February 5th Also

After writing about the May Retreat I probably should talk about the retreat i'm going to in March as that will come first. (you think?) We are going to a quilt retreat in Chesaning MI. http://www.creativepassionsllc.com/
They have a lovely old church set up for quilting and scrapbooking retreats. Sue and I checked it out last summer. It's roomy for up to 16 people. There is an eat in kitchen and nice rooms for sleeping. This will be our first retreat there and we will have a good time.

February 5th

I'm looking forward to a quilt retreat coming up in May. We have such a good time. The place we go to has a great big room for us all to sew. We have a great shop vendering the retreat. They bring all sorts of goodies and can bring what ever we need from day to day. We never have to leave.

I'm currently trying to plan what to take with me, which projects, what stuff. Of course, everything will change a day or so before I have to leave. I end up getting some projects done while sorting so it all works.

The picture is a view from the sewing room taken last fall.

Miranda Bag and other goodies

Here in Michigan we have a dusting (inch) of snow. OK, I'm done with winter now.

I made this Miranda Bag from a Lazy Girl pattern ( http://www.lazygirldesigns.com/blog/?cat=79 ). I needed a dressier bag so I made this one in what I think is dressier fabrics. It's a neat bag and gets a lot of notice.

Thursday

I live in SE Michigan where it has been cloudy most of the time for the last few days. Tuesday 3 of my quilting friends and I went to two quilt shops. One shop, in Ashland, Ohio, was to pick up a prize that Janet won on the shop hop in November. Stash Inhansment was a goal also.

I purchased some fabric to make pillowcases for 2 girls who live next door. Their mother sends them to my house with food from time to time. At Christmas they brought pie and fudge. The last delivery was Bean Soup. Rich plows their driveway when there is a lot of snow. The pillow cases are done and waiting for Rich to take them next door.

Then we went to a shop in Shiloh, Ohio where I ran into spring! I bought 1/2 yard pieces of really pink pink. I don't have much clear pink and needed to make a quilt that was PINK. I started it yesterday (Wed) afternoon and finished the top this AM. It is so bright. I also bought several 1/2 yards of purples and i'll do a quilt with them soon.

FIRST POST

Hello:

This is the first time I've done a blog. This blog should be about my quilts and purses.
I've been sewing forever. I started quilting in the very early '70's when I got a McCalls book on quilts and I was hooked. I made a Sunbonnet Sue for my daughter who was then about 2. I had no idea what I was doing. It was all hand pieced and quilted. I still have it somewhere.
I then made what I called a racecar quilt. It had pictures of local cars that I traced and colored with crayons. I used white back ground for the blocks with black sashing and corners. I hand quilted it with flags and car outlines. My son still has that one after all these years.

Through the years i've made many quilts. I've given away some and have many because my husband won't let me give a lot of them away.

Today I'm going to start the Quiltville mystery quilt. Yesterday I put the last border on the Weedwacker which is one of the Quiltville patterns. I've done several of the quilts on that site and they all are great to do and use up a lot of leftover fabric.