Joanne spent her week working on this shop hop basket quilt kit that she bought in 2005 at the Button Box, which sadly closed this past weekend. Fellow Brown Bagger Lynne designed the basket block pattern provided the Button Box and designed the outer border of the quilt. Joanne came with three blocks made and made the rest of the blocks and assembled the outer border during our retreat. Isn't her quilt wonderful? It just needs to be layered and quilted now.
Nancy spent the beginning of the retreat week wrestling with the bag shown below. I learned several new choice curse words! Let's just say that I've made a similar pattern before and I certainly understand Nancy's frustration. The individual strips are stuffed with foam and woven together. I would call this more of a craft project than a quilting project. Nancy just needs to add handles and she can cross this off her list.
Lovely to look at but Nancy D. won't be mass producing this beauty any time soon! |
She also made this cute little Easter wall hanging.
Nancy was also experimenting with a couple of patterns for possible Christmas gifts. Both of these patterns are free video tutorials on the Shabby Fabrics web site. Pictured below are the fabric storage bin, below left, and the origami triangle box, below right.
Nancy seemed to whip these up in no time at all. |
Nancy's mini sampler quilt in progress. The blocks are four inches! |
Nancy and Joanne were very lucky and each of them won TWO of our Right, Left, Center games. Nancy won the much-coveted Kaffe Fassett fabrics as well as the $2 lottery tickets. Sadly the lottery tickets only yielded $6 in winnings, but the new fabrics should make up for her paltry lottery returns.
Here Cordula has decided to "style" Nancy for her photo. She has draped Nancy in her winnings, complete with a fat quarter hat. |
Sometimes gambling doesn't pay off, but fabric will last forever! |
Here is Joanne scooping up her batik winnings. |
All smiles with her large bundle of grey and yellow fat quarters. |
Here is Joanne with her new coasters. Cheryl is busy taking a photo of all of them laid out on the table. |
Thanks for visiting!
Pugs and kisses,
Nancy