Monthly Archives: May 2016

Retreat in Rangeley Maine

I have been in Rangeley Maine for a quilting retreat this week –  one of my favorite weeks of the year spent with good friends doing what we love together.

It always takes longer to do the piecing that I think it will so I always bring way too much to work on.  I was able to catch up on my Spring Yankee Pride Mystery – will post a picture of the top when it is done….  and also piece 2 other tops as well as sew binding on the quilt I pieced at my last retreat.

Also –  did see a moose!

Here are pictures of my projects and of the moose:

So Long, Farewell!

So Long, Farewell!

Fun with striped fabric I purchased over a decade ago!

Fun with striped fabric I purchased over a decade ago!

Disappearing Hour Glass Quilt

Disappearing Hour Glass Quilt

Rangeley Moose

Rangeley Moose

Tis the Season for Retreats!

I am catching up on things this week as I spent last weekend at Camp Abanaki with the Champlain Valley Quilt Guild at a retreat last weekend and am headed for Rangeley Maine next Monday for a week long retreat with friends.  This is when I get to work on piecing my own projects.

It was VERY cold in the non-heated cabins over the weekend – that little ceramic heater was no match for the cold nights – I think I have finally warmed up.

The main project I worked on over the weekend was from a pattern I had seen in a 2008 Quilting Magazine and finally over the Shop Hop this spring found fabric to make it.  It is called Bohemian Charm as there are many bright and varied fabrics used.  It is comprised of 4 different sized churn dash blocks (a total of 89 churn dash blocks).

I love how colorful it is with all the Kaffe Fassett fabrics.  I plan on quilting it soon and having it on my bed as a summer quilt.

Bohemian charm quilt

Bohemian charm quilt