Retreat Time

A few friends and I took a quick trip to Cambria for a retreat.  Quilting retreat.  We sewed, we watched movies and we ate...a lot.  At least I did.  I got a lot done, but no finished tops.  I turned my Material Girl House challenge pieces, I cut some fusible designs for the design board challenge for Loose Threads, and turned and pressed some pieces of my Baltimore Christmas Block of the Year block.  I also hand sewed the binding down on these 5 little Easter Runners (1 for each of my 2 sisters and sister-in-law, one for my step-daughter and one for me.  (Pattern from Shabby Fabrics.)

See that beautiful portable design wall?  My friends gave it to me as a thank you for opening up the house for our little retreats.  It sure is big and came in handy.  I'll be able to use it at home since I don't really have one here.

So my friends got a lot done.  Deolinda finished the most tops.

Kathy finished a huge quilt for her husband's friend who is in the Elks and a cute little skirt for her granddaughter.

Debbie turned all these beautiful blocks.

And Diane finished this top - except for the holes in the top and bottom.

Janice came each day - she got some sleeves put on her quilts and some other projects done (BOM's) but I didn't get any pictures.

We took walks each days.  Janice has a fit bit so we tracked 1 mile the first day and 1.5 the second.

Here we are without Diane in the photo - she was the photographer.  This was taken in the rose garden at the Cambria Pines Lodge.

Thanks for looking.  I have a lot of things to finish.  First I have to get the Loose Threads project done since we meet here on Monday.