2015 retreat pics & write-up

WHEW – I’m sitting here Monday night (11/9) at 7 PM VERY grateful to be home safe and sound from retreat.  The last 4-1/2 hours of the drive were in heavy rain with fog….NOT a fun experience at all.  But the retreat itself…that was magical :~).  Going straight to Grady House on Wednesday gave us extra time to set up so that everyone could hit the ground running on Thursday morning :~).  There was lots of great food…laughs…talking….and sewing, sewing, sewing.  What a wonderful retreat.

We had some nice show and tell from home:

A truly incredible amount of finished projects:

roadmap to exciting places

fun, fan pillowcase

quilt top

I spy quilt

jelly roll race

3 D Christmas Tree

 













































Along with 4 different interpretations of the illusions quilt:

 A blooming 9 patch...truly blooming and getting bigger:

finished...TA DA!

And 2 bargellos...one top finished, and the other started with absolutely gorgeous strata:

We got some killer gifts:

 Including one battery powered seam ripper that I used quite a bit....which incidentally can also take care of those annoying, errant nose hairs :~).

It was a wonderful get together and we're all, already looking forward to next year.