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Brynwood Needleworks - Selvage Block

 

We're here at the Kenilworth Lodge in Sebring, Florida!

 

Jamie and I arrived mid-afternoon yesterday, and many of the ladies were already set up and sewing. It's great catching up with old friends, meeting new ones, and then just chatting while we sew. 

For our first afternoon-into-evening session, I pulled out my ol' standby and starting making selvage blocks. I was so tickled to find a selvage from my dear friend, Michelle Palmer! I had to post this picture on FaceBook to be sure she saw it. I'll work on these again tomorrow for a bit, and then I have another project I'd really like to finish while I'm here, so I'll turn my attention to that.

My pineapple quilt went into a timeout late Sunday. Destiny went on strike and I spent more time "frogging" stitches (you know...rippit rippit) than actual sewing. I'll finish that quilt when I get back home. Until then, I shall play with my girlfriends! 

Tag has a few words to share tomorrow, so I'll show you lots of retreat pictures on Wednesday and show you what I worked on between now and then. 

Hope everyone has a great week!

Quilting At The Kenilworth...

When I arrived around 1 pm yesterday, there were already gals working 

on projects. I immediately set my up machine (in the foreground of this 

picture) and got busy. I brought Miss Prissy along with me for this adventure.

My roommate, Linda is in the lime green shirt across from me. Betty 

(a DPQG guild member) is next to Linda, and then Betty's friend, Dallas

 sits next to me on my right. She lives in Englewood, and she's a new friend

to me. She and Betty P. have been friends for over 20 years.

 We're all set up in the ballroom at the historic Kenilworth Inn in Sebring, FL.

There is plenty of room for the forty women who have attended this retreat.

 Heck. We even have room to dance if we really want to!

 Susan Slaton (our hostess this week), shared a great technique for creating

  this fabulous, colorful quilt. Everyone gathered around with notebooks or

cameras so we could memorialize the tutorial. Many of us will try it as soon

as we get back home. Some will get fabric and try it today or tomorrow!

 It's really simple the way Susan demonstrated it. We'll see how easy

it is when we each try it ourselves. Susan always has great ideas to share.

 This is my version of the other quilt Susan shared this week. I have each of

my blocks laid out and I'm in the process of sewing them together. Don't 

worry, this isn't the final layout. I just set them up this way so that I could 

double-check that the block components were all facing the right way. 

There's a mistake on one of the blocks (which I caught). Can you see it? 

I might bring back a little something for the first person to post the right 

answer in the comment section below. (If you're a "no reply" commenter,

please leave an email address in your note so I know how to reach you!)

I'm going to finish this quilt top today and then I'll show you what else 

I'll be working on while I'm away. It's so much fun meeting new people

and enjoying our shared love of quilting. It's already a great retreat.