QUILTIN' WITH MY SASSY SEWERS
LAKEHOUSE RETREAT
JAN. 2014
We did it!! We, meaning my sewing/quilting group, the Sassy Sewers, went on our very 1st retreat!! We have evolved from a group of ladies who didn't know each other nor had little in common except for our desire to sew, quilt, or learn to quilt, into a group of ladies with much in
common. Funny, how that can happen, isn't it? My husband, Tractor Man, had heard me complain for over 2 yrs about my need to find a group of ladies to stitch with so his response was finally, "Well, why don't you form your own group?"........AND that's EXACTLY What I Did!! A few well placed announcements in 2 church bulletins, A few phone calls, and a Facebook invitation, and I had a resemblance of a quilting group. One Problem, most of the ladies who came didn't know how to sew and wanted to LEARN HOW to quilt. Ok, Drop back and punt, Jane. You can do this.
That was October 2012....Fast Forward to Jan. 2014 and the following pictures will tell you how things are going!
Lakehouse
What a PERFECT spot for a retreat!
Winter on Lake Weiss
Arrival Time
7 degrees!!!
Eating...What We Do Best!
Janice is holding down the Sewing Tables
Hard at Work on our Project!
Here we are working on our stars
Shirley was our Teacher since she had already
made one; which we ALL fell in love with and decided
The Fancy Folded Star would make a great Retreat Project
Jan, all alone in her own world...that's just a long white straw Ladies!
Half-Way Thru the Process...Now for the Folding!
Nancy's Star in Progress
Beautiful Cabin Bedroom Furniture!
Part of the Gang watching me climbing up the bank
where I went down to stick my toe into Lake Weiss
7 degrees
Supper Time
Nancy's Homemade Lasagna
Side View of the Cabin
GoodBye Lake Weiss...We'll be Back When Warmer Weather Arrives
THANK YOU TAMARA
for sharing your beautiful Lakehouse for our 1st Quilting Retreat!
MY RED WHITE & BLUE FANCY FOLDED STAR...STILL IN PROGRESS
Thank you for indulging me by reading along as I shared pictures of my Sassy Sewers First Quilt Retreat.
God has been good to bring together such a close knit group of ladies and allow us to not only share our love of stitching but of fellowship and friendship too!
Blessings,
Oh it has been a long time - glad all is well. What a lovely place to get away for a retreat. A very ambitious project for your group.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful place and what fun you must have had! blessings, marlene
ReplyDeleteI want to learn how to make one of those stars, Jane! Is it hard? I am so proud you have yourself a group of ladies to sew with now. Good for you!
ReplyDeleteThat looks like sew much fun! What a gorgeous place to be with friend and quilt.
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a lovely time! I used to make those stars. I always thought they would make pretty Christmas ornaments.
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful place for a retreat...I wish I were there! It looks like you had a great time!
ReplyDeleteIt looks just fantastic, both the location and your folded star. I'm in awe of that.
ReplyDeleteI am so happy for you all! Retreats are awesome. Your fancy folded star is too!
ReplyDeleteYou seem to have had a lovely time! You're so lucky to have your own group, quilting friends are the best kind of friends =)
ReplyDeleteAnd it's so much fun to see my tutorial be put to such excellent use, it really made my day to read this post! Thank you for sharing! All the stars look lovely!