Retreat

What a wonderful time I had on our annual quilt retreat with Pieceful Quilting, Riverhead, NY!  2 1/2 days of sewing, chatting with friends, sewing, eating, sewing, chatting some more, sewing.....you get the drift!  We made an awesome quilt designed by Diane at Pieceful Quilting with the theme of "From our House to Yours".  It was Roz's birthday and I gave her the "shawl" I had quilted for her.  She loved it and I was thrilled that I had done it for her.  My hubby also made here a "quilt shop" bird house as she had admired the ones we have on our garage.  She was very touched that he had done that for her.  The hotel had a new chef this year and the food was awesome!  They took very good care of us there.  This coming weekend we are off to Lancaster for the BIG quilt show!  More quilts and shopping!!!!!!!!!!!

Just a few thoughts....

It has been over a month since I last posted here.  So much has happened and been accomplished.  My grandaughters finished their pillow cases and presented them to Mom and Aunt Christine for their birthdays.  They were so proud of themselves and their work.  (which was awesome!)  I have completed quite a few "tops" in the past weeks.  Finished the Turning Twenty I mentioned the last posting, almost finished my Civil War Tribute Quilt top...still have the borders to do, did a set of placemats and napkins for patriotic holidays, and did all of my block of the month projects as well as the block exchange I am involved in.  This weekend we have our annual Pieceful Quilting Shop retreat at the Southampton Inn!  Cannot wait to get there on Friday afternoon!  Three days of quilting with my quilting buddies.  Then the following week it is off to Lancaster, PA for the American Quilters Society huge quilt show and some shop hopping around the area to different quilt shops!!!!!!  The week after that a bunch of us are going to NYC for a "red & white" quilt show with over 600 quilts from a private collection and the Empire Quilters Guild annual quilt show as well.  You would think we would be "quilted out" by the end of all that.......NO WAY!