What’s on my Design Wall, September 26, 2011
Posted By drsao on September 25, 2011
Many of you have asked me what I accomplished when I took my DESIGN WALL from last week on the road to be accomplished on retreat! I had quite a few projects and as you can see – my car was FULL when I headed for Williamsburg last Thursday for the Colonial Piecemakers Quilt Guild Retreat! Yes, REALLY, all this for a Thursday through Sunday retreat!
My Design Wall is packed!
Here is what I did!
It took the entire first day (until midnight Thursday night – but who is keeping track ) to get my SPIDERWEB QUILT TOP together! I love this quilt but I have officially declared that any future foundation piecing will be done on muslin, tear away fusible or used dryer sheets. I think that the floor under my chair was the most “UNTIDY” in the entire retreat room. I am sure that the paper got lots of LINT in my sewing machine too! :):)
My Bonnie Hunter Spiderweb Quilt top is together
And much to my JOY, my second Roll Roll Cotton Boll Quilt top is now complete! I got the borders on! I love this quilt and think it is one of Bonnie Hunter’s BEST EVER MYSTERY QUILTS. Now that I am finished, making those 600 HALF SQUARE TRIANGLES TIMES TWO wasn’t so bad! 🙂
Roll Roll Cotton Boll Jr top is completed
My grandangel, Sarah, sent her bear along with me to add to my DESIGN WALL. This little bear got a new eye! Ruby (our dog) loves to remove the eyes from stuffed animals. 🙂
Grandangel Sarah's BEAR HAS EYES
I got the binding on my HUGS AND KISSES QUILT – this is a Dorothy Young Design for her Christmas 2010 Mystery. This was on a previous design wall – but it didn’t get accomplished until now! 🙂 COLOR ME HAPPY!
Hugs and Kisses is completed
My friend Catherine tea-dyed white flannel and taught some of us to make a cute little PEAR – it can be a pincushion or just a CUTE LITTLE PEAR!
A tea-dyed pear
Also not on my ORIGINAL DESIGN WALL are six placemats that just happened to end up on my DESIGN WALL *have you ever had that happen? I spent one entire day and part of another putting these placemats together – and I have decided that sewing on buttons will not be on any DESIGN WALLS of mine for quite awhile! LOL
Six PLACEMATS ready for FALL!
I also got my HIDDEN PINWHEELS QUILT completed – YES – two quilts bound!
The binding is on HIDDEN PINWHEELS!
And I did work on my HEXAGONS for my Scrappy Grandmother’s Flower Garden Quilt – and that is what is on my DESIGN WALL FOR THIS WEEK TOO because 33 of my hexagons ended up on my placemats – now whose idea was that!!
Lots of Hexagons
My goodness, what a lot you’ve done! And all so pretty!
Wow…you got a lot accomplished…you worked hard on retreat! LOVE your roll roll cotton boll…I put my blocks up today to decide what to do with them.
WOW! You got SO much accomplished! congratulations. I can’t believe that you have finished TWO Roll, Roll quilts… That is A LOT of HST’s! And it looks fabulous.
WOW!! I need a week like that. I love everything you made. I am working on Bonnie’s Jamestown Landing quilt. It’s an amazing one too. I do have to agree…I think the RRCB was the best design ever.
I think I need a nap after reading about your week. What a great amount accomplished. I love the black background on your spider web quilt.
Hi Shirley, I’m Diane, (nice to ‘meet’ you.)
Wow! that’s the way to go on retreat! I love your work! The cute little pear is just that and although I’ve said I’m done with string quilts….I do want to make a spiderweb one, hmmm will have to rethink that. Thanks for sharing.
You sure get things done. Wish you were coming to this week’s retreat!
I don’t think I have ever heard of anyone getting as much done at a retreat as you have. Usually they say they did a lot of talking and eating and only a little sewing. Congratulations on your finished and the progress you made on your other projects. I don’t think I could pick out a favorite. Did you sleep at all?
Wow, I am amazed at how much you got done. But I think what amazes me the most is that you did a second RRCB. It is a beautiful quilt but I’m sure I will never do a second one. Your quilts are all beautiful.
That must have been some Retreat . . . was there someone there (like a Drill Sergeant) to keep you on task that you were able to accomplish so much? Good for you, what a great job!
Whew, so much done!! I love all of your work and I think that I am really taken with your placemats!! They are adorable. Very nice job.
Congratulations on getting so many boxes on your to-do list checked off, and in such quilty good fashion.
Looks like you had an absolute blast. Your spiderweb quilt is gorgeous — and I can’t believe you made RRCB twice!
Well done, WOW, you accomplished so much, and everything is terrific.
Hi Diane…..nice to meet you too. Send me a picture of YOUR Spiderweb when you get it done. :):)
Yes – I actually stopped sewing at midnight and got up at 6 am!
I enjoyed your comment. 🙂
Thanks – I would love to see your Jamestown Landing Quilt!!!
I really do too….my family is taking me camping for my birthday Friday through Sunday – I will think about you all and KNOW you will have a GREAT retreat!!!!
I can’t believe how much you accomplished on retreat! WOW!
It was a miracle for sure! I even had lots of time to eat, sleep, shop, and laugh!!!
It is always wonderful to have dedicated sewing time to finish up – and you used yours wisely. Trying to play catch up – been down with pneumonia, but hopefully on the mend as I have things to do and quilts to make. It is almost October and I have spent almost a month feeling lousy. Keep turning those porjects out. Judy C