Beaver Island Retreat : meet Sharon

Oh Sharon is a big marshmallow, like me she cries at really sweet things, like talking about her new granddaughter " Scout".  She download a little video of the baby so we could see her cooing and smiling.......oh my goodness all that sweetness and tears from us both.  She was having a ball but really could not wait to get home to Scout.  Sharon made this feathered star at home and tried all kinds of new borders on it.  It is definitely still a work in progress :0).  Sharon came with a friend from Indiana and they both had the best time.  Nice to meet you Sharon.....hugs to "Scout".

Happy Sewing, Kim

Sharon getting into modeling

What do you think of this idea?

Sharon during show and tell

Meet Sandi

Sandi drove from Georgia with her husband in their camper to Gwen's retreat.
She came with a completed star which she used for the middle of her medallion
and then made all these gorgeous little stars with Kaffe  Fassett fabrics to surround the larger one.
Sandi sat near me so I got to see her try different fabrics and shapes as the project grew, she was extremely creative in her use of color and blocks.

Isn't it fun!  I wonder how it will look when it's done?

Happy Sewing, Kim

In the bottom corners are tiny little stars less than one inch finished!

Sandi working away with her design ( and mine on the left) in the back ground. Here she is deciding on the color strip pinned to the design wall.

Sandi during show and tell with her center now set on point ( more of Barb's on the left)

 

Meet Jolene

Jolene is from Michigan not far from our retreat.  I just love her smile, we had lots of laughs together.
She came to the retreat with a little piece of art from her granddaughter which she decided
to use as the center of her medallion quilt.  Here is the start of Jolene's quilt, isn't  it
so cute and colorful ?  That is just Jolene in a nutshell :cute and so fun, sadly she had to
leave early because of her back pain.   I hope you are feeling better Jolene.
 Happy Sewing, Kim

Love the look of these solids

Jolene is not much taller than 5 feet :0)

Jolene and me in the book signing line......how fun!

Gwen's retreat : Meet Barbara

Barbara and I met in Alabama at a quilting retreat lead by two ladies from Gee Bend's where we sewed away  at beautiful Camp McDowell.
When we discovered we both wanted to go to Gwen's Beaver Island retreat we matched up our dates so we could quilt together again, it was wonderful to arrive and have Barb's smiling face ready to greet me.  Barb is an enthusiastic new quilter with a  great color sense, this medallion just got better and better.  Happy Sewing, Kim

Oh just for fun I'm gonna show off Barb's quilt over at WIP Wednesday :0)

The beginning of Barb's medallion quilt

Gwen and Barb makes some design decisions

"How does it look from there Barb?"

Here is Barb in Alabama making a medallion quilt.

Gwen's Beaver island Quilt Retreat

Jackie in the retreat room

swapping ideas with Gwen

Jackie's basket taking shape

 

 

I'm just home from 4 days of quilting with Gwen Marston in  Michigan at her world famous
quilting retreat.  It was a great group of ladies and I thought I would show you their work and
introduce you to them one by one.  This is Jackie, doesn't she have a great smile?  Her work is so creative, you can find one of her many quilts on page 99 of Gwen's " Liberated Medallion Quilts" book.

Jackie's basket quilt was taking shape everyday of the retreat with the center basket composed
of tiny hst blocks in all shades of yellow.  Jackie is a repeat retreater with Gwen and lives in the area,
she had us all over to her beautiful home on the lake where she quilts to her hearts content in a lovely sewing space.

You can see how we all shared design wall space so stay tuned to see those quilts and the lovely lady behind the work.

Happy Sewing, Kim

Guess who I've been quilting with???  Yes!  Gwen.  More to follow in the coming days :0)

More Salley Mavor

While I'm away I thought you might like to look at more of Salley Mavor's works of art, here are the close-ups of her needle work creations she used in "little Miss Muffett" from her book" Pocketful of Posies a treasury of nursery rhymes".  They were simply amazing to see.

The plant stalk is wool felt stitched with embroidery then sewn onto a wire and shaped.

 

the spider legs are wire wrapped with threads.

the web is perfectly formed stitches of silver

Weekend Away in NH

Walking on the beach in NH

Best friends. We met 40 years ago as newly weds

This wedding quilt finally gets delivered; at least to the mother of the bride, Taryn gets it next weekend :0).

Friends for 40 years :0). Now we're grandparents together.

I love to walk on the beach anytime.

clouds moving in across the Berkshires on our way home

More 6 inch blocks

Almost caught up with my sow along with Randy blocks :0)  Happy Sewing, Kim

Zigzag quilt...is it done?

Just when I think this quilt is done I keep thinking it is asking for something more

I added another row of blocks in each direction

I put in some brighter colors

I keep looking at it...........is it done?  What are you trying to tell me zigzag quilt?

Garden visitor

Hoya flower dripping nectar

Which way is the front?

he is fuzzy everywhere!

Oh there is his head :0)

Bye

I'm off quilting with Gwen Marston at her Beaver Island retreat........Happy sewing, Kim

Spotted in NH

I love old cars and cute license plates too :0).

Ford

How cute!

Seed pods in Fall

seeds ready to fall

These peony pods in the Fall are much showier than the small pink blossom in Spring time.

Peony seed pod

This seed pod has four separate pods

This one only 3

seed pod opening

Dump and sew

Beth has a challenge, on her blog, to make a quilt by dumping out a pile of scraps and sew them together.
Check out the linky party over at Beth's of the dump and sew quilts.....some are amazing!

I used some small scraps too. Don't over think it just grab a scrap and sew.

I started with this pile of scraps that I won from Randy and made the small quilt, it's going to sit for a while before I decide how to finish it.  Any ideas?  Add a border?


 Can I get a whoop whoop for my efforts?  I'm gonna try by posting this quilt over at Sarah's :0) come on over and link up. Happy Sewing to you all while I'm away with Gwen Marston at her Beaver Island quilt retreat.

Block 49

Block 49