Monday, October 8, 2012

Fall in Florida

Mother and daughter.....
 
 
Mother and daughter.....
 
Our Fall Florida Retreat was fabulous!
 
We packed up our bags and off we went....

We had a new guest this time....
 
Patti...the quilting version of the "Energizer Bunny"...
 
this woman just wouldn't quit....
 
look at this....
 






And don't let anyone tell you that quilting isn't a dangerous hobby...
but she kept on going....
 
Brenda was no slouch....
 
 
Kits are available at Mama's Quilt Shop...got to have one...or two....



 
She finished 3 and started on a fourth one...
 
Dawn was determined to finish her quilt....in between trips to the beach....


Isn't it beautiful!
 
And me....of course....

 
My twisters...
 
My rag quilt.....
 
And a sample of one I want to make....I am loving these rag quilts.
 
 
A little of this...
 
and a little of this....
 
And in case you doubted what I called her...this is a bird's eye view of Patti...sitting by the pool....in the hot sun....quilting a quilt while she was waiting on us to finish upstairs.
We had to do some serious cleaning...thread snippets were everywhere!
 
We really appreciate my boss,  Mr. Edward and his lovely wife, Janice for sharing their beautiful condo with us.  We are already planning our spring retreat.



5 comments:

  1. Martha, where were you in Florida? I love shelling (and quilting) so your shells pics have piqued my interest.

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  2. What beautiful quilts and it looks like everyone had a wonderful time at the retreat! Thanks for sharing.
    Freemotion at the River Linky Party Tuesday

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  3. The quilts are beautiful and I sure could do with some time at the beach, it looks lovely. Thanks for sharing.

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  4. Popped by from Freemotion by the River - what a great collection of quilts and beach photos - I can feel the sand on my feet :)

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  5. I wish I could capture that energizer bunny mode. I seem to be the world's slowest quilter, but in my defense, I am also my mom's full time caregiver and try to squeeze in the quilting. This collection of quilts is amazing and what fun to have such a beautiful setting in which to quilt.

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