{"id":44869,"date":"2019-01-26T06:53:24","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T13:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=44869"},"modified":"2019-01-22T11:36:18","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T18:36:18","slug":"cqfa-retreat-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/cqfa-retreat-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"CQFA Retreat 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Sidewalk<\/a>
Sidewalk art, Pacific Grove<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The CQFA Retreat took place January 18-20**.\u00a0 Angela<\/a> organized everything. She is a great retreat coordinator. It was held at Asilomar (yes, the same place Empty Spools is held ) and I had a great time.<\/p>\n

Since I live an hour north of almost everyone else in the guild, I got there somewhat later. The retreat started at noon and I got there around 2. I left at about 10:30 and drove straight through. I finally stopped in Pacific Grove. First, I went to Tuesday Morning to see if I could find a wheeled tote for my travel sewing machine. Amy of BAM got a great one at TM and I am desperately trying to find one. No luck. I may decide to buy one at full price.<\/p>\n

\"Back<\/a>
Back Porch birthday purchases<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Next, I went to Back Porch<\/a>. I have been there a number of times and love that store. I wanted to get lobster clips, because I have a bug in my ear to make another Roadtrip Bag<\/a>. I didn’t find them but I did find a few other things. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

I also stopped and got some Thai food since lunch wasn’t provided on Friday, then headed to the location. Friend Julie<\/a>,\u00a0 Angela, Rhonda<\/a> and Lynette had already arrived and were working away. Once I brought all my stuff in and put my car away, I got to work also.<\/p>\n

\"Pet<\/a>
Pet Bed – olive and brown plaid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The first thing I did was make a pet bed<\/a> for schnibble collection. CQFA doesn’t really do pet beds, but I really dislike seeing all that fabric (scraps) go into the landfill.<\/p>\n