Quilt Retreat Weekend!!

 On Thursday, I picked up my friend, Traci, from the airport and we headed north to a quilt retreat.  
Our friend, Cori met us at my house and we followed her to Chesaning and had dinner together.  

Then we headed to the retreat house and my SIL, Mary met us there.  

The four of us had not been together for 2 years! 

 It was so great to hang out. 

 We ate, laughed, sewed, watched movies, shopped and had some adult beverages. 

 We stayed up WAY too late! 

 It was so much fun!!  

I saw some amazing double coneflowers. 

 I wish I could have collected up some seeds.  

These were beautiful!

I spent most of the weekend working on my Prissy Pumpkins quilt. 

 I can't show the top just yet but it is adorable and you are SO  need the pattern. 

 It took me Thursday, Friday and Saturday to get it finished. 

 The quilt top is 80" square so it is a big quilt!  

On Sunday I decided that I wanted to try to put my Dorothy's Journey quilt top together. 

 I used the Nightingale pattern and the fabric is called Dorothy's Journey. 

 It is by Jill Howarth for Riley Blake. 
The background color us an Andover fabric. 

 I just managed to get it done before it was time to pack up to head home. 

 I had all the blocks made I just needed to assemble it. 

 I'm really happy that I have these 2 tops finished. 

This one is for a yet to be born baby.

I have a plan to use the panel for the back, so will have to piece it.

I had one left over block so will make a pillow with the leftover block.

 One more pattern test to go but I need a break from sewing right now.

Of course I brought Jack along.  He was exhausted and ready to head home too!

We are heading out to camp for a few days.

I am leaving my machine home and bringing some hand work and some books!

I did get my stitches out today and the scars look pretty good!

~XOP~

Another Blog?

 Hi Friends!  
I am venturing out of my comfort zone and have enrolled in a pattern designing workshop. 

 I am very excited but super nervous about all the new learning I will be doing. 

 I have not watched the first module yet and another one will be launching on Monday.  

We just returned from camping and I did not have my computer with me.

I have 3 patterns for other people to test also. 

 Those need to be done in the next 6 weeks. 

 Everything is happening at the same time!! 

 Plus it is summer so we are busy with doing house and yard work and visiting friends.  

I'm worried I won't be able to do all the things and sleep, HAHA.

Anyway, I have changed my name on Instagram and on Facebook to Sew Purrfect Designs.  

I will be setting up a new blog with this same title.

  You can access it now but there is literally nothing there yet. 

 Again, one more thing I need to work on, but I didn't want the name to be taken so I nabbed it and will work on making it happen later. 

 I will try to keep posting family things here and quilty content over there. 

 I'm pretty sure the cats will be on both!
For now, until I can get that other blog up and running, I will continue to post quilty content here. 

 Like these blocks I have made for a baby quilt.

Pattern is Nightingale.

Let me know what you think of the new name!

~XOP~

More Berlin

 I got to go over to Kailie's motor home and we sewed together. 
 I made a Midi bag and she made the Mondo bag.  

Here is my set up in her motor home.

Here we are with our completed bags!!!

I started making more Nightingale blocks using Dorothy's Journey fabric.

I thought you would like to see some of the fabric I bought while I was there.

I bought some Tula fabric.

That blue on the left was on sale so I bought enough for a back!

I began collecting some "blue" low volume fabrics for a pixilated Michigan quilt.

They will be the great lakes.

I also found some greens for the state part of the pixilated quilt.  I will also be using MSU fabrics.

I found some Coral Queen of the Sea.  Had to buy some, right?

I am saving some of these for a quilt that I will be pattern testing.  

I can't use them all but some of these will work for what I have in mind.

Some low volume restocking.  

That gray floral on the left is one of my favorites. 

 I was so happy to find it again.

With all the gray and LV quilts I seem to be making my LV gets used up.

I needed some background fabric for the quilt I am going to be pattern testing. 

 I didn't know how much we needed but the designer got back to me so Kailie drove me back to the shop I saw the perfect fabric at! 

 I got the background and those greens will be in the quilt too.

I found the cutest panel and this is the coordinating fabric.  

I will be using it as a border around the panel.  

I have a couple of baby quilt s to make and this will be one of them.  

I didn't get a photo of the panel though so you will have to wait.

Shimmer dots.  

Made my ice dragon and the priest's quilt from this line.  

I love both of these prints.

This was the second time I saw this adorable tiger fabric. 

 I took it as a sign from the universe that it needed to come home with me. 

 I want to use it for a chenille blanket back.  

I also found the extra wide backing for the patchwork flying geese quilt.

I went with the Bluebell, Minky.

I mam joining a fabric challenge over on IG.

  Beginning on July 5 I will be keeping track of my fabric usage and 

can't buy anything new until I use 30 yards. 

 Since I will be working on the nightingale quilt still, that one uses 11 yards so

 I'll be 1/3 of the way there!  

I think that catches you up!

~XOP~