Moose Lake Quilt Retreat Info

Hey Friends and blog visitors, thought I'd update this before any of you came to see stuff and found nothing.  SO, I'm going to upload a copy of the Quilt Retreat brochure so anyone can print and then register by mailing in; I'm going post some pictures of the Beginner Project (Fat 1/4 lap quilt) and a couple of pictures from an earlier post that showcase the possibilities of the "Stack'nWack" project that Adina Boschman will be teaching.  If you've got any questions, it would be best to email me at vpank@mts.net.  Hopefully these posts will lure you out to Moose for the weekend.

This is the beginner lap quilt.  It can be done with one feature fabric like this picture or, each point of the star can be done with a different co-ordinating fabric (8 fat 1/4's), you also need a cbackground, neutral fabric.  It's got a country look when done with different plaids/homespuns.

Okay, having some trouble with the PDF Registration form.  The "Stack'nWack" is on my earlier April 15, post so you can see the squares there.  I'll try to fix the other posts later, sorry ...email me and I'll send them to you :)

Preparing to retreat!

Hey Friends, I'm planning the Moose Lake Quilting retreats even as I enter an update here.  I hope to post a registration form here within the week!  Looking forward to celebrating 10 years at Moose.  Come on out and celebrate with me (and others!) or just do a drop in for the day on either Saturday and bring your show and tell.  Hope to post the brochure here  as well.  First weekend October 31, Nov 1&2, is a project completion weekend, bring all those Moose Lake UFO's and finish them, and bring all the Moose Lake projects you've finished for show and tell!  Nov 7.8.&9 is a Kaleidescope stack and whack with Adina Boschman and she'll have all sorts of appropriate fabrics for purchase so either drop in at her store before retreat, on your way out or she'll bring it with her.  You can see my squares for this project on my previous post.  This weekend will also have open house on Saturday.  Judy Blatz is doing a "baby blanket blitz" for the Villa Rosa on both weekends so you can donate your one meter flannel or panel pieces and come help "tie" up some blankets for charity.  Lots of fun stuff.  Hope to see you out!

Options for finishing, not always as fast as it should be!

Hey, this entry is especially for Jody, take a look at how the ties have been done on these two. Notice they're closer than 6" apart, that's your choice, check your batting if you can, it will have a recommended distance on it. Also, we talked about having your ties on the back instead of the front. I should have done that, especially on the yellow one. I also used embroidery floss for that one but apparently it's not the best because it can untie itself.? Who knew.

This one was tied late at night by the Forshaw/Waller/Pankratz team. I think we finished at about 2:30 in the morning. How we kept the lines straight, I don't know!

A Couple more spare time projects

These are a few square of the kaleidescope project a couple of friends and I are working on. When you make a fabric selection for this project it influences every piece of fabric you see for the next two or three shopping trips! I'ts just a great surprise to see how one fabric can change depending on where you cut it and how you lay it down. What Fun!

Trying to find myself

It's quite something when you post a blog and then forget where you put it. I've found the process of self discovery is something that never ceases. I thought I'd post some pics (because that's what I enjoy) of some recent projects that have been my spare time.

This project is fondly called "Peppermint Patty" because of the chocolate circles. It was done by request and is my first comission (which has been successfully delivered in record time 4 months from fabric purchase to delivery, outstanding for moi). The room that is it's home is painted in a soft sage and soldier blue. The one pre-requisite of the quilt was that somewhere there had to be a soccer ball, so, since peppermint patty didn't look like a soccer ball, I appliqued soccer balls falling down the back. (Found some great soft flannel to make it all cozy).

I discovered a new sport (Quilt wrestling) while machine quilting it on my 1950's Bernina. This was a lot of quilt to roll under my little 6"throat (of my machine of course). In the end, I did win the wrestling match. I found a rythmn in a neat meander.

Sparetimeobsession

Hey, it's an experiment in the making.