Virtual Retreat 2017

[idaho]

Thank you Wendy, I love Kaffe fabrics.

[she-quilts]

Here is a quilt I made fast in January. I took the first 2 weeks off from my quilting business and pieced and quilted for me. Actually, I sent this to a friend. She & her family are mis-son-ari-es in Honduras. (I spaced that in case it is a problem to use that word here.) I pack a few boxes for gifts for the local pastors and kids they serve and sometimes have sent quilts I've made. The houses do get in the 50's & rainy sometimes and most don't have any means of heat. So yes, they do need quilts. This year I made this in colors she is using in her new bedroom and marked it personal for her. The container just arrived so I hope to hear soon that she has her quilt. The label is special to her, with her initial, and I also quilted To "her" Love, "me" in one of the inner borders. All the fabrics, front & backing, came from my stash. The time was love!

I made the pyramids (ala Gyleen's polygon ruler) and then ended up with so many leftover, I had a long strip for the back! This is for her queen bed. I know the pyramids got chopped off in some corners. I had it all planned and had to put all the floater strips on first. But I was totally wrong. I don't think she'll send it back because of this! And I learned to not put in piping on a "fast" quilt or where you have pyramids! It looks like I cut all the tips off but they are just hiding under the piping! :lol: :whistle:

I had just randomly/slightly planned the backing piecing. Just put on the initial and wrote the label where it fit at the bottom. When the quilting was finished and I turned over the quilt, all the label was perfectly in an area with light thread quilting, not the detail quilting I had done in burgundy! I felt a large miracle ta-da moment! #needcurtseyemoticon :P

I'm slow to edit and post photos. Since then I've mostly been working for customers. I did a small banner and maybe I'll get that posted another day soon.

[she-quilts]

Wow, two packages on their way to me! Thanks, ladies!!

I am so far behind again....Feb & March have both yet to be done. I think I did send January...need to check my list and make sure. Yikes! Time for some catch-up sewing this weekend!!

Loving all the eye-candy in this thread...some gorgeous quilts and rows!! I'm working on a 2nd customer quilt for the same lady as before; a strip pieced Trip Around the World, then it will get borders to be bed sized. She hasn't yet unpacked the other one (her house is being renovated, so it's waiting on that...) so I still don't know if it fits properly or not (the last one shrank more than anticipated when washed). This one is being made overly large to accommodate, which I should have done on the first one.

I'll come in with photos this afternoon to show the row Marilyn sent me and any others that arrive by then, and some of what I'm working on. Happy Friday, all!

[she-quilts]

Joyce - really like the quilt you made for your friend, I think its wonderful you are able to send things along to her too!

Barb :-)

[she-quilts]

Geneva,

You have been one busy lady the past few months, I know your mom has been on the top of your list. I hope she's settled into her new surroundings.

Wish we were closer I'd love to see all your quilts at your guild show!

Take care - Barb

[twiglet]

Joyce those points are safe. Love the story and your friend will be flattered, all that time and love. Nice quilting as well, even more time spent.

Geneva hope you get lots of good feedback on your display. You will from us if you post more photos :cheer:

[twiglet]

I've been asked to address the loss of our Row Robin thread. I'm as frustrated as the rest of you. I have no idea why it happened, or how to fix it. So,,, I am officially asking everyone to use our virtual retreat thread to post about the Row Robin exchange. It would be really nice if all involved could get their rows and/or fabrics received together and take a photo or two, please. Thanks for continuing on with all of this, as I have become the 'on the shore but cheering' person. I'm glad a got some fabric off to everyone at the onset, as my life turned into a bit of a whirlwind of events and undertakings. One of which has been becoming a Second VicePresident, in charge of programs for the Palmetto Fiber Arts Guild. Little did I know that nothing had been planned for 2016, and programs not only meant presentations at monthly meetings, but workshops, classes, etc etc!! There were no informational forms to follow, or anything written to go by, oh, and did I mention, no designated budget?? I guess I did ok, I was unanimously elected again! But the, no one else was willing to take it over. So, the first few months of this year have been going a lot better, as I believe in planning a year in advance for this type of thing! I stepped out on a limb recently, wrote up a contract, and booked a teacher to come in for a 3-day workshop for this coming October! I need 12 to break even, and I have 7 registered in less than a month! Now it's on to advertising it to our community.
So, yes I've been quiet on here, and on my blog! But I've been up to a lot of good things.
Hope everyone is enjoying some time in their sewing rooms.
Love to all of you, Luann

[idaho]

Thanks for taking the time to write ! Hope all will feel a little less adrift with this project... Thanks, also toTribblemom/Kathy
for your help in attempting to straighten out the mess ! I will get some photos done soon !
Happy Spring everyone ! And especially "Hello" to all you who read and never write anymore ! You're missed!! Yes, you are !!!

