Virtual Retreat 2016

[lorra]

That is great Heather! He better give you a big hug when it is finished, or tell him your quilting friends will come get him. That should scare him. hmy: When he is out on his own, he will really appreciate all you have done for him, and won't have trouble letting you know. I really think the quilt is gorgeous. He is lucky young man!

[lorra]

Heather..your quilt is awesome I love it, what a good idea!! and I love the story of the quilt

Dorothy

[twiglet]

Agree Heather it's great

[genevacarroll]

It's only raining lightly here at the opposite end of the US from the snow storm. Still a perfect day to sew!

Thursday I made a small bag for myself! When we travel I have what I call the "Pary Muffin" bag. Pary Muffin is a family term for Mary Poppins. When my daughter was little she loved Mary Poppins, but called her Pary Muffin. However, I digress.... Remember in the movie when Pary unpacks her belongings from a magical bag that is endlessly deep and wide? It carries everything. That's pretty much my bag that I carry when we travel. It's literally been all over the world. (not everywhere, but lots of somewheres!) However, when I try to find my cords and plugs they are usually all tangled up with the lamp shade or kitchen sink (!!) and I usually pull out the wrong cord. So I made a little bag to put the cords in.



and the inside.




Yesterday I received in the mail the fabric for a duvet cover for our bed. So this weekend I will work on that.

Happy weekend everyone! geneva

[genevacarroll]

Geneva,
Isn't it just disgusting when you pull something out of your bag and when that kitchen sink appears, it's loaded with all the dirty dishes that accumulated while you were off doing more important things? ALLH. That stands for A Little Luann Humor.
Wendy's gonna send me to the chicken yard pretty soon,,,,

[Scoopie]

Heather, I love the last layout that you did, and eventually sewed together! Your son is going to have a really great quilt. I think Cherrywwod fabrics (pretty sure that's what you said they were) has washing instructions on their site, for their fabrics. They are saturated fabrics, and so some can bleed if care is not taken. Be sure your son knows not to wash the quilt in hot water!!! :woohoo: hmy:

Geneva, love the baggy butts, oops, I mean the bag! Reminds me of a coaster at a restaurant we just ate at, "Does this make my glass look bigger?"

Dawn

[Scoopie]

Heather, I love the last layout that you did, and eventually sewed together! Your son is going to have a really great quilt. I think Cherrywwod fabrics (pretty sure that's what you said they were) has washing instructions on their site, for their fabrics. They are saturated fabrics, and so some can bleed if care is not taken. Be sure your son knows not to wash the quilt in hot water!!! :woohoo: hmy:

Geneva, love the baggy butts, oops, I mean the bag! Reminds me of a coaster at a restaurant we just ate at, "Does this make my glass look bigger?"

Dawn

thanks Dawn, and everyone! My son is very thrilled so far, and had input on the design so he's happy. Nothing like seeing that smile spread over his face, ya know? I know he'll be delighted, and appropriately grateful. He's a good kid.

I will definitely be sure he follows washing instructions for the fabrics; they did come with a card explaining. Especially having lights next to darks, he'll have to be careful. Or more likely, for at least a while, I'll be washing it....I doubt it will get washed much at college, only on breaks home most likely! But, that gives a good 4 years of proper washing before he'll be in charge of it....probably a very good thing!

And Geneva, I also love that fabric of the little old ladies at the beach! What a cute find, and perfect for a bag like that!

[Scoopie]

Heather, love the quilt so far, it is looking great.

Geneva, that is a great looking bag, the fabric reminds me of the saucy postcards we have at seaside resorts here. I know what you mean about cable tangles, I have been planning on making myself a cable organiser bag too. What is useful now is that so many of the charger cables now plug into a usb socket, which means that you only need to carry one plug, which is bulky, for several cables - finally a plus for all the tech we now carry!

