February Quilt Retreat

 Every February a few of my friends and I go on a fairly local quilt retreat.

  It's about 2 hours from home for me.  

This year I invited my friend Kailie.  

She is living close enough to drive here.  

So on Thursday she and her dog came to my house. 

 We packed up her car, left her dog with Chris and headed out to meet up with my other 2 friends.  

We always have such a great time!  

WAY too much food, talking, movies and laughter. 

Some shopping at the quilt shops nearby.

 Oh and we sewed...a LOT this time!

First quilt shop was Seven Sisters in Carson City.

Kailie, Mary, Me and Cori

Mary found a few things, LOL

Mary had the first finish of the weekend.

Followed by Cori.

Mine was up next.

I have 3 of these to do!

Pattern is by Apples and Beavers.

It is called Unicorn Garden.

One of 4 is completely finished and you saw it in the last post.

Saturday we went to Creative Passions quilt shop.

Kailie finished this baby quilt while working on her Cranberry and Lace quilt.

Mary finished three more tops for her granddaughters.

Such happy quilts!

Cori finished another top.

Pattern is Double Slice and uses a layer cake and a bit of white

I made the FPP fairy at home.

I managed to finish the 3rd unicorn.

Three down one to go!

I showed Mary how to glue baste and machine bind.

She was able to get binding on TWO pretty sizable quilts.

I only remembered to snap this photo though.

Kailie made significant progress on her Cranberry and Lace top.

She continued to work on it when we got back to my house on Sunday.

It is a beauty!

Pattern is Denim and Lace by A Crafty Fox.

It was tough to leave as we had all been so productive!

I will see them all in July at retreat though.

Kailie and I returned home and Chris prepared a great spread for watching the Super Bowl.

I think Chris tired Ebby out!

Apparently the cats were exhausted as well, LOL.

I was right there with them.

I think I stayed up past 2am every night we were there!!!

A good time was had by all and we are all looking forward to seeing each other in July.

I have my first mamogram since my breast cancer diagnosis on Monday.

Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers.

Last time I was in was for my annual, and we were supposed to leave for NC the next day.

Instead, BAM...breast cancer!

It's ok though, all is well as far as I can tell.

I will feel a lot better after Monday that's for sure!!

~XOP~