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Friday, August 25, 2017

Quilt Camp {Retreat Round Up}

In the days leading up to leaving for quilt retreat last Saturday, my husband started telling me that I was going off to "quilt camp". After I told him that the place had on-site massages and pedicures, he asked if I planned to come home!

My mom and her quilt friends have been going to a few different retreat locations throughout Michigan for the last ten years or so. She has been wanting me to take the time off to go with her, and this year was the first time I have been able to make that happen.


We stayed at (and essentially never left!) Creative Passions in Chesaning, Michigan. CP opened in 2005 with one building that accommodated 16 people, and soon will be able to accommodate 101 people in 4 buildings! The owner and her team have done an amazing job remodeling two churches as well as a former mill into amenity filled retreat spaces -- which I was too busy sewing to take pictures of! We stayed in CP2 -- one of the church buildings -- and took advantage of the local restaurant that brings catering right into the kitchen for you.

I would totally, absolutely, positively go back to retreat here. The price is fabulous and there is almost no reason to leave the retreat center between being able to cook in the kitchen and order food in! I just wish it wasn't so far for me to go!

Now onto the sewing! I took my two cut Blue in Bloom projects as my main retreat projects and was able to finish one top completely and complete about two-thirds of the second!

I worked on my green version first -- and little did I realize how much longer it would take than I had originally thought! With the main green print being directional and me being much too much of a perfectionist, I spent a lot of time making sure that all of the green print pieces went in the same direction throughout the entire quilt!





The second one went together much quicker than the first but I still wasn't able to complete the quilt top before I left for the airport on Wednesday. I was able to finish the first pieced border and all of the units for the second and third pieced borders are sewn but not pressed nor trimmed yet.





I am hoping to have the second quilt done soon so that I can quilt both quilts at my leisure between now and the beginning of December! I will need to get a backing for my blue version, but that will be no problem at all!

Have a happy Friday and wonderful weekend! Sharing at Finished or not Friday!

16 comments:

  1. The retreat and location sound really amazing, Alison. I'm so glad you were able to carve out some time to go this year. The quilt tops look amazing and you are doing great to have them both ready for December!

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  2. Lovely quilts both. I hear you on the directional fabric!! I am so OCD that is bugs me, so I try to avoid it.

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  3. Quilting retreats always sound amazing. One of these days I'll make it to one. Both of your quilts are so beautiful! Kudos to you for sticking to it and making sure all those directional fabrics matched. It looks fantastic! Andrea

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  4. Quilt retreats are fun, i find there is so much prep work that has to be done before you go so you can be productive. That facility looks wonderful, it looks like they thought out what quilters really need. I think it's great you got to join your mom.

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  5. Very pretty pattern. I just put it on my favorites list on Craftsy.

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  6. I love that pattern and both quilts are really pretty. I have done some unpicking in my lifetime on directional fabrics. I just can't let it be. Have a great time at the retreat!!

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  7. Oh, this looks amazing! C2C field trip for next year? :)

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  8. Perfectionism can be a really good thing.

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  9. Sounds like you had a wonderful time at quilt camp. Congrats on all the progress!

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  10. Your quilts look amazing! I know what you mean about being a perfectionist. I'd be spending all my time making sure the directional prints went the same way, also. I like being a perfectionist once I'm done with a quilt because I love they way they turn out, but while I'm struggling to get something just right, I wish I was a little less of a perfectionist! LOL I'm learning though. I've finally learned to fmq without ripping out every little stitch that isn't to my liking and I'm starting to be okay with that. :)

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  11. They are beautiful! The retreat sounds amazing...

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  12. Sounds like a fabulous place for a Quilt Retreat. Lucky YOU!!!

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  13. Both colorways are great. What a terrific retreat spot, and so much accomplished.

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  14. Such pretty tops! I love how the border on the green one is transparent and you can see the blocks overlapping it. Very cool effect! Quilt Camp sounds wonderful, sigh :)

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  15. I love how your fabrics play so well together. That is the hardest thing for me to "see" when I'm doing a fabric pull. These look amazing!

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  16. These two quilt tops are both so stunning. Your post makes me smile! And now I'm feeling I NEED a quilting retreat to go to!

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