On September 15th, I had the joy of attending an all-day quilt retreat with a group of Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild friends. I had been anticipating this day for over a year and I was thrilled to finally be going. I present the video evidence of my excitement:
The view from the community hall.
It was heavenly! The retreat was organized by Krista (Poppyprint) and it took place in a great space in beautiful Lions Bay. The day was full of sewing, chatting, eating delicious food, show and tell, more sewing, more food, and more chatting. There were also door prizes (I won a book!) and candies and fascinating debates about topics such as scones vs biscuits.
Here's the scene in a quick video:
Katie working on her Out to Sea quilt
You may be wondering what I accomplished sewing-wise in a 13 hour retreat. The answer is: two blocks. Yup, unlike Janet, who quilted and bound an entire quilt, I completed two bee blocks.
Berene's fabric package included candy!
Churn dash top right, "sprinkles" for Berene's block being cut
Janet quilting the charity baby quilt
Elke getting an early start on a Christmas gift
Laurraine hand quilting her Scalloping on the Bias Cafe quilt
I enjoyed every moment of the retreat and will definitely be back! Next step, an overnight retreat! Have you had the pleasure of sewing with your quilting friends?
but I love those blocks you got done! And it was afterall, a retreat you had been waiting a long time to come to - it was a great day of fun and friends.
ReplyDeleteI had such a fantastic day! Apparently, I also chewed some yellow gum ;-)
ReplyDeleteYour blocks are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI love your video, sitting on the sidewalk and just as excited as I would be. I miss you guys, making a meeting would be all kinds of impossible but I am hoping to help SMQG at my first meeting with them next week!
ReplyDeleteIt was super fun that you were so excited Holly. Thanks for coming and thoroughly enjoying yourself!!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like it was a really fun day!! :D
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