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?!
ReplyDeleteFinn is sooo adorable! I would snuggle yarn too.
ReplyDeleteI'm so impressed with all you accomplished at the retreat. I'm far too distracted by other attendees and checking in on what they are doing, to possibly watch lessons and execute them.
ReplyDeleteSo many fun retreat projects. The oven mitts really look good.
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