Our retreat group was so happy to get together again after having to cancel the last two scheduled get-togethers due to you-know-what. We went to Kim’s Summit Retreat in Maggie Valley, NC, and it was perfect.
We were greeted by this beautiful Sassafras leaf on the front steps
Assembling some of the triangles from one of our previous swaps
Haha! This was a donation quilt project we were scheduled to do in October of 2020!
This was picked up from the quilter and I got it bound. More later.
One group member modified the free Kaffe Fasset pattern “Carnival” so she could use smaller blocks
This is a paper-pieced block-of-the-month that two of our members are doing
One retreater is making at least two quilts from fabric featuring national parks
I took these orphan blocks and put them on the design wall…
…then made additional blocks and strips to fill in the holes
That was so much fun! We are looking forward to the next one 😀
Zippy Quilts 
What fun! I’m so happy for you and your friends. That star quilt is my favorite.
Thanks. We were pretty happy ourselves 😄
Looks like a fun retreat with lots of beautiful projects and progress. That leaf looks like a mitten. Beautiful stars and the bound quilt.
Thanks!
Did you know that Sassafras Trees are becoming rare in the South these days? My first encounter with a Sassafras when we first moved here was sheer delight in its discovery. So, I’m thinking, that Sassafras leaf greeting was a token of good luck for your quilters retreat…and guess what! Its blessings were bestowed upon your group, right?
My fav is your orphan-star top BTW.
Yikes! I had no idea sassafras was becoming rare. We have plenty on our property in the mountains, so I wonder what’s up with that.
I don’t know, but I guess you could dub your property as a “Sassafras Sanctuary”!!!!
I definitely like what is happening with your orphans. How do you manage to have so many orphans be color coordinated?
I found these in a pile together during the move so they probably were intended as part of a single project. I have no memory of it, though, and there was no pattern, so they are orphans.
How wonderful to be retreating – congrats and those projects look lovely!
Thanks for visiting. I appreciate your comments 🙂