Friday, September 9, 2016

Retreating

It's been nearly two years since I've gone on retreat with the Seattle Modern Quilt Guild so I'm pretty excited to be heading out this morning to meet them! Though I've been known to pack as many as ten projects for a weekend's getaway, this time I'm paring it down...

1. I just finished pattern-testing Krista/Poppyprint's Quarter Round pattern, and have two blocks made. I'm taking everything I need for the remaining two blocks through to finishing this mini.


2. This one is most timely and will be the biggest challenge, but cutting triangles is as far as I've gotten on my Sew Ready to Play! project! I'm seriously hoping to at least piece this one if not more.


3. Though I don't usually take largish quilts to machine quilt on retreat, I am this time. Quilting my Bee Sewcial Swap project the way I am definitely calls for breaks now and then, so I'm hoping to squeeze some work on this in between the other projects. You can see some of my progress here - I'd guess I'm about 1/3 done.


4. I originally planned to make a backing for my improv log cabin quilt, but it's gonna be big and I'm still mulling what to do with it. This may be silly, but I think I'll at least make one of Felice/Sew Scatterbrained's new Retro Television Blocks, since so many folks have said that's what these blocks remind them of. I'll keep you guessing what I'm thinking of putting 'on' TV. Here's one of Felice's blocks on Instagram, where she's known as iamlunasol.


5. And lastly, after some internal debate on whether or not to take my long-lost Polaroid blocks, I squeezed them in. As much as I want to use up these long-stashed little blocks, I haven't gotten the momentum at all. I've debated more than once about just finding them a new home. But we'll see....taking them just in case.


So I'm hoping to have at least two of these finished to show you next week, and progress made on the rest. And no worries. If I just need to work on something else, our friends from Island Quilter will be there tomorrow with their traveling pop-up shop! Sounds like fun, right?

13 comments:

  1. Have a great retreat, you have great projects to work on.

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  2. I hope you have a wonderful and productive time at the retreat!

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  3. Those are awesome! The first one is really striking, it got my attention. You did a great job with that pattern test! I also loved the Polaroid pictures!

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  4. Hope you have a great time on retreat and you get more completed than you expected!!

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  5. Happy retreat! If you bail on your polaroids I would happily add them to my pile to work on this fall. Even if you keep them ;) do you have more info about the sashing/surrounds? I was thinking about doing a shadow box thing with mine but I really like the look of your sashing.

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  7. have a great weekend! you have some awesome projects to work on!

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  8. I'm green with envy. Enjoy your retreat!

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  9. I usually get tons done on the retreats I go to. Last year I hardly did any sewing..........went shop hopping and acquired much new stash and socialized alot. I hope you enjoy your retreat and I look forward to seeing photos of what you did.

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  10. I bet you will have a good time no matter what you will be working on! Have fun!
    KATRIN W.

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  11. How fun! I'm sure you will get lots done and probably come home with plenty more ideas! Have a great weekend!

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  12. Well you certainly have a lot of options for the weekend! You'll make great progress.

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  13. Good luck and have fun. I never manage to get much done at a retreat.

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