2019 QUAP Retreat

QUAP 2019 – (Remember, QUAP stands for quiltaholics, and Pat)

If you don’t have a hobby you are passionate about, you can’t possibly understand how wonderful it feels to spend 6 days with other creative people doing what you love.  Nancy, Abby and Andi arrived from Chicago:

Nancy

Abby

Andi (Pat's daughter)

Arizona Mary and friend Jan arrived from (obviously) Arizona:

Mary

Jan

and Pat and I came from South Carolina.  

We brought plenty of booze: 

Cougartini's being served

and plenty of snacks: 

wonderful gifts: 

thank you BG!!

and most of all, plenty of projects:  

embroideries for Pat's guest bathroom

a quilt of valor from me

another patriotic, but this time from Arizona Mary

log cabin from our newest member Jan

I LOVE these spools from Mary

another QoV from me

Abby

Pat got another row done on her medallion quilt

isn't it STUNNING!

another QoV from me

Floating Islands from Nancy

Pat will donate these flags to raise $$ for the local shelter

Jan starts her first QoV for her cousin

Andi completed this for her daughter

I LOVE these hydrangeas from Abby

an applique from Mary

more embroidery from Pat

pretty good without a pattern right?  This is the beginning of a wall hanging from Andi

Pat's tree skirt

another QoV from me

We even had a cultural outing this time…

Arizona Mary arranged for us to visit the GRAND OLE OPRY (a first for many of us), for the 20^th anniversary of Trisha Yearwood’s induction:  

And we even got a 2-for-1 deal, as her hubby Garth Brooks made a surprise visit:  

And I can't leave out Arizona Mary's personal favorite....Trace Adkins:

I am so fortunate to have a hobby I care deeply about, and many friends who share that feeling.  It was a wonderful week.