This was our home-away-from-home for the weekend–part of a conference center owned by the state's Department of Natural Resources. We had this dorm to ourselves. It contained sleeping rooms, a comfy big living room and a conference room which became our work room.
We quilted in the conference room. The group had reconfigured it by the time I arrived, moving tables into a big circle with ironing boards and a cutting table in the center. The white board they'd shoved into the corner became a perfect design wall with the addition of the flannel tablecloth I brought. The room had big windows on two sides and lots of great light.
Everyone brought their own projects and did their own thing.
On Saturday afternoon, some of us took a break for a local shop hop of three quilt shops in a nearby town.
![Shop #2 - Caroline's](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uxB6bSanWIml3JEYmXU3Z2F4UlnhqLg5saHyyFYsaxj76eeNuwiMoPGnbYp4JoMFqTHKz1ALpIkEmFDQpz0V_aoBoQjDbLfO7w59fhVilkck6ZnCmfi_Pv_Nk3sQZObFnL=s0-d)
![Detail of Old Quilt](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_un0iodez5OK9Mxwv8eyVw37lB4he6QJoKwciYc6ADHLalzGpPaUQIl7MRMswWfDY_mk9zQ0T-U0tHFxXNZRrdlorn8L1gDytD9t1hVXCYlnRRzNcJd5vHBVWhZ5o5BEIRT=s0-d)
Back in the work room, my makeshift design wall saw a lot of action. Eventually, I used it, too--putting together a top from my purple buckeye blocks from Colene's Penny Pincher swap.
![Putting Together Some Swap Blocks](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vSnuQfizF5abQc_2tiNNTGxlASAb85jUU6WOt3mYLaEfxt89W3BlWdLdSF2X7s8ZBswMmZ58HeudfouNK73PA9JLokyP5UCmAnkybzuBUUjEbxHodGAaQtyw3qd1PqewZV=s0-d)
After dark, we went outside and hung out around the fire.
![Fire Ring](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sr-Ra8fOBVQW-jCcBSb5liPgc2t5ieaHmaGmBVa6ys1qm2w4UwixseO0WUsaQ9HXyHolrTtLDplbvWbJZm-yG8tao3pD8uoyCO-D7ucXeFKcd7RcOpVKSS127KZzd2gQ=s0-d)
Sunday morning after breakfast, I went for a walk to the beach. It was chilly, but beautiful.
![Lakeside Beauty](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tQSeXJhQR-9GL94bon38dJAJfw3Gmr6UJlbXBfIkeASfYBWLOL-INckVTTFCMhF-QkgazfD5SBjeHpz3YJ0TCZqWSVoKJPzvIZc-kb1enVt22-xLl6wC4pItoCHHjDSX5Q=s0-d)
![Fire Ring, Daytime View](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vmRWpzZovm6DxS1KuOBZph1mpbD0NpzyK3t_Y4PyKt7goCwiX3uDEM5TMlGN8xWJbOZf3voxqoJeUbf9ut326UQDq-CYVRaiVgXPu1dwUCj49xKqPTYF5m0lMcpkN2YdE=s0-d)
It was great to get away and make progress on some of my projects. In addition to the progress I made on my Penny Pincher swap blocks, I finished a quilt top and back for Quilts of Valor and completed the stretched star quilt (from a swap).
![Stretched Stars ... Done!](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_s1BVC6z17-Nw2nbSPgfpDPDQ8ZUItJn0Rjd6qs0IEJFAMRxs0c75lk05uig3d-_7vBsrsqtREkRt3ELfGEHVTmAs2XtbmwC8FXUs111UdJxfn11ouOVDbIqBx8u8wUuA=s0-d)
Just about everyone had a lot to show for themselves at the end of the weekend.
![Minature Quilt Top . . . Done!](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_v0NWDo3rWWFSrVpb4CzzzhhKn850IDZuhYEA9KVC-a3wBox9yLKPZlTK6aSsltrFISzAKJZVvChw-LbkmlT-6bp2sQXIiCe6m9ZGoIj3275BN82Ag5qGNTU-SiSELShRgG=s0-d)
After more fun at Sunday breakfast, we packed up and headed home.
![Sunday Breakfast](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tmNw3wpVpdJJu52xI6QCNIhWWn1wtOMb-KT1R7THghfYsRrOkPOPbxAtiIdjSeE0PbWBPy2a_25Ka1cn1PZZ3-bPJJe5KuBRth-Js6No2c6O-qPstoDQVXekILsFnb97w=s0-d)
I couldn't resist stopping at one last quilt shop on the way home. Yes, there's quite a large quilt shop inside this nursery.
![And on the way home, another Quilt Shop!](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_saOc3PEb-MfUs1D_DBC7n4t0UKUQ4wxVjCaIl8eCXPhq-aT884dFbChWRShRPKYDqOSVGWqlIWJXoPwXYfnam-eGdeJ4zuvtm11pt-ZrFhqmq-ZfIvEN-DXRmRigp7=s0-d)
Back in the work room, my makeshift design wall saw a lot of action. Eventually, I used it, too--putting together a top from my purple buckeye blocks from Colene's Penny Pincher swap.
After dark, we went outside and hung out around the fire.
Sunday morning after breakfast, I went for a walk to the beach. It was chilly, but beautiful.
It was great to get away and make progress on some of my projects. In addition to the progress I made on my Penny Pincher swap blocks, I finished a quilt top and back for Quilts of Valor and completed the stretched star quilt (from a swap).
Just about everyone had a lot to show for themselves at the end of the weekend.
After more fun at Sunday breakfast, we packed up and headed home.
I couldn't resist stopping at one last quilt shop on the way home. Yes, there's quite a large quilt shop inside this nursery.
3 comments:
Quilt shop inside a nursery? Wow, that's totally cool. Your photos make it look like you all really had a great time. Wish I could have a quilting get away!
Wow! Too cool. I've told my DH we could do this on our land--build a retreat center and shop. Unfortunately, the beach is four hours away--we're in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains here.
that looks like a fabulous time!
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