Scrap Happy Quilting 2 day Retreat

Paula and I spent all day Wednesday (1/29) and Thursday (1/30) at the Scrap Happy 2 day retreat….it was AWESOME!!!  

There were lots of friends:  

and lots of food:  

and lots of projects…..oh my word….the projects!!!  We held off on Show & Tell until the afternoon of the second day…..WOW: 

Loree's One Block Wonder

this needlepoint was framed with glass on BOTH sides, to show the back was just as nice as the front!

no, I didn't repeat the picture....June made 2 of these

and about EIGHT of these casserole carriers

wish you could see this 3-D in person....so very adorable

and with a soft and plush back

I started sewing together my OBW

June stayed over Wednesday night, as she usually does:  

and we spent a great evening sewing, looking at quilting books and talking.  We did have one pretty funny moment....I thought I had Italian Wedding Soup in a pint storage container for her dinner....but when I went to get it out, I realized it was chocolate cookie dough!!  Oh well....she enjoyed pizza instead.

I know there's a lot more I probably should be writing about the retreat....but I'd rather be sewing instead and savoring the memories :~).

I did take one finished show and tell and several people really seemed to like it....I saw this picture in PINTEREST:

And of course liked it (can you say rainbow??)  But when I decided to make it, I changed it up quite a bit...and LOVE what what I came up with.  I'm going to teach a class on it, probably sometime this year:

wall quilt progresses, Barb's quilting done, Bayley

Michael left just before 9 AM for errands (animal hospital to pick up prescription re-fills, chiro, Southern Spirits, ALDI’s) on Tuesday (1/28), while I headed to the studio.  

I kicked off quilting on Barb’s quilt before turning to my newest made up quilt.  It took me awhile, but I filled in some holes:  

And now we come to the problem of making up a pattern.  When you’re making something up from a picture, 

I started with this picture from PINTEREST

made a few notes (but actually not enough at first) and got started

Obviously I didn't have fabric requirements…as a result I ran out of my green when I still needed 3 more blocks….luckily I think I found a reasonable replacement in my stash:  

By dinnertime the quilting was done on Barb’s quilt:

and the only thing I need for my newest quilt is a little more black.  

Michael and Larry had an unexpected evening off from rehearsals, so they decided to go and see the new STAR WARS flick, while I stayed home to clean up Barb’s quilt.  

Arizona Mary pointed out that I never did explain what Cookie had, and she’s absolutely right….so here you go: The immune system in a dog is made up of a collection of specialized cells, proteins, tissues, and organs, which all constitute a solid defense system against a variety of infections, including bacterial, fungal, parasitic, and viral infections. Antibodies are proteins secreted by specific cells of the immune system, which bind to foreign substances, known as antigens, to destroy them. A diseased condition arises when the body’s immune system mistakenly starts recognizing its own red blood cells (RBCs) as antigens and initiates their destruction. In this process antibodies produced by the immune system bind to the RBCs and destroy them. The hemolysis (destruction) of red blood cells results in the release of hemoglobin, which can lead to jaundice, and further on to anemia when the body cannot produce enough new red blood cells to replace the ones being destroyed. This is why this disease is also known as immune-mediated hemolytic anemia, or IMHA.  

And in other news, Janice has been working on a scrap quilt of 3 or maybe 3-1/2 inch blocks.  She said she does them as mostly fill in between projects, or leaders/enders. She has 115 so far in a little less than a year.  At this pace, she feels she'll have enough for a single bed quilt in about 3 years:

And, I couldn't end without telling you that Pat has a new love in her life:

meet Bayley