Hubby and I took a whirling 2 week trip to visit our families in the midwest. Every day was an adventure and I think I came home more tired than I left! LOL But it was all fun!
Including going to a three day quilting retreat with my Mom and 3 friends who met us at the center. (from MN, ND and KS) It was great to see the gals again~ we last met in 2012. And three days of sewing was so much fun!
The retreat center was just outside Sioux Falls, SD, so one morning we took a road trip and hit some of the area shops. Very fun!
We had been planning this meet up for quite a few months, to coincide with our trip back to the midwest. And I must say, it worked out perfectly. And I delivered all those quilts in my previous post to my Mom. :-) I even took them into the hotel with us at night~ I wanted no chance of losing them all! LOL
Before we left I made little retreat bags for everyone.
The pattern is from the Make It, Take It book by Krista Hennebury
These were really fun to make, trying to coordinate colors to my friends favorite colors.
At retreat, we all took an evening to sew this table topper together~
The pattern is from New Leaf Stitches and is called 'Darling Duet' We all agreed that we liked our toppers better square than as hexagons. :-) Can you guess which one is mine?
My Mom got a new purse out of the retreat too! LOL
I sewed this up for her while she did some sewing on blocks for me. win-win!
I modified the Felicity Bag by Clover & Violet.
It has pockets around the outside and a zipper pocket in the inside instead of a frame. The side pockets on either side of the zipper pocket, close with magnetic snaps.
One of the ladies made us luggage tags with our names on one side and a cute saying on the other. The one pictured says 'This is NOT your bag' LOL
I need to take photos yet of the rest of my projects, so I will be back soon!
Until then~
Happy Stitching!!
3 comments:
It was fun to see you while you were here in SD. Your mom is a lucky lady because you sure make her some gorgeous bags.
What fun. It sounds like you really enjoyed yourself. Don't we always come back from vacations exhausted????
love my bags-am using the blue today: ) Have a table topper and one quilt bound and am working on #3. Took some quilts to our Guild Show. It is tomorrow and Sat., Time always goes too fast when CBQ is home.
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