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February 12, 2014 by Jennifer

Sunset Quilting Retreat, Take 3!

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I got to go away this past weekend 🙂 I enjoyed a whole lot of girl time, a little bit of relaxing and finished 2 quilt tops! This was my third trip ( The first trip & The second trip.) to Sunset Retreat for a quilting weekend, and it gets better every time! I took a fair number of pictures this weekend, some you might have seen if you follow me on instagram, so be warned… picture overload ahead!

My snowy view! - BusyBeingJennifer.com

I got a prime spot this time! I was one of the first to arrive and get set up… so I scored a spot by the window AND the design wall! Whenever I needed a little mental break all I had to do was spin around and watch the snow fall 🙂 It really was a perfect weekend to escape, snuggle up and quilt away!

Sewing to my hearts content - BusyBeingJennifer.com

I’m so glad that I brought my fingerless gloves with me! The first couple hours of sewing with more ladies arriving and the outer doors being opened and shut repeatedly made for a cold work room!

Just me... in my favorite new T-shirt )  - BusyBeingJennifer.com

One of the best things about these weekends is that they are totally casual… heck some of the ladies don’t even change out of their P.J.s until dinner time! 🙂 I got my Grace Tee just in time to take it with me and wear all day friday. I got lots of compliments too!

My String Quilt - the layout before piecing altogether - BusyBeingJennifer.com

The first project on the design wall was my “pretty strings” quilt 🙂 I’ve talked about working on the blocks in a few different works in progress posts. Once I had everything on the wall, I realized I still needed 20+ more blocks to make it the size I wanted. That took up all of Thursday… Friday I goofed off a bit during the day. Of course there are no rules about what we have to do, but I had big aspirations for multiple projects. Anyyyyhoooo… I had fun during the day on friday.

Pretty String Quilt - BusyBeingJennifer.com

All the pretty string blocks - BusyBeingJennifer.com

Friday night after dinner, I hunkered down and got some serious sewing done. By 3 am my first quilt top was finished!! I’m madly in love with this beauty. IT was definitely a labor of love!

Pretty Strings Quilt Top all pieced together!! - BusyBeingJennifer.com

I can’t wait to get this baby quilted and add on the binding! This will be the first quilt top that I’ll be sending out to get professionally quilted. I’ve recently made a new friend that has a great big long arm and has offered to teach me how to use it too! I’ll be sure to share all about that experience when it happens too.

Vintage- Quilt BusyBeingJennifer.com

The last project I worked on the last time I was at the retreat was my vintage sheet quilt top. I’m happy to say its finished and ready to be professionally quilted too!! I added the last row pictured here… and 3 more after… I just didn’t have time to put it back on the wall and take a pic 🙂

Vintage Sheet Quilt almost finished! - BusyBeingJennifer.com

I left saturday night to get back to my #monsterkittens, so I was moving pretty quickly to get things done 🙂 Don’t worry, I’ll be sharing pics as soon as its totally done! And hopefully that won’t be too long from now!!

the #MonsterKittens missed me!  - busybeingjennifer.com

The Boys definitely missed me! They still are barely letting me out of their sight as it is 🙂 Saturday night Bliss grabbed ahold of my foot/ankle and wouldn’t let go and Tang gave me a loving head butt every time I let go of his paw… we fell asleep like that 🙂 Gosh I love these two goofballs of mine!

All in all it was a fabulous weekend and I can’t wait to go back! Later this spring maybe….? 😉

Filed Under: Quilt Love, Real Life Tagged With: FUN, Girl Time, quilt, Quilt Blocks, quilt love, Quilting Retreat, retreat, sewing

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Comments

  1. Patti says

    February 12, 2014 at 8:46 am

    Digging those fingerless gloves!

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  2. Stephanie says

    February 12, 2014 at 8:56 am

    From following you on IG, I could tell you were enjoying yourself! How long have you been quilting? You are so talented!

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  3. pmoppins says

    February 12, 2014 at 9:21 am

    That looks like so much fun. I am making it a point to learn how to quilt this year…must get started soon… 🙂

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  4. Kendra says

    February 12, 2014 at 12:28 pm

    I love that first one! Our church has a weekly quilters evening – I might need to join and try making a quilt!

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  5. Melissa says

    February 12, 2014 at 1:50 pm

    I need some fingerless gloves for when I'm blogging. haha! My fingers get so cold, even when its not even cold. They are freezing right now. Your quilt is super cute. I wished I had the patience to make one myself.

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  6. Jamie @MamaMommyMom says

    February 12, 2014 at 3:03 pm

    I love that quilt! I've only made a few, and they are definitely a labor of love.

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  7. deannaritz says

    February 12, 2014 at 3:15 pm

    What a fun time!! I would absolutely love to do this sometime. I’ve never made a quilt but it is on my to do list. I have saved all my kids baby clothes and hope to make each of them a quilt out of them.

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  8. Skye says

    February 12, 2014 at 3:37 pm

    You got so much done! I'm totally jealous.

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  9. Talya Tate Boerner says

    February 12, 2014 at 3:39 pm

    I am so impressed! And I need a grace t-shirt:)) You look adorable.

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  10. MyNewestAddiction says

    February 12, 2014 at 9:25 pm

    AHHHH! I love your mani! I want a sewing machine so bad!

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  11. Carly says

    February 13, 2014 at 9:22 am

    I love these, you are so talented!!!!

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  12. Laura says

    February 13, 2014 at 11:12 am

    These are awesome! Man, I wish I had the patience to learn how to quilt or sew. Also, that snow!! All we got was slush in SE Texas.

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  13. adoseofpaige says

    February 14, 2014 at 8:31 am

    Love these!!! I need to just sit down at my dang sewing machine and learn to sew already!

    Reply

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