[she-quilts]

Thanks, Barb! It makes her very happy to get bags of Nestle chocolate chips too!

[she-quilts]

Joyce those points are safe. Love the story and your friend will be flattered, all that time and love. Nice quilting as well, even more time spent.

Thanks, Wendy! I made a huge star quilt like this another year and sent it down. She wanted to keep it. Since the shipping of the 2nd container to them was delayed, I had time after my Christmas rush to make her a quilt. And good timing with hearing about their fixing houses etc so the son & family can move closer to the main property.

The star is from using FQs and pieces together fast. I just needed to add some borders to make it fit a queen bed. Great pattern for a stash quilt! And for one that loves to play with quilting.

[she-quilts]

Luann, being in charge of programs is a large job! It sounds like you are doing a wonderful job. In the guilds I'm in, yes, the program chair works a year or 2 ahead for the next chairs. And in the current year, takes care of the speaker's needs, introduction to the program time, and payment from the treasurer to the speaker. You added in making a stunning brochure!!

#thumbsup

[genevacarroll]

Well, how odd that the Row Robin forum is stuck on closed.... As my husband says "It's a computer."

I had a marvelous weekend at the Tri City Quilt Guild show. Being the member featured artist was awesome!! B) What struck me and humbled me was being able to see my 30+ year body of work all hanging together. It was so fun to shat with the people coming through. As requested, thank you Wendy, I'll post some pictures. Photos by my sweetie..




















That's all the pictures it will let me upload on one page. I get that!

[genevacarroll]

Well, how odd that the Row Robin forum is stuck on closed.... As my husband says "It's a computer."

I had a marvelous weekend at the Tri City Quilt Guild show. Being the member featured artist was awesome!! B) What struck me and humbled me was being able to see my 30+ year body of work all hanging together. It was so fun to shat with the people coming through. As requested, thank you Wendy, I'll post some pictures. Photos by my sweetie..




















That's all the pictures it will let me upload on one page. I get that!

[genevacarroll]

Hi!
How odd that the Row Robin forum is stuck! However, like my husband says "It's a computer!"

This past weekend was amazing! I was the member featured artist for our guild show. I am amazed and humbled at being chosen. I was really taken aback when I walked around and saw my 30+ years body of work. I've never seen them all together like this and it was amazing. I'll post some pictures that my sweetie took. I'll do 4 and then do another post as it takes so long to post a lot of pictures.


This was the entry to my area.



Here are Color and Passion 1 & 2! The first time they have been hung and seen by anyone.



And of course June was there. She's such a party gal. She likes to be the center of attention.




These are some travel quilts, Dear Jane and a quilt I made after my dad died. (Someone asked me if I made this after he died. It has his date of death on it. :unsure: )

That's enough for this post.... geneva

[genevacarroll]

And here's 4 more pictures:



This is a quilt that my friends from Carmel Indiana made the blocks for me and I hand quilted it. It is 100" long. The bottom is pinned up. The pink flamingo block is made by my friend Brenda Papadakis.



This is TSAU, The Souls Among Us, Magnum Opus, and a shot of Color and Passion 1.



This is the back wall. My daughter's sunflower quilt I made for her graduation, my crop circles quilts and a little quilt my granddaughter and I made together.



Another grouping. Jolly Ranchers, All Roads Lead Home and Sawa Sawa my original design.

There are a few more but you get the idea. It was so fun!

Barb, thanks for your comments about being so busy. This winter has been a hard one with all the snow and cold. Taking care of my mom has been so emotionally and physically draining. But she is settled and seems to be doing ok. Today my husband had cataract surgery so I am attempting to keep him quiet! It all went well. And in 2 weeks my mom will have endoscopy surgery. Plus being Grammy to wonderful grandkids.... I keep busy! At the quilt show I bought a fat quarter set to make a baby quilt for my newest grandson due in June. I'm hoping to get more sewing time in soon.

Nancy! I love your applique! OMG! It's beautiful and so dramatic. I'm glad you were thinking of me and enjoying yourself. You made me smile so big!

I gave out the TQS website to several people this past weekend. Maybe some of them will join and hang out in our lounge and be a lizard! We can always use more crazy people like us. And I mean that very affectionally. (That's not really a word, but you get what I mean, right?)

Take care everyone! geneva