Gift Quilt

I have been working on miscellaneous things like potholders for gifts, but no pics of those!  I did finish a quilt and gifted it to my boss.  She loves earth tones.  I showed this quilt earlier in progress but it's finished and gifted and she loved it!  I debated on borders, but decided it was a good throw width.  It's funny because I have gifted Jenine a quilt almost every year for 8 years, but this year I told her she had to use it!  Use it watching movies and let the dog be on it!  I want her to enjoy the quilts.  She sent me a picture this evening.  I think her dog approved!

The pattern is in the book Color Shuffle by Karla Alexander.  I just did a texture stipple, loopy quilting design.

 linked up to Small Quilts and Doll Quilts for Design Wall Monday.

Retreat Time!

This past weekend I went to a quilt retreat at Palouse Divide Lodge, one of my favorite spots for retreating.  The views out of the lodge are fabulous.  This photo is midday with the larch trees changing color.

I worked on three quilt tops.  This one will be a gift for a person who likes earth tones and curvy things.  It is from the book Color Shuffle by Karla Alexander.  I have wanted to make a quilt from this book for a long time.  I need to even up the edges and add a border of some type.

 This is one of the blocks.  They are set on point.  This was very fun to sew!

This is a quilt for nephew my sister has commissioned me to make.  The pattern is Labyrinth Walk.  I need to add borders to make it queen size so that will take a bit of figuring, not something I do at retreat.

I mentioned I worked on three quilt tops.  Well.... I was sewing the final rows together on the third one when I became ill Saturday night.  Several of the quilters had arrived Monday and I didn't arrive until Thursday evening.  Throughout the week over half of us were sick.  The group that left Sunday had norovirus we found out later.  It's not confirmed our group contracted it, but it is very contagious.  Thankfully my friends were able to pack up my stuff and load my car and tried to figure out how to get me home Sunday.  I said I could drive, it was only an hour and 15 minutes.  I made it, but it was rough!  I took today off work and feel much better.  I finally managed to unload my car and my husband won't let me in the kitchen.  That makes me feel so sad!  😉😏

Linking up with Design Wall Monday and Monday Making.