I'm Baaa-aaack!!

Wow! Where did the past two weeks go?

I have been hopping, have you?

I have done a lot of pattern testing and more will be revealed on that later. 

I also went to a 4 day retreat. :o  And had an absolute blast!

This is the back of the van before retreat~

Yes, two sewing machines are in there. I always take a back-up.

Plus we had a repairman come in and for $50 he would clean your machine.

My old Pfaff now purrs like a kitten. :-)

I take my own table & chair also.

The retreat is held at a Salvation Army camp and we set up in their gym.

They do have some tables, but not a lot and we had 110 retreaters this time! I never take a chance on them having an available table. ;-) 

I also take 2 suitcases~ one with my clothes, the other with my projects. :-)

As for what I accomplished?

I will be back with that, but I'll leave you with this photo~

We do a block challenge and in your registration there is a 6 inch square; you need to use the majority of it in your block, and your block should tie into the theme in some way-- that one is a very loose interpretation.  This wall is 50 of the blocks, by the time it was time to vote, there were 60+ blocks. 

You vote for your top 3 favorites.  We have tried in years past to vote for most creative, best applique etc and it was too hard to count the votes, so it was simplified this year. 

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!!