Currently packing up 100's of books for moving and we have run out of boxes very early on, so a trawl through my stash of dress fabrics (actually hand-me-downs from other peoples stash) to find fabrics I will never wear, and tearing them into strips to tie the books up - the cunning plan being that the strips are about 1.5"-2" wide, so that afterwards they are a reasonable width for scrappy piecing with :P DH plans on having the lounge emptied and the carpet up by the end of tomorrow hmy: inch: :blink:

[NanaPie]

Geneva, where did you get your label you attached to the inside? How very nice it is!

[lorra]

Rosemary, good luck with moving all the books. That was a great idea to use the strips that can be used later too. We redid the bedroom floors a few years ago and had to clear out everything. All the closets too! What a mess. I won't have to do that again and I am glad. I am sure it will feel good to have the job all finished. Oh no, you will have to move all the books back. :silly:

[idaho]

Boy ! Am I sympathetic ! Try having belly surgery in the middle of new floors going down and add a few other
complications to boot !! But it is done now and looks great....but will be months getting everything back into place!!
And yours will be too I know !! Keep smiling !! :blink: :kiss: :P

[genevacarroll]

Luann, was that you sitting in the row ahead of me on my last flight? I'm so sorry all my dirty dishes from my kitchen sink were making such a clanking noise. Thank you so much for not putting your seat back! B)

Rosemary, it's such a great idea to use reusable strips for your book transfers. And how extra nice that your husband will be emptying the room by today, on his own I presume.... We once redid the floors in our entire downstairs home. Had to move the frig, toilet, washer/dryer, furniture, baseboards and everything else. My husband suggested we just tip the house so everything would slide from one end of the house to the other. Good idea, not practical though! hmy: That was a 6 week period where I was stuck at home being a housewife. After all the work was done, which was so lovely, I told everyone that I was done being married to the house. I was resigning from my "housewife" position.

Beverly, my son bought me those tags for Christmas one year. I love them. You can probably go online and find some. If I think of the company I will let you know. They weren't very expensive.

It is a beautiful sunny day here! Yay!

I cut all the fabric for the duvet cover yesterday. Today I will piece it. It's a simple project, so hopefully won't take too long. (She said optimistically).

Here is a picture of my two grandsons. Dylan is 2 1/2 weeks old here and Parker is 2 years 4 months. The photographer is amazing!





Take care, geneva

[twiglet]

Fabulous pics Geneva.

Rosemary I wouldn't have torn up my fabrics, I'd have torn up the curtains and then said 'Oh dear looks like we need some new ones' :whistle:

[Scoopie]

Geneva, of course the photographer Is amazing! Her name is Dawn. All kidding aside, that is a great picture, to be cherished forever.

I'm not redoing floors, had the belly surgery a couple of years ago, and have all of my cables well organized and not mixing with each other. BUT, I am miserable! I am on day 3 or 4 (lost track of time) of a rotten cold! I need chocolates, warm fuzzies, hugs and anything else you can send my way! Right now the worst pain is behind my eyes. Which, for a quilter, is unacceptable! I WILL continue working on my Hoffman Challenge today! More drugs, please! inch:

Everyone, have a good day, whether it be sewing, playing with grandkids, helping the DH, or whatever! I pray none of you is in the path of the east coast storm!

Dawn

[Scoopie]

Dawn,
I know what those miserable colds can do to a person. I had one last year when I returned from the Midwest vacation. I wanted my husband to put me in a box wrapped in heating blankets, load me on a plane, and ship me home to SC! I think he would have gladly done that, but the airports weren't enroute! Two days of miserable travel, not to mention that the first day was through an ice and snow weather EVENT. I woke up about 14 days after arriving home to finally wanting to get out of bed and go somewhere. We went to the beach, the sun warmed me to my bones and I continued to get better. I hope you get to that spot sooner than I did!
Storm missed us at this end of our state. In fact I'm on the screen porch, with a turtleneck tshirt, and a medium weight sweater, and the sun is shining, no breeze out here today. I'm in earthly heaven, if you know what I mean.
I'm sending you a big dose of bone-warming sunshine! Remember to take your Vitamin D at this time of year, even down here we can't get proper sun exposure for our needs during winter.
Feel better soon,