Quilt Retreat

My mom has been talking about a quilting retreat for a while. We looked into retreat centers and B&Bs but decided it was a lot cheaper for us to rent a cottage for a week. We found a farmhouse in Flesherton (airbnb) and went up Monday afternoon. Friday evening my dad, Andrew and E came up for the weekend. We left the following Monday. My mom did a bit of sewing on the weekend, but I was feeling too tired after Friday.

I got one quilt top done (left - Chinese Tiles) and another mostly done (right - Follow the Leader)!

Monday
Arrive 4pm, unpack eat dinner

Setup in our rental farmhouse:

Chinese Tiles:
-cut Fabric 8
-determine I have enough unused fat quarters to make a second quilt top (same colour way but different fabrics)
-choose binding
-put together Section 1 & 2

Tuesday
Chinese Tiles:
-put together Sections 3 & 4
-have a 2 hour nap
-visit a Quilt Store
-put together Section 5
-Join Sections 1-5 (finish top)

Follow the Leader:
-attach triangles to columns 5-7
-put together column 5

Wednesday
Follow the Leader:
-put together column 6&7

-cut 1 1/4" strips for sashing
-join sashing strips and iron and trim
-cut lengths of sashing for between columns
-iron columns 1-4 (from 2014)
-lay out columns, add in small top and bottom triangles (balancing colours)
-sew top and bottom small triangles on columns 1-7

Thursday
Sleep In
Go to a Quilt Store

Follow the Leader:
-cut columns to width (this was not fun...)
-attach 1/2 the sashing (this was even less fun - I hate pinning!)

Baby Stuff:
-prepped (washed/dryed) muslin and flannel for burp cloths
-cut 5 receiving blankets

Friday
Follow the Leader:

-attach 1/2 the sashing (20 min to pin one seam, 25 min to sew it)

Weekend Fun