Wow, Linda! You must have a really big stash!

I'm going to hit a few more shops in the hop tomorrow (last day) then work on the kit I got last weekend.

donna

Yes, Donna, I have too much! Some of the older items have come to the surface since the move last year. It's like finding a treasure! lol

Don't know if I will get any sewing done or not - our exchange students come back tomorrow after being at camp for a week. DH is going to drive me to JoAnns so I can get batting and some odds and ends in the morning so it will be fun to just get some things to "get ready" to sew!

Sue

I finished the binding on the wall hanging for the retreat today. I'll post pictures tomorrow. Don't know if I'll do any more sewing. We are having Tim's birthday lunch tomorrow and I'll have the grands. But perhaps I can get some things together to take to the retreat. That counts doesn't it?

beverly

I am trying to finish up quilting the Grand Illusion that is on the frame. I also have been working on getting stuff together for retreat. After finishing up the quilting on this one, I will have 3 quilts to bind. I was given my husband's grandmother's Singer 66 treadle last week. I have it torn apart. I hope to get it back together and working this weekend. I am going to run out to the grocery early this morning, then get at it.

Lois: ref. The beach glass quilt...awesome!

I'm not sure about sewing, but like others I'm prepping for retreat.... I say it counts!

V.

i love that beach glass quilt, too! No sewing for me (again) this weekend. Still in the process of trying to figure out how best to deal with 93 year old mother in law who does NOT want any babysitters....two of the daughters insist she should have them...my hubby is caught in the middle (he's the principal advocate for his mom...) Anyway...no sewing...but I can look at all the beautiful pictures and read what everyone else is doing! ^5

The last time Marge came to the retreat, she brought several bags of strips she purchased at a LQS. With grandsons help, I have almost finished the last one I brought home. This is what 10 pounds of strips looks like.

I think I will bring them to the retreat and make a strip quilt and name it Marge.

beverly

that scrap stack looks amazing!!! TEN Pounds????

Finished and delivered a 1st birthday quilt to my little grandson Mason. His party theme was "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and I found the matching fabric that helps tell the story. I thought it turned out really cute. Fabric arrived Tuesday and I did the cutting and sewing Wednesday & Thursday so we could leave for Dallas early Friday. I'm learning more every time I put something together.

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Great job, Lois. You always do good work. And that caterpillar reminds me of Fran. We miss her at retreat. I'm already planning for next year.

I rushed through two quilts and sent them off to the longarmer for college dorms, two of my grandchildren heading off. Will post pics when quilts return. Then I rushed up to Oregon as Mom was taken to the hospital, age 95. Spent 6 weeks back and forth and now have her settled in assisted living doing well, her house buttoned up to rest, and am heading home. My sewing machines won't know who I am.

Anyway, up there I discovered I'd missed a third going off to college, my nephew's girl, and I designed a quick pattern I can throw together when I get home and rush through to the longarmer for her, too. I stopped at my favorite quilt store along the way home and bought the fabric last night and will be cutting by the time I get my front door open and hubby is unloading the car.

Nothing like quilting to get your head back to good thoughts. She won't know it but her quilt will do more for me than her.

Ladies, You all are doing a wonderful job in keeping your lives together and going forward while giving others a smile along the way. Sitting at a sewing machine is therapeutic, no doubt about it. You don't even have to sew, sometimes just sitting there helps.

Carry on.......... :-)