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| I'd love to learn how this was done. |
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| All so different |
We also had a talk from the proprietor of Hannah's Room and she showed us how to use batiks to make a variety of projects.
After seeing how Judi quilted her puppy quilt I also did mine in vertical undulating lines but closer together because of the emptier space. I thought it was going to be awful but I liked the texture of the final result.
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| Detail |
As a less successful effort I made a two fabric rail fence sample for the Quay quilters beginners. Fortunately I had a better three fabric one I had made earlier to demonstrate hand quilting. This one uses a pretty vintage nursery print and has been quilted and sent to Linus.
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| Two fabric rail fence |
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| Now quilted |
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| Unfolded |
A group of folk I know have a regular retreat and I was lucky enough to join them to make up the numbers. I was especially lucky because the venue is very booked up so we don't have the option to book it ourselves.
I was assembling pieces I cut earlier for projects not requiring much thought but some of the others did much more ambitious work, lovely to see taking shape.
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| I joined log cabin blocks I brought with me. Several of these I'd made in the Sewcial Log cabin Day |
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| This is based on a vintage quilt pictured in the Utah State Quilt Project book, |
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| And quick and easy top using eftover layer cake pieces for a Linus quilt and handed over at the Chichester weekend. |
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| This is the quilt the leftovers came from. I pieced it at the retreat - Pippa did the arrangement for me - and it's now been handed to Linus. |
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| Quilting on either side of the seams made for a nice pattern on the back. |
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| Karen's made with Kaffe wovens, very clever colour manipulation; it just glows! |
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| Judi's Elizabeth Hartman puppies made for a modern quilt charity challenge. |
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| The star project of our time there, Heather's lion made for a friend. |
