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_s1dNiV35lRtuUxPFQg-JiQXpixwp0bzM5kSujcvaNVT77MgvGoThb7wGCylIwT_7JD9efRj3UhtE-z1TSLB5AXCkB7PG8s7CoaCErQU9Phu6RUIlyQEU37RPQCvNI0blA5=s0-d)
![Detail of Old Quilt](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sMYRn1Y43MUv2Nmhrb2oqFXywehaKAlZOJxxAq4vIp2MfQDPuSIRCuEWJ8Hc5Qh4eCqqX-OtMM5lx69wO1VGwPBsKq1_pRtux6gOh9gKSYq7zIXywn6aalxgGCm-jDPn03=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_tR-zNe9luxpfYifkf-XRlLu_sptQEiPlZvXTlPMm184-xNImbVwcgx6XRtFSJBDNAPzqeIE-lwHyX-_a7ETwhW2MqUzSq_PUaflNaoxg-X9VWdUYSGCJRUPcQBXCSQ8OSA=s0-d)
After dark, we went outside and hung out around the fire.
![Fire Ring](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_twHnevZMmvJAvbdezdUVeHo7FaWaImA9cRG7IBp8XQ8LimRMzyR7gL0JnwcWQCQLHDDLsQ7VVNQFvH4bP4chcPf4F47xjyU2R_-BqB54ukHpePvPFFEjSSWy3rz_-jKQ=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_s4DFNRq78uO3OVwtJo0HF8rjBRrX6ylBlwwKARh6WGYNEkElL0FvwuxpLuO-yoE-JdqXWiFTHXRihXM1nle7Ylr-TBtw6Che-e4TDeFy4ztiF-I9-QejN_nDxbD5az1mVZ=s0-d)
![Fire Ring, Daytime View](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_ugBxmSFuwc8NzWROteRHsJIQB4vKNXPFOFVOk3y81AFYWUIlWRr7L26jBCQcUV1L2-zrGAeySLj8BvHktrojgag-GFPXLU2lflCJZu1BtWlxTEyo595AkvquSx8UAr9GE=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_tPGYcL51A96L--0UIZBbeuJdCzY2DYUi2wW5mv073H12fvjc2kz_2-n3AJk4umYhShIzc9bQ55QQCJ-0gHV65tfu57CEsYHFXh2e0l-yoch1G1Zuzgv5nVVryTyXsJYw=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_t7B9_s6JJiuF1_SM6B6XfpdyHOjvccrX2ApDy4pprHL4SXZWLnsuhpm_Haoqw9uebM5jgXkZVdyy4wqWePVdUsZPnNvj0uphn17K7a48HLlbZpBC-H2zFZ__ScKD8f27V5=s0-d)
After more fun at Sunday breakfast, we packed up and headed home.
![Sunday Breakfast](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vVBs_TAflCcnCDK9Soltm4D3x1Trmhggi2nnxmUWlSjMmHWogU7l7EgXyEnwlcm3Tsz7721sDSOoJG2PK72DQuO_RWukcJ1ltQZVR76a87YIOlEtil8r5jKZ1lSwsTL30=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_vVtuAoWGsaxxv7plzixsOdJ0rB2Ay2B2pKhjScesln-HaO9-ce3J4iiHo34oabviH-9VIv0JKpAPb_0RICa_MA0W7LZiaOhgbmZ5tY9X4M9ncSN-OXPyYf45Ktn1ds=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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