Unpacking~

As I was unpacking from the retreat, I took some photo's for you. :-)
When everyone registered, they were given a retreat bag, a bag of batting samples and their T-shirt if they ordered one. Since I was on the committee, I just put my bag aside and didn't really look in it until after the retreat. :-o  Oh my goodness!  The Warm and Natural company donated all the bags of batting and it was a big hit with the ladies. The pieces are big enough for small wall hangings and I've already heard that a couple of the ladies have used some of them.  :-)

The flower pinned to the bag was made by one of our committee members, the talented Shauna.:-)  The journal covers were made by various HGTV message board members and inside there was a little note that said who made your cover. Very fun!  Thanks Malou! I love my red/white cover!  The key ring, little card wallet, dish cloth and other goodies were also made and donated by board members. Everyone received a donated book and pattern too.  As well as the little F8th of fabric and the measuring tool. Lots of goodies!

The bag had our board name and the Missouri bird and flower embroidered on them. What a great memento. There was a also a pillow square with the state outline printed on it for collecting signatures. I'm not sure why mine didn't make it into the photo. LOL 

We had class time every day during the retreat. I took a Swedish weaving class~ and loved it! I should have taken a photo of the back of my placemat too because none of the stitches show on the back! It is really cool. I want to make another one as soon as I collect the supplies. It was done on 11 count Aida cloth.

While we were visiting a local quilt shop, I saw a display of Swedish weaving books and picked one up. This will be a perfect new hobby when watching TV at night. Of course, I discovered a few other 'perfect new hobbies' too. ;-)  I'll tell you about those in my next post.

Until next time~

Have a great week and happy stitching!!