Beautiful job! You certainly can't tell you have not done much FMQ - it looks wonderful. I am sure that your brother and his wife will enjoy it for years to come! Sue

Welcome Biinaboo... you do nice work! :o) I got mad at the quilt I'm working on and wanted to take a break, so I did a bit of applique. I want to make a grocery tote bag for a friend, who is a vegetarian, so I thought it would be fun to practice with some fruit and veggie shapes... I think that I'll use the blanket stitch rather than zig zag next time, but it was really fun! Of course I wouldn't use those colors of material and thread for the actual project.... some of them are OK, but more variety is needed... we should play a guessing game and see if anyone can tell what fruits/veggies I tried to make! I put a piece of paper under the material to help stabilize and it worked well. Now I don't have to put the lease renewal notice down the shredder :o) It was fun to make the stems with the black thread and zig zag stitch. :o) As for quilting, I don't know if I've cooled off enough to get back to it... might break something if I try again so soon! Hope everyone has a great weekend!

I made it home safely! Thank you Teresa for the rides. Barbecue Ribs & chicken for dinner -- like I was in NC! I have decided I am a victim of TSA "Quilter Profiling"--- each airport -- this one was the worse --- I hope my brand new spanking machine still works after TSA man handled it - um - oh, I mean - 'inspected it' --- I now know why they say get there 2 hours early! It was a great time as always. We have the most wonderful people attending -- all willing to share ideas and techniques & learn from each other. I always leave so inspired and with so much respect & admiration for my fellow quilters and quilters. Thank you for another memorable Retreat.

Bev...while the tee shirt is bright and very nice...the two black and white quilts turn out Terrific! I think they are stunning! Personally, I'd give one to first place cause that is an accomplishment in and of itself to go a 100 miles.... And one to the last place for shear perservance! Well done! V. This post was edited by littlehelen on Sat, Nov 1, 14 at 14:08