I think sitting in the sun and putting down my thoughts
is one of the reasons I like to blog.
How many of us dreamed of being writers,
making it big with a best seller?
I am content just sharing some thoughts and some creative
works with like minded people !
A nice segway into the product from the first retreat of season.
It was held by a group I joined in the new year. I wanted to
meet some new friends and go to a nearby meeting and this
group fit the bill.
We arrived to find some great goodies for us.
One item was a little project kit in the theme of the
weekend, fruit!
It had lots of different techniques in the making so
we had lots of interaction and learning! Curved
piecing, paper piecing, a zipper, lining and color
planning! A few of us finished in an afternoon and
came home with this adorable zippered fruit pouch!
First up for me tho, was stitching ups some Terri Rowland
blocks. They are little scrappy 3 1/2" cut blocks that will
eventually make a color wash twin size top. Easy to do
while setting up and greeting old friends and making new ones.
They sewed up quickly so I had success within hours of arriving!
Finished up the first night joining stacks of blocks.
Almost the last of the log cabin blocks went together
into a twin sized top.
Then a little pineapple top for the upcoming arrival was
put together. The back I had didn't sparkle to me so that
went back in the box. Later, I traded it for a lovely piece
of yellow flannel.
A random cloud of inspiration (distraction) came
into my sewing room one evening and I cut
way too many 1 1/2" strips. They sewed
up into 48 11 1/2" family color squares. Yes, that is a very
unique size. Late night sewing makes for strange pattern reading!
Anyway, they all got stitched into tops, and I now have three very
adorable color bombs. Two tops were completed at retreat,
with the third getting its stripy binding a home.
One is quilted and ready for the quilt show
once it gets a sleeve and a label.
Guess where some of those color family
log cabin blocks ended up?
So many scraps were on my mind that the last day became
good time to sew off into the sunset and on into starlight.
Some color crumbs surrounded by wonky stars from the
block bank dazzle. The crisp white seems to
enhance the crumbs so well it feels like magic!
Stay safe and enjoy retreat and sew day season!
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