Quilt Retreat

I am excited to announce, The Sassy Stitchers First Annual Quilt Retreat will be taking place in Blue Ridge, GA on January 27th -30th, 2011.  Pam and I took the beautiful drive to Blue Ridge this past Saturday to check out the facility and it is perfect.   Details will follow in the coming weeks. 

Making and Preserving Memories

In April of this year, I lost one of my best friends to lung cancer.  She was way too young, but she was a trooper and fault the battle for almost 2 years.  I have remained very close to her family. She had 3 children and 5 grandchildren.  This past week seemed to be hard for all of us, so on Friday evening I went to her husband's house with her children and grandchildren.  One thing we found sad was how lonely and empty her quilting room has become.  (We used to sew on Friday evenings together).  So Friday night after a delicious dinner we brought her sewing room back to life.  I showed the two daughters (Laura and Shauna) and her daughter-in-law (Tiffany) along with the 5 grandchildren how to make pine cone ornaments from fabric.   We let the kids pick their fabric from her stash to make their ornaments.  We had a blast.  They enjoyed it so much that everyone went home with fabric to make more ornaments.  We made new memories that night and preserved her memory with her love of quilting.  Her daughter, Shauna, has two daughters and I will be teaching them how to sew.  We are going to work on a table runner.  My dear friend would be so happy.  She always hoped one of the girls would have her passion for quilting.  We are on our way.  I know she was looking down on us that night with a big smile on her face.  Below are a couple of pictures of our fun evening.

Love, Laugh & Learn Class

In September we completed another beginners class at Patchwork Cottage.  I am so glad to see so many new people getting interested in quilting. We call the beginners class "Love, Laugh and Learn".  Below is a picture of the quilt top completed by Sharon.  She did a fantastic job as you can see.  Also, a great choice of fabric.  Great job Sharon.  Keep up the good work. 

Hall County Quilt Guild

This morning Mita and I visited the Hall County Quilt Guild.  They invited Mita from Patchwork Cottage to visit and talk about her shop.  Everyone was so nice.  I had a great time and enjoyed meeting so many new people and it was also nice seeing some familiar faces that I hadn't seen in quite some time.  Below is Mita giving her talk. 

Star Burst Class

Another fun day at Dragonfly Quilt Shop today.  The class made the "Star Burst" Quilt from the "Charmed and Dangerous" book by Heather Mulder Peterson.  This is the 2nd quilt they made out of this book.  The first was the quilt on the cover "4-Patch Fusion".  I think working with charm squares really makes some people step out of their comfort zone because quilts are scrapper when using charm squares.  I think it is good to challenge ourselves to step out of comfort zone sometimes.  At the end the quilts really are beautiful.

Celebrate Hope for Breast Cancer Research

Several of us attended the 7th Annual Fund Raiser Luncheon  for Breast Cancer Research in Dawsonville, GA on September 26th.  We had a great time.  Everything was so nicely set up, lunch was great.  There was a lady that sang a beautiful song without any music.  She had an incredible voice.  The auction was so much fun.  I hope they raised alot of money for this great cause.   As you see Paula was alittle cold so she wrapped up in the quilt she won at the auction.

 

Chattahoochee Evening Star Quilt Show.

Pictures of the Chattahoochee Evening Star Quilt Show. There were alot of beautiful quilts on display.  Mita and I had a great time and all the ladies from the Quild were wonderful.