Ahhhhhh

Our lovely view every morning of Whitney Lake.

After 3 days of hard sewing,

we made a good creative mess!

Jane's layout is yet to be decided.

Cheryl's quilts from her Mosaic Pet Retreat. This is her beloved dog Bailey.

This was all that was left of the coconut cake this morning. I am pretty sure it was gone before we left today.

We even googled the translation of Japanese directions for this adorable pouch. Anyone have any hints on how to do this?
Overall we had such a good time and the weather was beautiful, cool and sunny. Thanks again Cheryl for our good time in the Poconos!
I promise to show you my projects when I catch my breath.....

Kelly

Getaway Prep

My sewing room is a disaster! I pulled out all kinds of things to get some projects together for a getaway next week. I always feel like I don't have enough projects and I never finish everything I bring with me. There are those times that you don't feel like working on a specific thing you brought, so I need variety.

I like to test things out as well to make sure I can make the best use of my time. The Quick Curve Ruler is a great tool to bring along.

My very fancy sketch of an idea......

But something simple could work too.

These scraps will be used to make.....

 little 4" stars.

My basket of leftovers will tag along as well. These are harder to work with because I need my design wall.

Last but not least a paper pieced project (pattern by Diary of a Quilter) using my Alison Glass fabrics and a very light gray/green Bella solid called Mist. I think this one could be a fast and easy project. I still feel like I need one more.....
How many projects do you need on your retreat?

As a side note, is anyone having issues with Blogger? It takes like 15 hours for my posts to upload, what's the deal?

Kelly

Picture Heavy Post!

Yesterday Calico Cutters Quilt Guild hosted a workshop with Jane Davila. I am in charge of the workshop and did not actually do it but learned everything so I could do it on my own. Today I bought these circles and made some stamps. So much fun and so easy! I love that they are not perfect and definitely look handmade.

The ones I bought today are harder than the ones used in the workshop but still very easy to do.

These are some examples from the class, they did such a good job!

Here painter's tape is used to mark off sections, how cool is this!

Congratulations ladies, I am inspired by all of you!

I was at the Chantilly Virginia quilt show this past weekend working with my friend Cheryl in her booth. We squeezed in a little time to see the quilts and do a teensy bit of shopping......

I loved this! little swatches of fabrics taped onto a calling card. How very creative!

I am behind in gardening but my pots are looking great! I love coleus.

A perfect foxglove...

This is the second year for my front garden and I only lost 1 plant.

An errant sunflower, I am leaving it be.

A little black in the garden adds a lot of interest.

More coleus....

and one more!
So this is what I have been up to lately. I am going away again this weekend and should have some sewing to show you next week.

Kelly