Tuesday, April 24, 2018

I had one main project I intended to work on at the Retreat – my Bloom quilt. At the end of the weekend all I had managed was one block! But I accomplished a lot of other things. I caught up on my 1880 Sampler blocks and made a couple of extras for card tops. I almost finished my baby quilt and, from the trimmings, ended up with blocks that will go together for my miniature meeting in May. I added the borders to Supernova and it is ready for quilting.

My Frozen quilt took up most of my time. Before leaving for the Retreat I reviewed my pattern – I was using a panel but they wanted me to cut off so much of it I decided to finish it my own way. It involved a lot of math but, once I had the last of the snowflakes appliquéd, I started on the borders. Some of the borders were wider than the pattern called for; some were turned the opposite way because I was using directional fabrics. I’m happy with the results and it too is on the quilting pile.

We always do a group project and this year’s was advertised as a Sunday morning Retreat Bag. It took me most of the day Sunday to complete it but, in the end, I’m happy with it and I have already loaded it up with travel “stuff”. It will get its first outing when I head to Quilt Canada at the end of May.

I was so tired when I got home yesterday I had a little nap which meant that none of my unpacking got done. And first thing this morning I headed out to my regular bee. I have the top of the baby quilt finished and I will have it sandwiched and ready for my free-motion quilting class on Saturday. I have to wash the flannel backing but I’ll get that done this afternoon.

Earlier in the day I thought I would work in my sewing room tonight. Since I feel like I could use another nap right now I’ll force myself to do a bit of unpacking before relaxing with my knitting tonight.