The cold wave brought snow to the mountains creating an enchanting drive up to the Stashing Sisters 2017 Quilt Retreat. The trees and shoulders were powdered with snow and the weepy banks’ drips of pure water were turned into gingerbread like icicles. Read the rest of this entry
Stashing Sisters are multi-gifted and skilled. Kay is one of those Stashers. She finished the incredible and beautiful embroidered map of the United States started by her mother many years ago.
Kay comments on the 24″ x 36″ piece :
“How I wish I had asked my mother Read the rest of this entry
This lovely medallion churn dash quilt top was started at a Stashing Sister’s Retreat Read the rest of this entry
Award winning quilter Kay Donges shared her traveling quilt show with the Stashing Sisters at the 2016 quilt retreat. Kay is an artist and Read the rest of this entry
It was a long, hot, prolific summer. Stashers had the proof to show for it at their fall meeting. See the ‘Show and tell’ portion of the meeting below . If you have a story about one of your quilts shown, please write about it as a comment and it will be posted with the photo. Read the rest of this entry
This year’s quilt retreat hosted a hoard of stashers. The addition of one extra day provided opportunity for several stashing sisters to bite into their projects early while others arrived as their schedules allowed.
A new Stashing Sister needed a picnic blanket for her active family of 7. Denim has long been a favorite for ground quilts but this one is made from Read the rest of this entry
There are some things that take time to make. Take for instance the making of bread. The ingredients are quickly mixed together but it takes time for the yeast to grow and develop the little dough rising air pockets. Some breads call for a ‘resting’ time too.
Quilting can be a lot like bread making. Read the rest of this entry
Stashers are amazingly versatile. Not only do they quilt, but they make lots of other things too. . . and . . . they can eat mini carrots or ice cream and hershey’s kisses all while carrying on Read the rest of this entry
Here is a neat quilt made for Emily’s new baby. Grandma, who also happens to be a math teacher, made this counting quilt. It starts with 1 small block in the upper left hand corner block and adds one small block to each successive larger block.
The border, made of little pieces of fabric from the blocks, give a festive confetti type look to the quilt. Some of the fabrics used in this quilt were also used in a memory quilt made for Emily when she was in high school.
If you ever wondered why this pattern is called a 9 patch, wonder no more, just count along with the blocks.
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