Friday, arrived about noon and set up quilting area in lodge. Also sewing in the lodge are Leddi, Barbara, Karen, Juliette and Thelma. Had lunch the started applique dolphins for the medallion. Glad I decide to only have 3 per side as it got old. Also decided on small wave like applique. Cornerstones to bring in the fabric from round 1. About 9pm the Viking sewing machine started acting up using the invisible thread. Got so frustrated went home and finished then went to bed.
Saturday, up early and back to retreat. Worked a bit on the Quilt Club state blocks but everything seemed to go wrong and glad to give it up for breakfast. Packed up Viking machine for repair and brought out Featherweight. Went into town for my first Nancy Brown hand applique class. We started The Bog. I got maybe 3 inches of one piece done. Looks like a blob stitched to blob at this point. Back to the retreat. Worked on state blocks again but still nothing seems to be the right size. Packed it up and moved on to the Awesome Ocean blocks in purple. Decided to sleep at home again.
Sunday, finished up on the Awesome Ocean purple blocks. Worked a bit on The Bog. I'm getting the hang of hand applique. Not sure I'm liking it yet but at least the dread is gone.
Found a bag of one partially completed baby quilt under one of my guest beds. Since I need a quilt for a woman at work I decided to complete that quilt. There was enough fabric to complete a second quilt.
Monday, finished border on the second baby quilt. Went home about noon and take a couple of meeting for work. Once back pulled out the Judy Nightmare pattern mom had been working on in hopes to finish the diamond shapes and make sure the color placement was okay. Thanks to the other ladies we were able to determine the minimal number of diamond shapes that needed to be pulled apart and resewn to get a pleasing quilt. Spend the rest of the evening doing that. Once done went home for the night.
Tuesday, back at the retreat about 8. Visited with quilters in the dining room and the packed up my stuff and left about 10 and went to work. Very enjoyable retreat!
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