Things are looking better for me to come. Won't arrive until VERY late Wed. night (don't count on me for dinner), or maybe Thursday...still working out details. Have no idea what projects I would even bring.... Guess I'll figure that out that Tuesday ! lol

We still have openings for both retreats. Let me know if you are interested.

Latifolia, I am so sorry to hear about your mom. I am missing you all, already, and wish I could come! Tobey finished his Katy Trail ride - plus spurs - with a total of 370 miles. We got home this afternoon and the RV is unloaded. I am working on sketching some ideas for a king-sized quilt I am going to be making on commission for a friend of my brothers. Could sure sure the moral support of you all! Have a great time. Beverly, I made "crack" but won't have time to mail it so I am going to eat it all .... :) Sue

I'm sorry I don't remember the pattern name. I put the blocks together over 10 years ago, just finishing the decorative stitches and arranging and sewing blocks together at the retreat. I will tell you that the original pattern was sectioned into 8 pieces. It called for 8 different fabrics so that each block had 1 piece of each of the eight fabrics in a different location on the block. I made 16 blocks, switching up several of the fabrics because I wanted a larger quilt. I remember stacking all 8 fabric squares and cutting through them all simultaneously on the lines to create the pieces for the blocks. You could probably design your own square using the same method. Each finished square measured about 17" x 17". Because the pieces were cut apart without a seam allowance and then seamed together, the blocks had irregular edges and had to be squared up before sewing together. Here's a pic of one block. I want to say I started with 20" squares of each fabric. Several of the fabrics were hand dyed by my girlfriend, others were Joann batiks. If you google 8 piece crazy quilt patterns, there are several pictured. Hope this helps ;-)