It's Good to Be Back Home

Wow, I can't believe that I haven't blogged since last Sunday.  :-o  It was a busy week, and while there isn't much on the calendar for next week as of right now, I have a feeling that it'll change. 

I had an absolutely wonderful time at our guild's retreat.  We got there late Thursday morning and were able to spend Thursday afternoon free sewing.  I put together one more pineapple block and got about halfway through another.

 Pat Speth taught a workshop on Friday, so she presented a trunk show Thursday evening.  I took several photos, but I'm not sure that any of them are truly blogworthy.  Between my less-than-spectacular photography skills and the fact that the quilts were all big (we should have had 4 members holding up the quilts rather than 2), the photos really didn't do justice to the quilts.  I did get a picture of Pat holding up her Labor Day Stars quilt, the quilt I signed up to make in her workshop.

I got 4 blocks finished Thursday ... the construction was very easy but a little time consuming (at least for me ... my tablemate managed to finish at least 10).

The pattern calls for each block to be constructed from 2 fabrics ... but unwittingly, I picked up 4 fabrics to make my first block.  I was all done and holding it up for all to see when my tablemate remarked that I'd made a scrappy block.  Ooops!  I really would have preferred the 2-color blocks (you know that I'm not into scrappy ... I was approaching the limits of my comfort zone by choosing to make each block from 2 different fabrics), but I definitely was not going to unstitch that first block, so I proceeded with Plan B.  I have made progress on more blocks ... I need to trim down my components and then piece them into blocks.  After that, I will have only 4 more blocks to construct.  I don't know that I'm going to rush into finishing up the blocks as I still need to choose fabric for the sashing, setting triangles and borders.  But I do plan to finish this quilt as I love those stars.

Mickey Depree gave her trunk show Friday evening and her workshop on Saturday.  I wasn't able to get any pictures of Mickey's quilts because I volunteered to help hold up her quilts.  I got my fabrics pieced together for 3 rosettes, but that's as far as I got.  :-(   I did come to the realization that 1.5" hexies are bigger than I like to work with.  Ha!

By the time I got home, I had just enough energy to unpack the van and put everything away.  The rest of the evening was spent with my feet up, stitching on EPP Bow Ties.  Which is what I'm thinking I'll do today as well ... all that bending over to cut fabric and trim down Labor Day Stars components has taken a big toll on my back, so I'm definitely going to take it easy today and get in some slow Sunday stitching on those Bow Ties.   

I hope that whatever you have planned for today includes a little something that brings you joy ... have a great day!
Kathy