Stitchin' Sisters

October Quilting Retreat

I know this is a little late, but I do believe in the adage 'better late than never'! In October we had our annual 3-day quilting retreat and as usual, we had a great time.

Darlene stopped in and showed us the quilt she made for her new daughter-in-law - lovely job!

And then we played our first round of strip poker - always fun and unpredictable, just when you think you're out, you can win. Look at these die hard players!

Carmen won the first game of brown fabric strips - good job Carmen!

Here's Myrtle working on her very colourful quilt!

Faye 2 has a lot of cutting ahead of her - looking good!

This gorgeous purple and black & white and gray quilt looks like a sashed disappearing 9-patch - very striking Jane!

This odd looking contraption is a sewing machine foot pedal rest - for keeping the foot from slipping away on you - at least that's what I'm calling it. It works too!

This is another finished quilt top from Jane - love the blue and green batiks!

Doesn't Cheryl look like a very efficient waitress? She was writing down the orders for our lunch from Swiss Chalet, which was a great meal.

Here is Faye 2's first finished block - this was a kit from Connecting Threads. We all love their fabrics and kits.

This beautiful fall-coloured quilt is another beauty from Carmen. It still needs its borders.

These are some charity blocks that I finished at our retreat - they are for our larger quilt guild for both Charity quilts and Quilts of Valour.

Here is Judy cutting some fabric for a charity quilt. Did you notice that.......

... her shoes (and hoodie) match her fabric? That requires planning!

Meantime, Cheryl is working on a rather tricky looking block. Looking great!

Jane is putting together some rows from a quilt pattern that a number of us bought while in Moose Jaw in the spring - it uses Layer Cakes - 10 inch squares - and seems to go together quite quickly.

This baby quilt (for a new great-niece Abbigail) was a kit I purchases at the Hamel's booth during the Creative Stitches show in Sherwood Park in September - fast and fun!

Our dinner order from Swiss Chalet arrived and some Twisted Lemonade hit the spot!

Here is Jane's quilt top all finished - great job! The pattern is called "A Piece of Cake".

On day two, Margaret, Judy's friend, stopped in to make a jewelry roll - fun!

Myrtle's completed quilt top - love the variety of colour and sashing detail adds so much to the quilt - perfection!

Cheryl was putting fabric together for a quilt back but we may have convinced her that it should be a quilt all by itself!

Carole and Faye 2 fell in love with these crocheted minions that were given to the bowling alley for a silent auction - they had to order their own!

Cheryl is busy putting together a colourful batik quilt top using the same pattern as Jane (I think).

This is number 7 of the Necessary Clutch wallet - this one is for my sister in law in Kingston, Leslie. It uses almost the same fabrics as the first wallet that I made for myself.

Day 2 saw the second round of Strip Poker, this time with 10 inch squares of solid coloured fabric - and guess who won? The lucky and fabulous Carmen!