Colonial Piecemaker’s Retreat – Williamsburg, 2010
Posted By drsao on September 13, 2010
The Colonial Piecemakers Quilt Guild celebrated quilting, eating, laughing, jewelry making, shopping – well, you name it because ANYTHING can happen on a quilt retreat! Catherine even staged a birthday celebration for me!!
I was truly inspired by the beautiful works of art – and that is what I saw being created this past weekend. EVERYONE was so productive. I took lots of pictures – and believe it or not there were many MORE but some of them were not clear (and it DOES really help if one remembers to CHARGE the camera batteries!)
I hope you enjoy the photos of blocks, pillowcases, bags, and quilts in progress as well as some of the SHOW AND TELL – one of my favorite parts! Take note – Catherine made 17 – yes SEVENTEEN Scotty Pillowcases – and even put in prairie points. The back corner gang upstairs – made some spectacular exchange blocks – it was inspiring! And yes, the RUMOR is true – Lorraine birthed a baby on retreat!
It was lots of fun getting to know people even better!
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- I love the bedspread in our room
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- My table buddy – Catherine
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- Catherine’s bag
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- Time to eat!
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- Creative menus!!!
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- Catherine made treats for the top floor – THANKS!!!
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- Catherine’s Halloween Quilt
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- Love the KC Antique dressmaker flower garden blocks
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- Catherine’s beautiful GREEN bag
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- My birthday basket from Catherine
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- OK – which cat packed the golf ball in my bag!
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- Mary F. made flower garden blocks
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- Doesn’t she look organized!
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- Bonnie – trying to HIDE from my camera
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- Pat’s blocks
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- A Bonnie masterpiece – I LOVE LOVE LOVE this
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- Ann’s quilt – love the colors
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- Debra’s amazing flying geese blocks
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- Catherine made 17 SCOTTY Pillowcases!!!
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- Thanks for the cozy FUN socks, Catherine
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- TA DA – Catherine’s Scotty Pillowcase with PRAIRIE POINTS!
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- Thanks for my birthday lap desk Catherine!!!
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- Love the necklace – designed AND made by Catherine
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- Paula’ fabulous dimensional art quilt
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- Bonnie’s Pineapple Blocks
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- Let’s guess – WILL DENISE PART WITH THIS ONE?
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- Paula’s Dalia – LOVE IT
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- Pat’s beautiful applique
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- I think she will KEEP this block!
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- Lorraine had a baby on retreat – REALLY
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- Lorraine’s beauty
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- Time for SHOW AND TELL
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- Lorraine’s Jacob’s Ladder – TOOK MY BREATH AWAY!!!
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- sao’s Hidden Pinwheel – from Augusta Cole’s Cutting Bee
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- sao’s JARED TAKES A WIFE (Bonnie Hunter’s block)
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- Catherine is designing a necklace to match her outfit!
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- Isn’t this wonderful! Yeah Pat
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- Love Pat’s star
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- I got a SMOOTHIE to Match Catherine’s shirt
Boy, did we put this retreat to good use or what????? We got soooooooooo much done, had sooooooooooo much fun, the weather was great, the food ‘aplenty, the friendships bountiful, just soooooooooooo needed and soooooooooooooo wonderful spending time with the two of us and celebrating a B-day, being home, becoming more……………..