{"id":23540,"date":"2014-05-31T05:13:10","date_gmt":"2014-05-31T12:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=23540"},"modified":"2016-08-23T17:24:28","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T00:24:28","slug":"bamqg-retreat-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/bamqg-retreat-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"BAMQG Retreat Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you want to see how the retreat was set up, some in process and fun shots, check out the post<\/a> I wrote a few days ago.<\/p>\n

Mystery Quilt<\/strong><\/p>\n

I won’t tell you what mystery quilt we did, in case your guild does it. I don’t want to spoil the fun for you, but I will show you some of the examples of what came out of the blocks. Please note that most people basically threw the last two clues (after the blocks were made) out and did their own setting. They did great. All of the tops are really their own. The mystery quilt designer might have a heart attack, but I love the diversity and the creativity. The most of the mystery quilt was that everyone was working together on the same project.<\/p>\n

\"Kelly\"<\/a>
Kelly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Boss took all of her blocks apart and rearranged them into this piece. She had to add fill-in pieces to complete the background.<\/p>\n

\"Amanda<\/a>
Amanda and Cheryl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They became the retreat twins in my mind. They sat across from each other (behind me) and it was fun to see them bounce off each other. Cheryl was the fantastic retreat coordinator and she actually got work done. I borrowed pins from her since I forgot my pincushion ALL THREE DAYS.<\/p>\n

\"Lynnette\"<\/a>
Lynnette’s blocks (no layout yet)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was pretty amazing how Lynnette used different fabrics, but they are really cohesive. I didn’t think they were a line, but I could be wrong.<\/p>\n

\"Ruth<\/a>
Ruth & Rhonda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I am not sure Rhonda actually put hers together like the photo, but I wouldn’t be surprised. There was a quite a lot of hilarity going on and the above photo might have been part of the hilarity.<\/p>\n

Ruth<\/a>‘s piece is on top and she did a fabulous job with her final result. I wasn’t fast enough to get a photo.<\/p>\n

\"Michelle's<\/a>
Michelle’s Mystery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I can’t even believe that Michelle made this quilt out of the mystery pieces.<\/p>\n

\"Angela\"<\/a>
Angela<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Angela would not give me her quilt even though it is in my colors. I was mad at myself for not thinking of this color scheme. I love what she did and the photo doesn’t do it justice. The blues are more turquoise.<\/p>\n

\"Gerre\"<\/a>
Gerre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gerre started and got this whole piece quilted. She only lacked a binding and a label. Amazing!<\/p>\n

\"Diana\"<\/a>
Diana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Diana was working on a couple of different projects and the ones I saw were made from Autumn-y colors. Isn’t this version cool?<\/p>\n

\"Buff\"<\/a>
Buff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Buff made this adorable baby quilt. I love the bunny peeking out of the top of the fabric strip.<\/p>\n

Charity<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Donation<\/a>
Donation block<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

People worked on donation blocks as well.<\/p>\n

To the left is the only donation block I finished, but I had half of another parts of two others done as well. I’ll finish them this week.<\/p>\n

\"Piles<\/a>
Piles of donation blocks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My block is only one of a giant stack of blocks that piled up throughout the weekend. I was amazed that every time I went into the cutting room, more blocks were in the pile.<\/p>\n

The great thing is that people just did them. There was no big drama; they just did them and the pile grew.<\/p>\n

\"Peggy's<\/a>
Peggy’s donation top<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Peggy is working on a series of half square triangle quilts. Her latest top was finished at the retreat. She said she is enamored with the diamond offset on the top. I am really glad she is playing with the blocks. It makes me happy to see people having fun.<\/p>\n

\"Donation<\/a>
Donation Fish Blocks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I saw that a few fish blocks were made as well. There were a lot of kits available for those. I couldn’t make any as I didn’t bring any blue fabrics that would have been suitable.<\/p>\n

Did you see the patterns for these blocks<\/a>? If you want to make a small quilt and donate it, please do. The guild will be happy to accept it and I am happy to facilitate. They would make a fun baby quilt as well.<\/p>\n

Personal Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n

In between the charity quilts and blocks and the mystery quilt, people worked on their own projects. There were finishes (Gerre, Bonnie, Angela, Diana, etc) and major progress that happened. It was fun to see all the projects where people made major progress.<\/p>\n

Angela finished her mom’s Mother’s Day quilt. She did some lovely embroidery on the back as her label. You saw the quilt on the post<\/a> where I talked about the BAMQG meeting.<\/p>\n

Diana finished an auction quilt. It is a good thing as the auction already took place and she just needed to finish the quilt! What a hero for making such a big project for a school auction!<\/p>\n

\"Diana's<\/a>
Diana’s Auction Quilt -front<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Diana's<\/a>
Diana’s Auction Quilt -back<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Rhonda's<\/a>
Rhonda’s Round Robin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rhonda worked hard on quilting and binding her Round Robin piece. I love the spiky border on this one. The quilt is actually a lot brighter than the photo shows.<\/p>\n

\"Cheryl's<\/a>
Cheryl’s Giant Feather<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cheryl brought out a giant feather quilt. She said that she wondered what the Anna Maria Horner feather<\/a> would look like super sized. If you were wondering that, too, now you know. Isn’t it cool? I almost want to make one of those feathers (in a much smaller size)!<\/p>\n

\"Cheryl's<\/a>
Cheryl’s Table Runner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Finally, Kelly made a thank you for Cheryl while at the Retreat! It uses Cheryl’s favorite Tula Pink fabrics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you want to see how the retreat was set up, some in process and fun shots, check out the post I wrote a few days ago. Mystery Quilt I won’t tell you what mystery quilt we did, in case your guild does it. I don’t want to spoil the fun for you, but I … Continue reading “BAMQG Retreat Projects”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[381],"tags":[137,160,127,346],"class_list":["post-23540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-381","tag-bamqg","tag-guilds","tag-retreat","tag-travel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}