Monday, February 13, 2012

Quilt Bee Weekend

This past weekend the quilt bee I belong to, "Prairie Friends" had a sewing weekend.  We reserve a room at a local hotel to sew in from Friday afternoon until Sunday afternoon.  Several of my friends stay at the hotel, and the rest  of us commute.  We bring snacks, Chocolate, and a little wine to round out the sewing!!  Saturday, we always go to some place wonderful for a late lunch, early dinner and of course the local quilt shop.

Marcia (up above) stayed Friday and until Saturday afternoon.   This is one of the things she was working on.

Here are two of the quilts being worked on.  Marita is working on the green one the left, and Marge is working on the black, white and turquoise.

Above is Marita.  She is the one that arranges for this wonderful weekend.

Here are Marge and Kristie. They were checking out Marges' pattern, the black and white one.

Linda was working on a reproduction basket quilt.

Judy was working on a quilt with half square triangles.

Lyn was trying to get a wedding quilt ready to take to the longarmer for quilting.

Here is my Dresden plate quilt.  I got the centers, and setting triangles done.

This is the wedding quilt Lyn is working on.  She got all but one row done.

Here is the quilt Linda is working on.  She was piecing the first border for this beauty.

When Judy was done sewing, she decided to work on the embroidery for another quilt.

Progress on Marita's quilt.  She is fussy cutting each setting triangle of this quilt.

Here is just one block of the quilt that Kristie is working on.  It is going to be gorgeous.

Everyone had a great time.  We have been having this wonderful weekend for several years.  We all bring projects to work on.  We have so much fun.

Everyone have a great week. Thank you for stopping by.
Happy Quilting.

Mary

9 comments:

Linda said...

Oh, it looks like you had a great time. All of the projects look great. I like to get together with my sewing friends like this too. We have retreats two times a year. We all go and stay from Thursday night or Friday night through Sunday afternoon. I always get so much done and have lots of fun too. Thanks for sharing.

Johanna Zweden said...

I want to be your neighbour Mary
and to be in your Bee

The quilts are beautiful

It is nice to be with friends and share a hobby

Happy Valentine

Marianne said...

Looks like you had a wonderful time. I went to a sewing day last weekend, too. Think I did more chatting and looking than sewing, but it was fun anyway.

I do love your Dresden plate quilt - coming along nicely!

Love Of Quilts said...

I enjoy seeing new quilts they are so pretty. Your Dresden is very lovely. So glad you shared . Happy Valentine's Day.

Agapequilt said...

How many beautiful friends you have.
Also the quiltses are beautiful.

rubyslipperz1052 said...

What a great time...the moments are so much more cherished when we can share with great friends and wonderful fabric. =)

hugZ,
annie
anniesrubyslipperz.com

Nana said...

I wish I could have been there too but we are all glad that you made all those great pictures so we are able now to see who was there and what each one of you made. Each work is lovely and the embroidery is delicate.

Nana

Quilting Chemist (Danette) said...

Mary, your Dresden plate turned out beautifully. Thanks for shaing all the photos.

Marga (MarPie) said...

Oohh I could only dream for a weekend like that. You really had a great time the picture show me that.

Kind regards,
Marga♥