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My February goal for A Lovely Year of Finishes is to make twelve pillowcases. Part of the retreat I attend every June is making something for a charity. For many years we made 22" quilts, aka Love Covers, for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at St. Louis Children's Hospital. One year we made a quilt for every retired nun at The Mercy Center. For several years now we have been making pillowcases for the patients at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital.
We started out a little slow in 2011.
We made quite a few more in 2012.
In 2013 we really outdid ourselves.
This year every person who attends the retreat is being challenged to make twelve pillowcases, that's only one a month so should be very doable. I pulled fabric this week for pillowcases so that will be my goal for February - to make my twelve pillowcases for retreat.
I think it's a nice variety of fabrics. Something for everyone from toddler to teen.
I'm linking up with the Goal Setting Party at Fiber of All Sorts for A Lovely Year of Finishes
It doesn't seem possible that three weeks have passed since I was packing up the car and heading to St. Louis for our annual Clara's Quilting Cottage Retreat. It was so great to be able to spend some time with these lovely ladies, most of whom I met online over the last ten years or so.
It's been difficult to break down the 300+ photos I took and decide which of them to share with you, but here goes! We were asked to wear animal prints on Welcome Night as a special salute to Faye who loves all things leopard (and giraffe, and zebra, and snakeskin and............ Well, you get the idea!)
Debbie really got into the spirit with her pedicure!
Rilla came to Retreat prepared to "deal with it!"
Julie came prepared for.......well.......I'm not sure what!
It was great to see my roommate, Faye, again. We have been roomies since 2005 except for last year when she chose going to her daughter's wedding over quilting with us! I know, Right?? She gave me these awesome gifts! Don't you love the purse she made for me?
Show and Tell involved some great quilts and also some great stories. Like Gayle's.......
.......and Eve's.
Some of the gals played "strip poker" with Julie again this year, and she won ALL the fabric strips, as usual. They should know better by now.
In addition to all the fun and shenanigans, some did actually sew!
Faye made a great start on her "Swoon" quilt. You can read more about it HERE.
Next time -- the Black and White and One Other Color Challenge and some of MY sewing!
It's that time again -- time for Retreat! I am really excited about seeing some of my internet quilting friends this week at a retreat here in St. Louis. Thirty of my closest friends are meeting at The Mercy Center in Frontenac for five days of sewing, quilting, laughing and catching up with each other. I have known many of these ladies for more than 10 years. We met online and communicate mostly online, but get together every June for our retreat. A small group of us manages to get together more than once a year by having "meet-ups" in Paducah, KY for shopping and lunch, and for the AQS Quilt Show in April.
I have my projects prepped and ready to pack: five 22" quilts basted and ready to quilt for the Neo-Natal ICU at St. Johns Mercy Medical Center....
....two baby quilts cut out and ready to put together....
....and pieces cut out for a scrappy Pineapple Blossom quilt.
If I get all that completed and run out of things to do, the retreat center is less than a mile from one of my favorite quilt shops - The Quilted Fox.
Faye is usually my roommate, but her daughter forgot to check on the dates of our retreat before setting the date for her wedding (can you imagine!?!?) It won't be the same without her, but I'll do my best to have a good time.
