushions. Some were made by me and some by friends as gifts to me.
My husband and I belong to the local hiking club and go for a group hike once a week (most weeks). It was a really pretty walk through the woods this past week.
It was frosty on my morning walk a couple of days this week.
Finn has taken to napping with my daughter's yarn . He thinks the balls of wool make excellent pillows, and no, he does not unravel the balls or play with them.
My daughter's crochet blanket is growing.
Finn is a very snuggly dog.
I will link up with Kathy and Frederique, even though I am really late to their parties!
Goodness, you certainly got a lot of lovely sewing done at the retreat, Gail. The Green Bottles quilt is going to be a beauty. There's so much to interest the eyes. Your daughter's blanket is pretty and isn't Finn a good dog not to play with the yarn??
ReplyDeleteSounds like you enjoyed the retreat and got a lot done, too! That little lined basket is so cute - I have a mini charm pack in my stash, too. Now you're making me think! Love your Green Bottles blocks - that's a really interesting project. And Finn is such a sweetie - who could resist those eyes?!
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