There is so much talent in them thar hills!

My friend and neighbor Chris has grace, kindness, beauty and talent. She is not only a great quilter, she is an experienced and gifted instructor. Today I learned that she taught in a fairly large quilt retreat for about 14 years. I’m feel so lucky that she’s teaching a few friends and me. Today we had a mini quilt retreat. Our group was small…just five of us plus Chris, and since my house has a finished and heated garage, we set up our sewing machines and tables there and got at it!

The first part of this was cutting the fabric. We cut all of our fabric into 2″ strips…

We then sewed the strips together and cut them again into 5″ rectangles. So much progress was made! Here’s Tineke’s fabric once the rectangles were created and positioned…

Erin’s fabric…

Margie’s fabric…

Nancy’s fabric…

I didn’t get to take a picture of it laid out in “quilt form”..I’ll have that tomorrow. Here’s Nancy’s fabric..

Oh..and here’s mine! Mine is a baby’s quilt, and if it turns out decently, I will be donating it.

A very productive Day One. Whew! This is hard work! Come back tomorrow and see what we accomplish!