I spent this weekend at a crafting retreat in Whitewater with friends. This is my 3rd year participating with this group and it was loads of fun! Each year we pick a theme to coordinate our meals and this year was Books and Movies'. We had a horror dinner, murder mystery
dinner (I coordinated that one), a romantic comedy lunch and a western lunch. Costumes are encouraged! The mystery dinner was LOL funny and I totally want to do another one.
The help-- Gardner, Butler, Cook
Me as the Butler
The cast: bookish aunt, hot shot grandson, wild child granddaughter, Lady Sutbury, gardener
Kristin the Kid!
I did get some sewing done, too! Not quite as much as I wanted, but productive none the less!
I started a new generous sized couch quilt that intend to give for Christmas (if I can complete it by then!). The pattern is Marcie's Maze and I'll call my version Maize Maze. I started with a fat quarter bundle that I bought at Quilt Expo and supplemented it with some additional fabrics from the same colorway and added a mustard fabric for the sashing. The pattern is written for a jelly roll, so I had to be creative with my cutting and assembly methods, because I am using fat quarters. Keeps me on my toes! So far, I have all of the blocks complete and sewn into rows. Just need to add sashing and sew the rows together. Not bad! I'm very happy with the way it is turning out. =)
And I took a bit of time to get all of my Elephant Parade rows sewn together-- HOORAY!! Just a few more strips on the sides and the top will be done. I can't wait to quilt it up and call it finished. If you look close, you will see new eyeballs on the frog and turtle. Those little buggers were part of the reason this was not moving forward. Without a zig zag stitch machine at home, it needed to wait for a time I could use somebody else's machine.
All in all, this was a great weekend!!
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Maze looks great! What a cool design.
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