Another fabulous retreat.....thanks everyone

Another retreat has been a great success and here we are a week later, already.
Only 51 weeks until the next retreat Kelly. I think things are back to normal; or as close as they ever get.
Here are some pictures from the 2013 retreat.....lots more great tops completed and wonderful time spent laughing and eating and sewing.....................

2 of Faye's for her local women's shelter

Cathy's Easy Street - a Bonnie Hunter mystery

Betty & Cathy's pineapple blocks

Such amazing hand-sewn detail on Terry's wool felt quilt

Dixie's batiks

Linda's bright rail fence style top

Faye's batik made from a bali pop package

The fight was on with the cooks trying to take Karen's gorgeous quilt - Great Fun

Some of the quilts I can't remember whose is whose but they are all great and I know there were many more that I did not get pictures of.

Thanks again to a great group of ladies for a fantastic retreat.......See you all next October :)

Spaces available

Less than a month to go and I have had 2  recent cancellations; at this point there are no refunds so these ladies would really like someone to take their spot. Both are considered shared spots.......1 is a bunk and 1 is a shared queen bed. These are on a first come, first serve basis so if you know anyone who would like to come let me know ASAP and we will work out the details.
Can't wait to see everyone. :)

Countdown is on

I sent out the reminder email yesterday as the retreat is little more than a month away.
Hope everyone is getting their projects organized....I know I am trying.
As always there are too many to chose from and if history is any indication I will buy something new to work on on the way to the retreat.:)
You may have noticed the countdown clock at the top if you are interested. When I set it up I thought it only counted down days and then Kelly posted number of hours on Facebook.
 I came back to see if I could add how many hours until retreat and I see they are already there.......who knew? Apparently not me-----LOL.
Anyway; I'm sure time will fly until we can all get together for a fun weekend full of friendship and sewing. See ya there.

See new page at the top.................

I had planned to combine my 2 blogs into one but discovered I could link them as pages instead. I will try to remember to post more often.
Meanwhile please come and check things out at www.smileyquilter.blogspot.ca. 

2012 Retreat

Thank you to all my great Retreaters for another fantastic retreat.
 We had a full house of 47 in attendance for a fabulous retreat this October.
 This was our 11th annual retreat and looking forward to many more.

Retreat pictures

Finally had time to download my camera so here are a few pictures........more to follow

some of the quilts

Wonderful cake provided by Phyllis Towle made and decorated by her daughter Jenny; isn't it wonderful

This group are the ladies who attended my first quilt retreat 10 years ago and they are still here :) Thanks

More wonderful quilts

And a few more quilts. You see lots of bargello quilts as a group of ladies at last years retreat challenged each other to complete a bargello, quite of few had bought a kit a number of years ago and decided it was time to get them completed. Aren't they beautiful.

Survived a great retreat

Thanks.to all the wonderful ladies who attended my 10th retreat. It was fun as always; not much sewing done by me but lots of talking & eating. Hi Donna let me know if you are reading this, I love comments.
As you can see I have started the countdown to next years retreat. I was going to try and combine this blog with my personal blog but it is too technical for this brain tonite. If you want to know what I' m doing between retreats check out smileyquilter.blogspot.com.