Five Shadows

Last week I attended a 5 day quilting retreat. Late nights! Laughs! Good food! And sewing! Here are a few pictures of gals with their projects.

Dody and her quilted bag. Class taught by Twila. Dody used the charm pack/door prize she won to make this bag.

Norma and her quilted bag. She used strips instead of squares.

Cynthia and one of two bunk bed quilts she is piecing for her two sons.

Mary and the table runner she made. Class taught by me! Isn’t it cute how she set it up with the candle she won as a door prize?

Mary and the pillow she made for a friend.

This is a pile of baby quilts Twila made and brought to the quilting retreat that needed tying to finish them. She brought 19 quilts! And I believe other ladies made 3 more while at the retreat! These will be donated to charities.

This is Twila! She taught several classes at the retreat. And she made the 19 baby quilts! This is another quilt she made for her neice while at the retreat.

Here is Marty holding one of the quilts she is tying. Several other ladies worked on the baby quilts too. Sorry I do not have pictures of everyone!  And I did not get pictures of all the other projects ladies worked on! I wish I had! We should have kept count of how many projects were completed in 5 days! It would have been interesting to see!

I worked away on a quilt for my teen daughter. I promise a picture soon.

And here is the group of ladies holding many of the quilts that Twila made. Do you see Mary in the middle holding her dog Molly?

Melissa has received her gift and is pleased with it! I can’t wait another second to show off the gifts because I’m so excited about them!  So hopefully Lenna has received hers as well!  I really like them and will be making more as gifts. In fact I made one yesterday to be my One World One Heart gift. Here is what I made for Melissa:

And this one is for Lenna - she just moved to Florida so I went with the palm tree theme:

These are 12″ x 12″ totes, with a fabric  collage of my own design as the cover, and then on the inside are plastic baggies to hold your art/sewing supplies. I suggest NOT storing scissors in the baggies! There is ribbon to tie the tote closed. No matter what your art/craft, I think these are good for traveling. I have kept my hand quilting supplies in one for years. I just grab it to travel on trips and to take classes. Mine was a gift from a quilting friend years and years ago. If a baggie blows out, just cut it out. If they all get worn out, cut them out and add more in by sewing another center strip of fabric in place.

I think allergies set in while visiting family and friends in NC and TN. Back home now and coughing my little head off. I couldn’t sleep so I got up and have been hopping around in blog land. I never showed a picture of the finished Ashley bag so here it is with a pocket added to the outside and the handle construction changed from the pattern instructions.

The wreckage with Jamie Ridler and friends continues! My DH is just having too much fun showing the journal to anyone who will listen! Here are a few pages from this week’s damage.

Rubbings page - I remember an elementary school assignment where we had to find items around the house to rub. I really enjoyed that ! And I enjoyed the hunt and seeing which rubbings show up the best this time too.

I rebelled and did not poke holes in the cute little dotty line guides!

Hubby is job hunting so this is my sign! Any one know of a college in need of a general biology/ecologist professor? I can recommend a great one! (And I should add more to this page!)

After finishing sewing together a quilt top this week, I grabbed the journal to machine stitch on this page.

Today I woke up to a fresh snow fall and our brown world is once again a winter wonderland! Not that I won’t like it to be Spring, but a fresh snow is very lovely!
Those girls over at Cloth Paper Scissors are just so clever! Do go visit them at this post:

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The winner of my One World One Heart giveaway is Paula of Paula’s Serendipity! Congratulations Paula! I have sent an email to you and look forward to hearing from you!

Thank you to all who have visited my blog! Do come back again and leave a note!  I did not have as much time to blog hop as I did last year. But I do hope to continue to visit all of you.

Thank you Lisa for hosting this wonderful event!

This past fall, Daily Window announced a sale on their demo bags. I bought two, with the plan on giving one to a dear friend for her November birthday. She loooooves purses just about more than any other possession! To create a card and tag, I used fabric with butterflies, the color purple, and the theme of love, all of which are her favorite things. Searching for a quote for the card, “Love is like a butterfly. It goes where it pleases, and it pleases wherever it goes.” (author unknown) seemed appropriate. The card was placed in the clear pocket and the tag was attached to the bag with ribbon. My friend is still using the bag as I decorated it. I have encouraged her to create her own art to display in the window pocket - and I’m sure she will! If you have not seen these clear pocket bags - they come in a variety of styles - for displaying your own creations, I encourage you to check out their website and blog!

I love this song by Kristin Andreassen. Crayola Doesn’t Make the Color of Your Eyes. You can listen to it here. It is such a fun and upbeat song!

I received this colorful gift from blog friend, Leah.  Such beautiful scraps  - I’d love to see Leah’s quilts up close. At the bottom of the picture is a fabric and paper postcard with great free-motion quilting. Thank you Leah!

Sue Bleiweiss and  Terri Stegmiller have a holiday give-a-way happening on their blogs! I follow their blogs - enjoy seeing their art. Hop over and join in the fun!

Happy Thanksgiving friends!