More from the retreat

 Alison expertly machine quilted her wall hanging at the retreat. Below you can see  quirky applique animals.

 She also brought us examples of one block wonders to admire.

Hexagons all from a single fabric

Our workroom

Marcia's impeccable batik blocks, one of Bonnie Sullivan's mystery projects.

Judi's stars

Quilt Barn retreat

 I was lucky to go along on a four day retreat at the The Quilt Retreat where everything you could want on a retreat was provided  by Michael and Julie, not forgetting the chef! Large ironing and cutting space, design walls, comfy ensuite bedrooms and delicious food and afternoon homemade cake. 

I had precut my fabric and continued making good progress on projects started on my recent King's Park retreat. Lots of straightforward sewing but time consuming piecing and trimming.

I kept going on these till I ran out out of nine patches. I'm not far short of my planned one hundred, ten by ten project.

Gnome for Christmas

 

Alison set us he task of making a foundation pieced Christmas gnome. I made mine in advance - it took the best part of a day and I enjoyed it and felt pleased with myself despite the odd unpicking session.

The others made theirs on the last day and enjoyed it including the one who had never done foundation piecing before but did a great job. What an introduction! Now she can tackle anything.

The blue background was a good idea