I am back home from my trip to the Staying in Stitches Quilt Guild in Statesboro, and Quarterdeck Quilts in Springfield. It was a really fun trip, and I had a great time and met lots of wonderful quilters. Sandy has a lovely shop with many fabrics I hadn't seen around my neck of the woods. It truly had me wishing I had deeper pockets.
And there was a bonus. I really hadn't given it much thought, since I was focused on all of the new things I had been trying to learn how to do at home, but it was brought to my attention that we were only 45 minutes away from Quiltcon in Savannah. How silly would it be to miss that when I was so close?! So down to Savannah I carried myself, and boy, am I glad I did! There were a lot of beautiful quilts. I think I will make a future post with my favorite quilts from Quiltcon.
Right now though, I am excited about the new section of my Rose Garden quilt(working name). I have just laid it out on my design wall. You can see the drawing for this quilt in my last post. This section is the lower, right hand corner.
This is the first section I have put together that isn't a diamond. I can't wait to see what it looks like with the others. I really love working on this quilt. All of my small units are sewn together now, so this is about to stop being a "portable quilt". I will need to have my thinking cap on to layout and sew these sections together. Between traveling, visiting with friends, and watching Netflix, I have gotten most of my HST and 4 patch units made. I even took a couple of hours last week to walk down to our local riverside park, and sit at a picnic table and trim units. Winters in Georgia usually have some mild days, but this winter has been so much milder than normal.
My view from the park bench:
I love our riverside park, and I am so grateful that I can just walk to it.
That is what I have been up to. I hope things are going as well for you.
This week I am linking up with Patchwork Times.
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Last week was a busy week, here in the village. The first Friday night of December is always our annual Christmas parade. I look forward to that every year.
The Saturday after Thanksgiving, I went around gathering greenery to decorate our garden fence, and City Hall, which is right next to the garden. On Sunday, several of us gardeners got together, and made the decorations.
On Tuesday, I hosted my sewing friendship group, which is lovingly named by some of our husbands, and family members as "Quilt Cult". This involved some cleaning, and cooking. Sorry, I didn't think to take a photo of dinner, but is was a yummy pot roast. You'll just have to take my word for that.
On Friday it was time for the much anticipated parade, so we decorated one of the gardener's pick up truck. Rhea drove her truck, as Julie rode as a passenger, while Melanie, Marsha, and I walked and passed out our sunflower seeds. We had seeds that were roasted, and salted for eating, and other seeds that were meant for planting.
I am the one behind the camera.
Not much time lately for sewing though. I will get to do that soon, I hope. First, I have several more things I have to post on my Etsy site.
Tonight I am going to the Community Band holiday concert.
That is what I have been up to lately. I hope you all have been having some holiday fun too.
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