The “Sisters Keeper” project was boosted with donations of blocks during the retreat. This is an ongoing project and block donations are accepted at any time. It’s a good way to use your leftover fabric and provide a service. Read the rest of this entry
Food assignments for the retreat included everyone bringing an ingredient to go into our “Stashers Stew” and “Sister Salad” for dinner. The night came alive with a skit by Kim and Amy. They wrote and sang these lyrics to the tune of “Never Getting Back Together” by Taylor Swift:
Kim and Amy Perform A Skit About Stashers for the Retreat
Although no theme was mentioned or established for the 2014 Quilt Retreat, one emerged as the Stashing Sisters began working on their projects – FAMILY.
Most of the projects were for their families, either their own children or grandchildren. The Sisters of the Quilt Guild all share the love of fabric and they also share love through fabric.
At our last meeting, we were treated to view the handiwork of two stashers. Their projects are related to quilting, just not in a traditional way.
Kay made these adorable Christmas ornaments for each of her grandchildren.
These marvelous counted cross stitch made by Bobette were admired by all.
Pinwheels in a circle! What a wonderful combination of shapes Tess created.
Tess is a long distance stasher. She used a circle patterned fabric for the backing.
Back of Tess’s Round Quilt
To see details on how she put together this picnic quilt and other projects, visit her site, “MOTEMENA”.
Here’s a quilt project that’s a cutie. It’s a table topper of apples and jars of applesauce that is both hand and machine quilted. Emily made this for her mom’s table in remembrance of their family picking local apples and making applesauce. The colors are remarkably accurate for the pink applesauce and were chosen by her keen eyed husband.
Since the project was small, Emily decided to incorporate hand quilting for the diagonal lattice pattern, giving it charm. The long arm was used to quilt the borders. Note the hand embroidered apple stems on the quilted table runner.
Stashing Sisters 