Did you notice. . .

. . . that my list was seriously whittled? I posted a list on Friday in which I was taking stock of the to-do list. It felt constricting, like I had too much on my plate and breathing room was diminishing.

I am pleased to report that in 3 days, I had 3 items checked off the list. Allow me to review.

1. Prom dress alterations - DONE!
2. Purple KF quilt - DONE!
3. Tulip wall hanging - DONE!

How rare it is to be so productive. Feels pretty good, let me tell you. I quilted and bound the wall hanging on Sunday afternoon. Simple, straight quilting; nothing fancy. I used a navy blue print from my stash for the backing and binding.

Today, I am off to sew at Terry's. I am taking yet another item on Friday's list - the April UFO. I would like to get the top together as far as possible. That would be fantastic. I have already cut my setting blocks and trimmed the pieced blocks. I am set to sew.

I'm setting it on point, and the variety of blues will just be thrown out - no special arranging.

Happy Quilting, Friends!

A Successful Retreat

I hereby pronounce this retreat a resounding success. What a wonderful opportunity to spend time with a great group of fellow quilters and sew to our heart's content! I managed to have a very productive 3 days, and I can't wait for you to see my progress!

Remember the impromptu tulip wall hanging I decided to cut out at the last minute? I just love how my garden grew! 

The pattern is shown with a horizontal layout, but I've decided that I prefer one that is vertical, like the second picture. I did get a few of those checkerboard borders attached, but not all. I will get back to this straight away, as I would love to have it hanging here in my family room this spring.

I spent most of my retreat time working on the kit of 19th Century Reds. This quilt only requires 12 blocks, but look at how much piecing goes into one block. They seemed to take forever! And I had to be very careful to place the HSTs with the lightest neutral in the correct place so that the interesting secondary design would show up when the sashing is added.

I went to the retreat with the intent of finishing this quilt top, but after working most of 2 days just to get the blocks together, I decided I wanted to work on other things, too, so I put these blocks away and got out the tulips.

There are many more retreat pictures to share. I will try to present them in a somewhat organized fashion over the next couple of days.

Happy Quilting, Friends!