Church Banners for Lent

I'm on the worship committee at my church and we are planning what to do for Lent. I decided to make 2 banners and use the pattern from McCalls Quick Quilts Febr/March 2013 called Easter Blessing.The pattern is a table runner. The banners came out great and will show the committee them next week. Here is a few pictures of them.

Happy February

I'm excited that I finished my 1st customer quilt on Jan 31. I was asked by my neighbor in Dec to make a quilt for her 1st granchild due in March. The baby is going to be a boy which makes it easier to put out fabric. She wanted to pick out the fabric with my help and we got alot of cute prints. I picked out a quilt pattern from McCalls Quick Quilts Aug/Sept 2012 called Toddle Time. She want it to be bigger than 39x39 so made 8 rows instead of 6 rows. I changed the pattern to have a solid block with a angle block. I quilted it with E2E quilt designs called Playful. My friend, Paige made the label. I had a great

time making the quilt and it is so cute. Here are a few pictures of Brenda's baby quilt.

Greenbaum's Winter Quilt Retreat

I did take a nice walk along the beach and found a wonderful piece of driftwork. These are some pictures of our view, beach and hotel.

Greenbaum's Winter Quilt Retreat

Greenbaum's Winter Quilt Retreat

Last weekend, my friend Paige and I went to the Greenbaum's winter quilt retreat at the Shilo Inn in Newport. We went last year and had a wonderful time. Last year the weather was very stormy with high winds, rain and flooding. This year it was absolute fanastic with sunny skies, temp in the mid to high 50's and no wind. The retreat starts on Fri-Sun but we decided to come on Thurs. We were able to set up our sewing machines etc that night for the next day. There were 76 quilters with 8 to a table. This year we both had a small ironing board that attached to the table and portable iron. It gave us more room and the easy of ironing without having to get up and use their iron. We decided to go to The Chowder Bowl for dinner on Thur and Fri. Sat evening is the dinner with all of us in the resturant. They had 6 gift baskets to win like last year which I was lucky to win last year. NO LUCK this year. I was able to get a table runner and pillowcase done and started on a new quilt. It was great to work on some of my projects which I haven't been able to do due to getting a customer quilt and church banner done. We had a fanastic oceanview room on the 3rd floor. You could see the crab boats out on the ocean and the lighthouse. We took something for breakfast and lunch to save money. It was great to eat in the room with our beautiful view. We were able to sew on Sunday this year as last year we left early due to weather. We had to check out by 12:00 and left at about 1:00. We ate at The Chowder Bowl before heading home. We decided to go next year and Paige paid my $25.00 desposit as my B-Day gift. It is great to have a friend that is fun and enjoys sewing/quilting. I have posted a few pictures of the retreat. Happy Happy Quilting

Winter Retreat

It has been very cold the last several days. It is very dry with freezing fog/frosty with low in the 20's and high in the low 30's. I'm looking forward to going to Newport Shilo Inn on Thurs for Greenbaum's Winter Retreat. The retreat starts on Friday-Sunday. Paige and I are going early on Thursday. We went last year and had a great time. I have a few projects to work on for myself. I have been working on the baby quilt(neighbor) so haven't had anytime for my projects. There are 76 quilters in a huge room with an ocean view. You can work on your projects from morning to night. There is a dinner for everyone on Sat. It will be fun to meet new quilt friends and see everyones show and tell projects. I plan to take walks on the beach too. It is suppose to be clear and warmer on the coast by the end of the week. Happy Quilting!!

Baby Boomer

Today, I applied for Social Security as I will turn 62 in April. I have earned it after working 38 years as a RN. This will help pay for health insurance. I'm so glad I/We did all of our traveling when we were younger and had the money. I'm happy that I can stay home to work on my quilting business. It will help pay for my QUILTING habit.