Retreat

I leave tomorrow to go on a week long dyeing retreat at a friend's farm in CO. There will be 9 of us total from
 (2)Canada, WY, MN, WI, FL,(2)CO, and myself from MO. I'll post when I get back of pictures of what we did while there. This the second time the dyehards are meeting and only one person attending this retreat was at the last one. I am so looking forward to this but  my blog will be quite until I get back. Have a great week everyone.

Retreat and washer update.

Had a wonderful relaxing weekend on retreat. We went to the Circle S Ranch in Lawrence Kansas. The one picture is of all the quilts the girls finished from last year. The other picture is of my quilt I made at retreat over the weekend. The weather was really bad coming home but once I got to Kansas City the roads improved and the snow turned to rain. I was happy the roads were poor for only the first 2 hours but wished they were good the entire way.

Washer update: Before I left for retreat the repair man came he said there was a gear that locked up and to replace it he would have to replace the entire transmission. The part alone would cost $200 but the labor would be a killer and the total repair would be somewhere along the amount of $800 so I went to retreat and Marc went to Lowe's and purchased a new washer and dryer not stackable and on Sunday afternoon they were delivered and I was back to rinsing my fabric out late Sunday afternoon.

Retreat

I had a great time at retreat this past weekend. I didn't work on the retreat project but choose to work on some miniatures I had at home. Here is a picture of Jo Morton critiquing a color combination and also how 4 blocks look together when only using 4 colors. It took a gal an entire hour to figure out how to cut and piece her blocks. There is actually only 2 combinations of colors but it looked wonderful. Jo showed us a lot of her quilts that will be in her next book. She did let us take pictures but asked us not to post on the internet for about a month or so until her new book comes out.

Here are pictures of the 4 miniature quilts I got done this past weekend at retreat. As I said they are miniatures.




I have only two short weeks to get ready for the Paducah show. I went to Kansas City today to get some fixtures/wall boards for my booth and some more batiks. I will be really busy the next few weeks but will try to post some pictures of fabric that I dye for this show. I'm glad to be back home once again.

Retreat

I'm heading out to Valley Falls, Kansas today for a retreat with Jo Morton it's held at The Barn Bed and Breakfast. Jo does reproduction quilts and I just love the miniatures and doll quilts. I plan on taking a couple kits to work on this time instead of doing the workshop. This is the 4th year in a row that I get to attend this wonderful retreat.

Marc had his shot yesterday and he says it seems to be working that he almost feels human again. This is good news he can have up to 2 more shots but we are hoping this one will work.

Bullseye and Retreat

I'm heading to Kansas tomorrow to go to a B&B for a retreat. This is the 3rd year I'm going on this it's a Jo Morton retreat and Jo will be there teaching a class. I'm looking forward to this its always nice to get away and do nothing but sew. All meals are prepared for you. I'll hopefully post pictures next week after I return home.

I have been working on this Bullseye quilt the last couple of days between going to Thimbleberries and Guild. I finally finished the top. After I quilt it I will make the binding using all the colors in the quilt except black.