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Home Again

Jiggity Jig!  :-)

~Mother Goose

I am back from my retreat~ actually I got home Sunday, but have been playing catch-up. You know~

unpacking, laundry and all that jazz. ;-)

I had a fantastic time! I always do~ the friends, the sewing time, no cooking~~how could I not have a great time?   I got a few things crossed off of my list too!   I don't have a photo yet, but i got 30 blocks assembled for a raggy flannel/denim quilt that will be a graduation gift in June. Now to get them assembled into a quilt~ then I will show you. ;-)

I also made these 2 bags and little zipper pouches.

The bags are from a magazine and I can't think of the name now! :-o But I did change a few things and made it completely by machine. ;-)  The Triple Zip pouches are from A Quilter's Table tutorial that I mentioned in a previous post. I changed it a bit too; but that was just me being me. ;-)

I took two classes at my retreat too. They are taught by other retreaters and are always lots of fun~

The first is from the book 'Accent On Angles' and is called Jelly Beans. I didn't get very far because I kept messing up my strip sets. Rather than rip, I packed it up to do at home. (less distractions ;-) )

I also took a class called 'Jazz it Up Harry' and the teacher said she ordered the pattern from on-line for us and then re-named it to go with the theme for the retreat. It is all done with bricks (3.5 x 6.5 inches) and little 1" strips. What I didn't know about this pattern before retreat is that all the seams are partial seams! ;-o Yikes!  It goes together ok, but is a lot of futzing with those partial seams. I decided to finish this one at home because I can use my machine with the automatic thread cutter to speed up the process and waste less thread. :-D

Our retreat coordinators also plan a few fun things for everyone. One was this cute little lamp~ made from a wine glass, a battery powered little tea light and the shade was a Quilt Smart panel. We have a little store set up at the retreat and I found the beads there. :-) It was really cool to see how everyone made and decorated their little lights. :-)

I will be back with more soon~

Have a great evening and happy stitchin'!!