Another Secret Project Reveal and Retreat Report

There was no blog post last weekend as Christine and I were at a crafter's retreat at Camp Kintail.  There were other people sewing, knitting, crocheting, paper crafting, card making, painting, rug hooking, etc.  Lots of interesting projects to walk around to look at when I had been sitting for too long! I worked on several projects, one of which was a gift and will not be revealed until after Christmas.  I quilted two baby quilts--one of which you can see in the picture below.  It is not quite done yet and I hope to finish it off this week. 

Christine also worked on a baby quilt among other projects.  We both had a very productive weekend!

Christine made us friendship bracelets which we both wore all weekend. 

Here is part of the back of the baby quilt--I used some flannel chunks in my stash to create this backing. 

I added solid green binding this week and the hand stitching has been completed.  

The camp has a silent/live auction and fundraising dinner every December and I made this zippered pouch for the silent auction. 

We got together with my cousin and her husband today for lunch.  I gave her the quilt that I made for her over the last little while. She told me her favourite colours are brown and teal. Again, I used the potato chip block as the basis for this quilt.  All of the brown fabrics and most of the teals were from my stash.  I had to buy a few FQ's to add some variety to the teals.  The backing was also purchased. I quilted this with the walking foot on my DSM. I'm happy to report she loved her quilt!

My cousin with her quilt:

My friend, Pat, has been making quilts for her grandchildren using leftovers from pyjamas that she made them over the years.  This one is for a grandson who just started college in the fall.  He is very athletic and likes to participate in lots of different sports.  The red and white four patch/binding fabrics and the blue border and backing fabric were purchased. I helped her pick out the pattern (Bonnie Hunter's Bricks and Stepping Stones) and showed her a quick way to make the four patches.  The quilt was quilted by a local long armer. The backing is all flannel and is pieced to use up all the flannel chunks. 

My daughter has been working on her Christmas crochet along blanket parts and is just about done all four peppermint corner blocks.  The peppermint stick part of the border is done too.  She's hoping to move on to the next part this week. 

With all my sewing, I have not had much time for cross stitching in the last couple of weeks. I'm hoping to so some more this coming week. 

Finn likes to relax while touching our daughter.  We call him the velcro dog...

Such a cute little face!

I took this picture on the hike on a foggy day from two weeks ago. This is a gingko tree.  

I will link up with Kathy and Frederique.