{"id":7657,"date":"2011-02-03T06:36:10","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T13:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=7657"},"modified":"2016-05-23T12:38:42","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T19:38:42","slug":"retreat-stars-for-san-bruno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/retreat-stars-for-san-bruno\/","title":{"rendered":"Retreat Stars for San Bruno"},"content":{"rendered":"

I went to a quilt retreat this past weekend and was thrilled to receive 8 more blocks!<\/p>\n

\"Bron's<\/a>
Bron’s Retreat Stars<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bron is a star herself and came through with 3 more blocks. These are her best yet, I think! I am fickle, though, because every time she gives me more blocks I like the new ones best.<\/p>\n

I like the fabrics she chose. The stars are really bright and cheerful.<\/p>\n

I brought some fabric to the retreat to make it easy for people to make blocks. It turns out that I didn’t have much of the really dark blues, which I was hoping to use in the background. I also brought Around the Block<\/em> to help with the patterns. I thought about reloading Judy Martin’s Star block add-on to EQ7 on my computer, but I didn’t get around to it before I left for the retreat. It ended up not mattering, because people didn’t use the fabric to make blocks anyway!<\/p>\n

\"Diane's<\/a>
Diane’s Friendship Stars<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Diane also made some pieced and appliqued Friendship Stars. She got up at the crack of dawn yesterday and beavered away on these. I have talked about Diane before. She does wonderful silk painting, but not much piecing beyond borders. I talked about her pear ATCs<\/a>, which I just love. She said she struggled a bit with the piecing and ended up appliqueing 3 of them. I thought it was very clever! Her blocks are great.<\/p>\n

I have been promised some more blocks, so perhaps we are starting to get attention and will have enough to make some nice quilts.<\/p>\n

Want to help<\/strong><\/em>? I am thrilled at how many people are making a\u00a0 block or two. Do you want to contribute some blocks?<\/p>\n

All star blocks are welcome!<\/p>\n

Block background: dark blue
\nBlock design: Yellow star (any pattern, technique, eg. embroidery, painting, silkscreen, etc)
\nBlock size: 8? finished or smaller (we will work with any size)
\nRemember to sign your block!<\/p>\n

Deadline: TBA, probably around the end of March<\/p>\n

Contact us through our blogs for mailing instructions. Thanks very much for your generosity!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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