We had such a fun week in Amishland! We were missing Fran, Gwen, and Dianne but we made sure to talk about them a lot so they could feel included in spirit. My mind is like a sieve these days so I thought maybe a recap would help us all remember what we worked on when we are wondering what to pack for the next retreat. I didn't get photos of everything but here are some of the highlights, in no particular order. Forgive me for all of the projects that I missed.
Mary Ann was working on an adorable Winnie the Pooh baby quilt (IYKYK). She also cut into the flamingo fabric from Judy to get a Stack-n-Whack started. She also worked on some cute Christmas trees for a fundraiser piece.
Kathy put together two jelly rolls--one with cute Thomas the Train prints and another for a comfort quilt in jewel tones. She even found time to get started on a Missouri Star pattern with some very luxurious looking charm packs.
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Jan put the borders on a stunning Kaffe layer cake project (green, of course). She also finished putting together an I Spy. She also created a basket block for a project with the Quilted Thimble. Jan worked on some pieced flying geese from a Kim Diehl book. Look at those tiny points! She found time to pin baste a Halloween jelly roll quilt and to make a pieced back for it from a panel and some yardage. She also made a cute drawstring bag.
Syd started by putting the borders on a 60 degree diamond sailboat block quilt. She then pulled out a stack of friendship stars and a stunning Mary Ellen Hopkins stripe. What an amazing top! Next, she dug into some flannel cuts to make a jelly roll quilt. Lastly, she made a baby quilt from an adorable panel.
Lynn worked on a handful of challenging projects including Elizabeth Hartman's Legendary pattern with Bigfoot, the Pen and Paper Everbloom pattern and a delectable mountains with Kaffe paired with some gorgeous organic stripes in saturated colors.
Prudie worked on flying geese and then dug into a scrap basket knockouts project that Fran finished at a previous retreat. She also squeezed in a pillowcase to fight off the tedium of lots and lots of little pieces. The modern conversation prints were so adorable!
Karen was working on pretty scrap blocks. I failed to get a photo of what the finished project will look like.
Susie started off with a sweet dinosaur tracks top. She also worked on some scrappy blocks and finishing a Christmas wall hanging.
Laura worked on scrap blocks in cheerful prints. She also finished a Kim Diehl topper that she bought when she got temporarily marooned with car trouble near Anna Louisa's. She had been looking for armadillo fabric to memorialize the unfortunate incident on a motorcycle trip. I brought her a piece of a friend's Charley Harper fabric so she could start brainstorming a project that can feature the motifs.
Luann also worked on scrappy blocks in beautiful fall colors. She finished a three yard quilt and another cute pattern.
I worked on a photo transfer quilt for my brother's upcoming 70th birthday. I had to scramble to get the panels printed in time but I'm looking forward to presenting him with the quilt with memories from our epic trips to Alaska and Europe. I started a Sherman in Pajamas quilt inspired by the goats in pajamas pattern. The pajamas show all of his favorite things (think mostly food). I also got caught up on some of my guild homework (improv blocks, a pincushion to swap, and some drawstring bag samples for another upcoming swap).
That's all for now. Perhaps Kathy will add the color commentary ...
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