Day Retreat with Friends

 Last month I spent a day at https://bestlittleretreatcenterintexas.com/   This is a great facility and we want to start going once a month to work on projects.

I think I should take pics of my friends' work next time because part of the fun of a retreat is seeing the work of other quilters.

first of my projects -- This is from a class Cristina Arcenegui Bono  through one of the Mancuso Quilt Shows online.  I took it in Jan.  I can't find a website for Crisitina so I will link to a description of an upcoming class.  

whimsical quilt class

She was a good instructor and I enjoyed the class..  I trimmed threads at the retreat center because I just did straight line quilting...starting and stopping to drag threads across the motifs.  I want to color this quilt but I need to experiment with how I am going to do it.  blue marks on the quilt are wash a way blue pen ....I am leaving them to show me where I want to color.

The other project I worked on was my Plaidish quilt.  which is a free pattern from Kitchen Table Quilting .  I actually started this pre pandemic at another day retreat with my small group.  It uses up charm squares that I had accumulated from swaps.  Ran out of time - so I didn't complete the top.  I thought I had all the blocks made, but I seem to be short some so I need to look through my sewing room before my next retreat. 

 I like simple projects at Retreat so I can relax and visit while I sew.