Our quilt group is blessed with some pretty terrific quilters. One of our most gifted quilters, Mary Ernwine, is choosing to share her talents with us, free of charger, for the retreat on May 24 and 25 at the Pieceful Haven retreat facility in Lagrange, Ky. Mary has been in the group from the beginning, back in 2000. Over the years I have seen her make some wonderful quilts. Her gift of color selection and usage in a quilt are amazing. She has put together some of the most stunning quilts I have ever seen in my 25 plus years in the quilt world. She has won many ribbons at the state fair. You do not want to miss an opportunity to learn from her. She is a wonderful teacher!
This Tuesday, May 17, Mary Ernwine will be helping everyone organize and cut their fabrics for the French Braid quilt. She will be teaching the construction of the quilt at the retreat at Pieceful Haven.
Please bring your fabrics on Tuesday, washed or not, your choice to do so or not. Mary did not wash hers, nor did I. Also, bring a cutting wheel and if you have one, an 8 1/2 inch by 24 inch ruler. If you don't have one, we have rulers in the cabinet that will work with some thoughtful use.
Marie will also be there with the sign up sheet for the food.
Working on the French Braid quilt is not a requirement for the retreat. If you choose to get caught up on your UFO's or if you want to do the Friendship Braid quilt pattern, that is a scrap pattern that I showed a while ago, that would be great!
I suspect there may be a scrabble game, maybe a card game or we can play anything else you think might be fun. We all love our quilting, but it's nice to take a break and laugh and share together around a good old fashioned board game or whatever.
It's going to be a lot of fun!
Also, I will be in Oklahoma for a wedding next weekend, so there will be no quilting on Friday, May 20.
No quilting in the room on Tuesday, May 24, as we will all be on retreat!
