As I want to document the quilt happenings of this past year, I will start in no particular order with whatever comes to mind.
This project was a fun one because I assembled it at a sewing getaway this summer.
A quilty Michigan friend of mine and I were trying to plan a time to get together to sew that would work well for us this past summer. Since motherhood's distractions always stay front and center in life, I suggested we try to get away for a couple of days to sew. Her mom was able to watch her kids for a couple nights, and Dave was in Michigan for a time. So, we headed to Northern Michigan, to Atlanta, where my family has a cabin in the woods. I asked my cousin Erin if she might be able to join us, and her mom also agreed to take her children.
Sew, we all met up at the cabin one wonderful July day.
Since I had been sewing in an RV for over a month, the cabin was a fresh venue for my hobby.
This cabin had plenty of space for our sewing adventures.
Most importantly, we were disconnected from the world. To get a signal to make a call or post on Instagram we had to take a healthy walk down the road. Luckily, we didn't encounter any bears, or other large wildlife. Or more importantly, skunk! Such was the case the last time I visited the cabin with my family, and our dog who had never seen a skunk... the horror of that trip shall be saved for another story on another day.
We had cold dinners, pasta salad one night, seven layer dip the other.....plenty of snacks and sewed like the wind!
It's always nice to sew in real life with friends your normally type messages to. April is a very talented quilter. Last time we sewed she taught me how to paper piece. This visit she taught me how to make a mean Moscow mule. A natural teacher that one.
I sewed away on a long ago fabric purchase that had been sitting in my pile for 2 years. The blocks came together very quickly with such companionably work conditions.
The other ladies worked on various quilt blocks, then worked on garment sewing, Erin being a master, and April coveting a custom tee shirt that would fit her, as she is very tall. ( I cannot relate)
At the end of the sewing getaway I had an entire quilt top assembled!
Quite a success!
At the end of the summer, when I returned home, I got it quilted and finished up. I did not attempt any basting in the RV because I am no fool.
It is a beautiful quilt, with lots of fun summer memories!
