Earlier this year I had to cancel out of a quilt retreat I
had been looking forward to for months.
Life simply decided to happen at the time of the retreat. So, I was over the moon happy when three
friends invited me to join them for a retreat last week. Did I ever have fun; and I was even
productive.
Jeanette brought her collection of zipper bag patterns and
gave me some lessons. She
started with bags made of screening. Then
we moved on to a lined, fabric pouch and a cross-body bag, both by Lazy Girl Designs.
I started this 2018 Simple Whatnots project by Kim
Diehl. No matter how hard I tried, some
of my points are cut off. I finally decided life was too short to keep fussing with it. I still need to add the remaining borders.
I also managed to
complete 15 anti-ouch pouches.
Of course, I had to help the local economy. There was a the quilt shop
attached to the retreat center, and they were having a sale. This is
how I used the Mother’s Day gift from Julia.
Chocolate was plentiful and the scales were not kind to me
upon my return. I’m working at getting
back with the program and hopefully the damage will be reversed before too long.
3 comments:
it is always good to enjoy chocolate when with friends :) yes you might need to watch for a week or so to get back on track - but it was worth it wasn't it :)
Life is too short to not enjoy chocolate...anytime! Wonderful that you had a fun/happy/productive time at retreat. I love your collection of zipper bags. And don't worry about the points on the geese---quilted and washed , things will be less noticeable! You sounds much happier for the fabric therapy:)
One way to help with points is to sew a scant. Of course for flying geese I use Eleanor Burns method with her rulers and I do not have that problem anymore! Your quilt is very pretty and I love the colors!
So happy that you were able to have a 'mini' retreat!
Hope all stays well! Hugs
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