The best thing, of course, was meeting some of the wildly creative and generous women I have known through the quilting forum for years.
I also enjoyed the quiet soak in the hot tub and time spent by the pool on Friday afternoon.
It was fun to go check out the 3 Dudes Quilt Shop across the street . . . with the added excitement of a bank robbery in the same shopping center.
I really enjoyed Hilda's much-touted lemon curd and scones.
I was inspired by many of the great projects I saw around me. I want some bags like these that Linda "Poo" made.
I want to try Cat's tip for making pieced jackets.
I want to check out the QuiltSmart foundations for making a Lone Star–Kathi bought the fabrics and finished this one while at the retreat.
I want to try Hilda's setting for some crumb-pieced blocks.
I want to find this pattern that Kim tested.
I'll post the link to the official Show & Tell photos when it's available. In case you are wondering, I did accomplish some quilting myself. I finished up using the last of the donated I-Spy Snowballs from the Block Lotto crowd. Hilda and Pat are going to quilt them and donate them for me. Yay! I also took two adult bed quilts and gave them to Linda "Hoo" to quilt and donate to her charity.
Here are the I-spy Snowball Quilts.
You can see all of my snaps from the weekend in my Flicker set 2009 AZ Retreat.
2 comments:
Wow! I had to go look at all the photos. Looks like such a good time, I love retreats!!!! But I don't fly, so they have to be within driving distance, lol.
WOW..looks like an awesome time. I live in Chandler and just this afternoon went and visited Three Dudes Quilting! Thought it was funny to read your blog just a few hours later..small world! I enjoyed your pictures of the retreat..WOW!
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