Virtual Retreat 2016

[eileenkny]

Glad I could help.

[genevacarroll]

I'm so glad Eileen woke us up on this forum. I've missed you all. Hi Ritzy!!!

I'll post a picture of the crayon challenge quilt I finished. I may have already done that on the row line! hmy: The most difficult thing was to make it exactly 24" x 36". I had some great ideas that wouldn't fit. It's called "Rainbow Sherbet and Blueberries".


Have a great weekend everyone!

geneva

[eileenkny]

Geneva, I love those colors!! That is a very happy quilt.
My guild did a paint chip challenge a couple of years ago. Probably along the same lines.

[twiglet]

Geneva it's so good

[twiglet]

Geneva, love those colors!

Eileen, hello.

[twiglet]

Hi Geneva...and all my other friends!

[Scoopie]

Oh Geneva! What wonderful colors!

And, "Hello" Ritzy! Long time no hear from you, too! I'm glad Eileen stirred up the pot!

Maybe I'll volunteer to be in charge of our guild's yearly challenge this year! The crayons and paint chip colors sound like fun, and I don't think any of the permanent residents here have done that. (We have a lot of snowbirds)

Dawn

[MontanaGramma]

Our guild did the paint chip challenge 2 years ago except we used Joan Wolfrom's color cards. We were allowed any color on the card plus black & white and one other color. I got lime green and made a frogwith a pure flower. It was fun.

[MontanaGramma]

Love your quilt Geneva!

Dorothy

[kfstitcher]

Eileen and Ritzy it's so nice to see you again.

[genevacarroll]

Thank you everyone for the kind comments on my quilt. I'm not sure I really like it. I wonder if it's too much chaos. But I was tired of playing around with the pieces and parts and just wanted something done. I've carefully stacked the fabrics in a pile and when I get done with the 2 quilts I'm finishing now, I might make another quilt. I love the colors.

It's nice to see you all back at the forum!

geneva

[eileenkny]

I just spent a nice couple of days with 2 of my quilty BFFs. One of them is the queen of the scrap quilt. She took some orphan Rail Fence blocks, lopped off the corners, and added bright lime green setting triangles as the new corners. Busy? You bet! But...she breathed new life into those blocks.
Maybe you can do the same thing with your blocks. Spin them around, turn them upside down. You just might see them in a new light.

[eileenkny]

So, who's going to do Sue's newest BOM? I'm on the fence; I really don't need another project but....Sue Garman designed it!! How can I not at least try to do it?
What is everyone else thinking? :unsure:

[eileenkny]

I've been thinking about doing this BOM. Not sure yet, but I'll take the advise I was given last year. - whether you do the BOM now or not, download the info and save it so that when 'my time' is right for doing it, I'll have the info.
Now I must remember to renew my membership, too!
I'm looking forward to the sharing of everyone's take on this quilt. Especially, since a few are already looking at alternate color schemes.

[eileenkny]

Has anyone done a gypsy wife quilt? I really like the idea, but I want to use the orphan blocks, etc that I already have. How scrappy do you think it can be, yet still be cohesive?