What can I say that I've not said before?! Life is BUSY! But that's okay; I'm in the here and now!
This past weekend I hosted (?!?!?) the first ever Camp MACOBA Stitcher's Retreat! It was such a cozy, fun weekend! I hashtagged it #rustricretreat. There's a reason! LOL!
We made use of both bunkhouses. We slept in the one . . .
(Can you tell it was a quilter's retreat?!)
And we stitched in the other . . .
(And we trekked to the 'outhouse'. Really it's not that primitive -- it was a bathhouse. But still it was a tiny trek! #rusticretreat) I even did quilting/stitching themed favor boxes for all the ladies:
They were filled with my "favorite things" for stitching, including chocolate. Of course. I wish I'd taken a picture of all the goodies! There was some good stuff in those little boxes!
Because the bunkhouses are filled with ... well ... bunks ... we had to be creative in the stitching room. As in "push all the bunks to the back," keeping a path to the back door (fire safety!) and the small fridge, a coffee/tea station and our snacks. Priorities. (I mean, right??) But it was plenty of room for five women and their machines/tables, plus a cutting table, an ironing station, and even a design wall!
I did a lot of handwork. *wink* Who am I anyway?! Haha! One of the things I wanted to accomplish was finishing up the quilting on the above piece.
Done! I'm really pleased with this piece. I was hoping to get it bound, too, but I didn't have a fabric on hand that I wanted to use for binding. I'd like to use a black, small print, tonal Civil War reproduction for it. I guess I know what I'll be spending that LQS gift shop I won!
I finished up Week 9 of the Peppermint Purple SAL:
I finished up block 3 of the Hospital Sketches BOM (that I'm working in wool) that's been lingering in my 'to do' pile for a number of months:
I started a new little mini that was a Temecula kit (I picked it up while I was in California):
I've done all the piecing by hand, so far. It's rather fun! I do enjoy hand stitching. I just really do. So I also did a little embroidery stitching on these two pieces . . .
I just stitched where the whim took me!
The other thing that I really wanted to accomplish was some significant progress on my big hexi piece:
Todd was so good to us, he cooked a fish fry for us and put a huge fire in the pavilion fire place for us to enjoy!
:)
6 expressed . . .:
That looks like so much fun! I do a small retreat for 5 at a state park cabin in January. It's the one event of the year that NONE of us want to miss. (though I did this year - insert pouting emoji here).
Looks like a fun time. For a year or two, I got to participate with a group that met every couple of months at an old Girl Scout camp. No bunks, just wimpy mattress' on the floor, next to our sewing machines. Most people brought blow up mattress's to sleep on instead. We did have indoor plumbing (thank goodness no trekking outside during the night).
Oh I am sooooooo jelly! Not only that you got to go to Temecula (I recognized those signature colors before you even said Temecula) but that you sponsored your very own retreat!! How! Exciting! I would pick a rustic retreat any day. I mean, really, it’s just 1 or 2 steps up from camping right?! You accomplished a ton and I’m sure it was fun to have Todd treat you all.
A rustic retreat looks like a bunch of fun, Denise! What a great idea!!
Very tempting looking favor boxes.
Your pumpkin piece is really set off well by that piano key border, and I really like the 9-patch corners.
Peppermint Purple continues to intrigue me. Kind of mesmerizing when you stare closely at one of the designs within a block.
Beautiful wool blocks, and the Temecula quilt looks like something I am really going to like. :)
So disheartening to rip into what you are unpicking. We've all done it at some point, I'm sure, but to have to remake a hexie flower because of it would really depress me.
Your retreat looks like it was a lot of fun! Love your pumpkins and Hospital Sketches! Looks like you got a lot done!
What a cozy retreat! Sometimes a few friends are better than a whole bunch and you were so productive. Looking forward to the days very soon when I can start doing retreats again! I will be an empty nester before I know it. Sliding into graduation in just a few weeks 😁😭😁
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