Quilting Retreat – Part 3

Now we’ll get down to the quilts that were made on the retreat.  This bright and cheerful creation was made by my niece Sara – this was actually a spur of the moment project that was inspired when we went on our little outing on Saturday.  Sara had run out of a certain fabric for her Sanctuary quilt so she picked up some more material at Quilter’s Inn in Danville and completed this quilt top in the rest of the time we spent on our retreat.

It totally captures her fun, young outlook.

My sister Nicole brought a number of projects to work on.  She is very prolific.

This is just one of the quilts she was working on.  I love the robin’s egg blue with other, warmer colors.  Nicole loves a scrappy quilt, that is for sure.  I wish I had a picture of her Valentine quilt that she brought – you’ll just have to wander over to her blog and check it out.  She took better pictures anyway.

My other sister Kate was working on a blue and yellow quilt using the April Cornell Sunshine line.  I didn’t get a good picture of any of the blocks that she was working on but she did bring a baby quilt for Sew & Tell that she just made for a coworker. 

   

The front was adorable but was really really sweet about this was the quilting.  Here is a close up:

Heather was working on a project from a class called Strip Club and typical of her quilts her color choices for this one are bright and vibrant – I wish I had taken better pictures, especially of this quilt because the blocks seemed to float on top of the black.  It was really striking.

Bette was working on a quilt for nephew in batiks in beautiful shades of greens and purples.  Only she got tired of working on it and put it away before I could get a proper picture of it.  She did have this incredible (oh all the quilts are incredible to me – who am I kidding?) project to show.  I love the middle border.  I could never do that.  I don’t even think I could aspire to do that.   Sorry for the crummy angle on this picture – there were throngs of other quilters in my way.

And last but not least Linda was working on a huge undertaking.  Three quilt tops – actually two quilts and one duvet cover – for her teenage daughter and two of her friends.  She was working with bright pinks and greens.   She had a whole assembly line thing going on –

That black fabric with the little purses on it was seriously cute.  She brought another finished project to show and coincidently it was the same fabric I was working with.  This was her first project free form quilting on her new sewing machine. 

I really had a fabulous time and I’m inspired to branch out from my safe little table toppers.  Nicole went to an incredible amount of effort to make this a fun and rewarding retreat for everyone.  I think it was a perfect retreat to go on for my first time.  I can hardly wait for next year. 

In the meantime I’m going to keep cranking out yo yo’s.  Who knows maybe by the time I’m 90 I’ll have enough for a quilt top.