Virtual Retreat 2016

[Pamela N.]

When Cathy said, wow, I guess Luann really wants us to come,,, I had no idea that my picture of the porch went up 4 times! My iPad was acting up and on a normal day, I just hit the submit button once more, it posts, and then tells me that it's ignoring the duplicate. Obviously, this time it decided to do something entirely different.

[Pamela N.]

and then this happens,,,

It splits my post up into more than one! Oh me oh my, what a lot of boo whooey!

I'm just glad you are all very understanding people about such things.

I really would enjoy hosting a retreat in my area. I know that travel expenses are way too high for most of us to entertain the idea. But, if any of you are coming to the Charleston area on vacation, I'd enjoy a meetup. There are a lot of very interesting sites down here and it's very rich with history, as my hubby would say. I'll leave you with a little eye candy of the area.



And there's the Angel Oak tree that is believed to be 1400+ years old that makes this tree look pretty young!

[Pamela N.]

Pretty tree Lu Ann! I'd love to come and do some dyeing/painting/ice dyeing! Haven't started yet this year, as we just got back to Montana, but seeing the shirts you did for the girls is inspiration to get started!!! Our son lives in Ma. and the next trip hubby and I drive (not fly)we want to take a road trip down the whole east coast. Would be awesome to meet up!

Dorothy

[Pamela N.]

In case you need a nap,
you can use this to cover up with!
As long as you get here before I get it up on a wall!





Just finished the binding a few minutes ago. It's on it's way to show 'n tell tonight!

[Jules M.]

Fantastic! This is stunning, AnnieLu!

[wendy w.]

Beautiful!!

I shall sit in the tree

[wendy w.]

Luann - quilt looks great!
Barb :-)

[wendy w.]

The sewing room is at sixes and sevens, the guest bed won't bed found for I don't know how long, BUT I do have easy access to a corner that I don't normally get to, and I am going to give it a thorough going through to see what really needs keeping _{hopefully not all of it}. My other delight is that I have found my Quilt museum panel that I was planning onusing as my centre panel of this years bom :woohoo: I now no longer have any excuse that I cannot start it _{apart from the fact that the sewing table is in nearly as deep a pile of 'cack' as the guest bed} :side:

[Geneva C.]

Although I love my "overseas" TQS friends for many things, not the least of which are their amazing quilts, I am especially fond of the new terms I learn. I've started using "tickety boo" and now I can insert "cack" into my vernacular. Being at "sixes and sevens" is a daily occurrence for me, I think. Hopefully these all mean what I think they mean!

geneva

PS. Rosemary, go for it!

PPS. A favorite saying my mom always used is "I'm so tired I don't know if I'm swimming or winding my watch." :dry:

[wendy w.]

:lol: cack is what animals leave behind.

[Pamela N.]

So funny :lol: Wendy I've got the giggles now.

[Deborah W.]

Beautiful. The colours really pop against the black background.

[Deborah W.]

Well spiders have certainly been leaving a mess behind in the sewing room. I think that sweeping the walls has to be pretty near the top of my 'not favourite to do list'...

As an addendum to the UK/USA translation notes, to be cack-handed has nothing to do with animals, but is usually a reference to someone who is left handed, and thus is not good at using their right hand for most things.

My sewing table!


Where my sewing table usually lives...

[Deborah W.]

And this corner I am plotting to replace with a tall bookshelf (2 metres tall, which is approx 6'6") which hopefully will hold a lot of the stuff there plus some more AND make it easier to get at my fabric! DH is hoping that I will also have a mega slinging out session inch:

[E.M. T.]

I don't know, Rosemary...looks like a lot of good useful stuff !! :whistle: :lol: