It's all about Friends and Quilts Part 1

 Monday (10/11) arrived and I was for a quilt retreat with 13 of my favorite quilty friends. Actually I love all my quilty friends. We're on the seamy side of the tracks. LOL 

I had packed my car Sunday night with everything except my suitcase so I could throw last minute things in it.  I was on the road by 8:40am and headed to Three Oaks Quilt Retreat in Yoakum.  Siri map took me a slightly different way and one turn actually took me in the opposite direction from the Retreat. Goofy thing.  I had to re-enter the address and Siri finally got me to the right address and the fun was about to begin. Some of the gals wasted no time of getting their projects started and on the design wall. Or they were sewing and cutting away...

Without all these ladies there would be no retreat or fun memories. I can't thank the ladies for my cute gifts.  Trick or Trick bag, cup, puzzle, jelly, notebook and my phone sling. It kept me from misplacing my phone most of the week.  And thanks to all who brought snacks and homemade cookies and cake.

Also thank you Donna Marie for making our cute room assignment chart.

If you've ever organized a retreat you know it's work but  it's the ladies who attend that make a difference between a successful or sucky retreat.

This quilt made by Joy Wall in March 2019 at retreat started a snowball effect.  The vintage Santa fabric was a hit.

The next person to make one was Diana and I'll be darn if I can find the picture of her quilt. I decided I needed to make one for my vintage guest room. I search on-line and found the fabric at Joann's and bought it. I'm making my Vintage Log Cabin Santa semi scrappy and on the back wall you'll see 3 blocks of the vintage Santa started by Pat. She also fell in love with the Santa fabric and found it on-line.

We all fell in love with this fabric and had to have it. I knew I'd have to scrappy cut the Santa's but oh what a pain, and I did it 72 times. Way more than I needed. Oops.

Pat completed her Gnome banner and her tree wall hanging. 

Too Cute.            

At some point during the week it was 5 o'clock somewhere.   Oh did I mention this blog may be on Photo over load. I can't share all the pictures but  I'll a lot of them.  

This is Becky with a Y or Brenda or Lisa our newest retreater.  I chamged her name to Brenda. It started with a B. The name Lisa is another story another time. LOL. That's Anna in the corner left taking the selfie.

Donna Marie finished the beauty. It turned out great. Her borders are using grunge fabrics.  And the sail boat quilt she completed before retreat was over came out darling.  There's a tiny flag at the top of the sail and it's 3D. Too cool.

Next is Kim. She took the pictures her brother took and printed them on fabric to make a quilt for him. The photos were awesome and her fabrics really set the pictures. Great job Kim. No panels this retreat. You're going to town. 

This another quilt Kim started and finished while at retreat. 

This is my bluebonnet quilt for m Texas guest room. About to sew on first border of blue but had to order the bluebonnet fabric for the 2nd border and backing. I got the call it was in so I'll have to go to Lone Star Quiltworks to pick it up after I get back home. I found as many different fabrics as I could out there in fabric land to avoid duplicating too many of them in the quilt.

Anna was my over achiever this trip. Her tree wall hanging, her peacock panel quilt and her Mary Poppin's bag. The colors in the Peacock don't come through on the picture but they are dark rich colors.

        

 She wasn't able to finish the bottom of the bag because she forgot it at home. It won't take her long to finish once she gets back home I'm sure.

Becky with a Y finished up her Carpenters Star and was working on this colorful top. Love the colors. The bright colorful creation next to the Carpenter's Star is something Bekki "BB" is working on. It's almost all Tula Pink Fabric.

Many thanks to my long time friend and sorority sister Sheryl for inviting her Aunt Diana to a retreat. She's been coming ever since and I'm glad. She makes these wonder works of art.

 
And she completed this quilt top.  Wow.

Denise was working on a top for her dad. She had all but one block and needed more fabric that she left at home so she started on another project.

    

Well this post is getting really long so I'll stop for now but I will post more on another post.

There was a lot of creativity going on along with laughter.

Until my next post.....§  Our friendship is a tapestry/ Woven through the years/ With threads of joy and laughter/ Happiness and tears