Monday, September 18, 2017

2017 Hen House Retreat

Sept 15 - 17 at Walker Creek Ranch

Arrived after lunch on Friday.  Set up work spaces for mom and I.  Joanne is a work area buddy!



Mom worked on Sweet Tooth and I quilted the quilt top mom started and I recently completed that is a weave made from batiks.  I did simple straight lines 1/4 from the seams.  Finished Friday night.



Saturday morning I started quilting the quilt top mom completed called Painted Ladies but is of houses on an angle.  I want to use the quilting rulers I got last week to get a bit of experience before the class on Oct 7.  I was not happy with the effort, but I know I need to practice a lot more.  I did the free hand motion on the second house.  I was then tired and put it away.



Saturday afternoon, Mom moved on to the blue medallion with 4-patch stack-n-whack.  I worked on Awesome Ocean with my red scraps.  I got the octopus, puffer fish and two other fish done and selected the fabrics for the whale and turtle before calling it a night.

Sunday and got the whale, turtle and manatee done but did not start the seahorse as I was tired.  Mom worked on her sherbet ribbon quilt then left after lunch.  I left at about 3:15.







Mom won one basket and Joanne graciously gave mom one of the baskets she won.  Mom also won the blocks made by the group (32 blocks).


Share the quilt mom and I made with the chicken blocks given to us at last years retreat.