7.8.12

Sweet, yes? The quilter chose a pale rose flecked green for the border.

The one above was made for a KING sized bed and required 72 blocks instead of the 24 most people attempted. Batiks--my favorite. Stupendous and bright--as requested by the husband of the quilter.

 Also batiks, this quilter made a beautiful harmony of greens and woodsy browns.

Wow. I did not even get my borders on until July 5 but this one is already for the long-arm! Lovely!

7.7.12

Here are some more of the jelly roll style of quilt made at the retreat. 

I won a jelly roll and maybe by Sunday I will show you what I did with mine. I am seeking a particular color to use as sashing. I will go on a search for it on Saturday.

7.6.12

Isn't this one pretty? It is one of the Rapid Fire Hunter's Star quilts we worked on at retreat. You know I love batik and blue and green are particular weaknesses of mine! I cannot believe this quilter found two batiks I do not have.

Here is another beauty. This was even more stunning in person. The repeated petal and repeated star of the fabrics she chose are just perfect. But that is not all she did. She also worked on a jelly roll quilt and even finished the top! See below? All batiks, all colorful, I love those fabrics!

7.5.12

Not everybody at the retreat took the Hunter's Star class. We were all in the same room but a few worked on their own projects like this one. It is a beauty, isn't it? I think she said it was her second or third quilt?

If you know anything at all about quilting, you will recognize that there are some special tricks you have to know to get this to fit together as beautifully as this does. She should be proud of her work!

7.4.12

Bonnie's four blocks sewn together--looking good! I was Bonnie's Secret Sister and received a lot of nice little quilting aids and hand gizmos to have in the sewing room. Hers is the first block set of four to get this far. Her colors work very well together. You can not really see from the picture but there is a teeny bit of yellow in the royal blue print.

7.1.12

The Pieceful Mountain Quilters Retreat 2012 was a lot of fun and a lot of intensive sewing. Our teacher, Linda Gorman,  worked on this red, white, and blue quilt to the left to show us the process.

The class model, already completed, was very pretty. Even though they may not look it, both quilts use exactly the same method of construction. The pink lei lets you know we had a BEACH themed retreat.