October 20, 2022

 Good heavens.......I've not been posting so quite some time. Here's a bit of what I've been doing in not certain order.

My community group hosted a car show. It was so much fun. The white Chevy truck took first place.

I won Best in Show and Go Texan at our County Fair. My quilt will go to Houston sometime in 2023.

Our church did a picnic in the the cemetery which sounds weird but we all had a blast fellowshipping and having lunch.

Look at this beautiful bloom!!

I went out to my jeep one morning and looked at the back window and observed this image. A bird obviously had flown into the window and left a perfect in flight image of itself.  Priceless!!!

Texas morning weather back in August. That's fog.

Me & the wackies at retreat.  I know we look at bit crazed but we were laughing so hard I'm surprised the photo came out pretty good.

Finally, here are two blocks from my latest or should I say first endeavor in many, many months.

Retreat, Then Home

This past weekend, my Wacky group went on retreat. We decided to only bring hand work. For two and a half days we stitched and laughed and ate. When I arrived home Mr. Cowboy asked to see what I'd accomplished. I showed him my progress. Needless to say, he was stunned at the small amount of done....hehehehehehehehe. I told him not to worry about it if he wanted his dinner...;-]

A girlfriend asked me to make her a small quilt for a veteran in her area. I'd been looking at this eagle for awhile so I dug in my stash for a background and got started.

This sky fabric is perfect.

All the inners were carefully cut out. This took quite a bit of time, by the way.

And here it is pressed onto the sky fabric.  More to come in a few days!!

One Scene, Five Points of View

I recently went on retreat with my "wacky" girlfriends. Needless to say, we had a blast what with laughing, eating and girl bonding. There was a bit of sewing involved but mostly we were just so happy to be together. However, I did bring along a little project for everyone to try. The above photo is a close-up of an old tree trunk and in the background are trees, the lake and a bit of sky. I gave each "wacky" a photo and ask them, along with myself, to make a mini of what each saw. I brought along as many pieces of landscaping type fabrics for them to use and each received a glue stick instead of using adhesive fabric backing such as Steam-a-Seam or Heat-n-Bond. Glue sticks are easier, faster and won't gum up your sewing machine!!!
Here's the results:

Rhonda's view (me)

Molly's view

Annie's view

Kathleen's view

Kathy's view
The retreat was a great success and therapeutic to us all. We are all refreshed and ready to get back to life and family.
I hope everyone who reads this blog post has a wonderful week and enjoy the last of April!!!

A Quick Get-Away

Three of us were able to get away for a brief retreat. Of course there was plenty food, laughter & we managed to get in some hand work.

Annie worked on an embroidery tablecloth.

Kathleen worked on adding stems, antenna & legs to a quilt for her neice.

I worked on my hand quilting. Whose idea was it to do cross-hatch? LOL

All I have to show on my Design "frame" is this leaf quilt that will take some time to hand quilt.

See what's happening at Judy's on this Design Wall Monday.

Back from Retreat

Wow! What a time we had at retreat. Three days of sewing, visiting, laughter and of course, eating!!

Here's a little peek at what went on.

Kathleen worked on her barn project. I was fascinated with the process and all the beautiful fabrics she had to choose from.

Molly worked on her Burgoyne Surrounded blocks.

Annie showed off her project finishes as a "show & tell."

I took one project......you guessed it

Fish Pond.

I had to get those fish and other things stitched down. What better way to achieve that but at a retreat cause I wasn't getting it done at home....LOL

Kathy worked on a hand embroidery snowmen project that I didn't get a photo of.

We had plenty nutritious foods to munch on. I love red bell peppers...yummy!!

 

 

Back From Retreat - DWM

My "whacky" girlfriends and I had a blast over the weekend on retreat.  Needless to say we laughed and ate our way through the days and evenings while actually getting some sewing in.
Here's a look at what we accomplished.

Kathy was really driven. She made two Jelly Roll quilts within a 4 hour period the cutest fabrics. She inspired us to try the technique.

It's a Boy - Jelly Roll quilt.

It's a Girl - Jelly Rolls quilt.

Annie (no blog) showed off her skills with a Jelly Roll quilt of her own plus, she showed us what she's been working on for a while.

 

The Christmas tree is from a challenge from two years ago.

This layout is from Annie's request from a row quilt challenge the "whackies" did.

 

 

Molly, our hostess, worked on braided strips made from her scraps. It was amazing to see the rows develop.

Note the wonderful scrappiness, all from Molly's stash which seems to grow rather than shrink.

Kathleen worked on a quilt top from her stash and a hand embroidery BOM that is going to make a stunning finish.

This quilt top was from a panel - WOW!

 

These hand embroidery blocks are from a winter scene BOM.

 

And finally, here's what I was up to and was happy to get that far.

BTW make sure you pop over to Judy's to see what everyone else is up to on this Design Wall Monday.

 

One new mug rug. Look for it to be given away as I post the "A" is for Aardvark blocks.

I finally sewed my red teapots together. The girls suggested that I sew strips between each teapot so I took their advice and added the cornerstones, as well.

I'm sure you all remember this one. I thought to never get those shoes sewn down but it happened. Again, the girls suggested the black fabric separation. All I need to do is find a suitable final fabric for a 2 to 3 inch border.

And can you believe it, this baby is finally put together. I've been working on it off and on for two years. I need to find a border for it.

 I might change out that green fabric above the buffalo. I probably will because it is bothering me just looking at it. What are your thoughts??

 

 

Back From Retreat

Annie (no blog) worked on and/or showed off the above projects.

The yellow star you see beginning to take shape is from our Christmas tree challenge 2011.

 

Molly finished these two fabulous quilt tops. You may recognize her "Boot Bash" BOM designs.

Kathleen (hasn't blogged in awhile) worked on our new challenge 2012 which I will post about in more detail soon.

I finally finished my "FONT" quilt top and was very happy with the way it turned out.  This might just turn into another BOM.... maybe but don't hold me to that one.

Kathy got all her cutting and sorting done before she started on our challenge.

A great time was had by all!!!