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Sorrento Retreat Report-Amended
I thought I'd put the beginning of this in my drafts file last night and it
came through to the newsgroup...oops! So here comes the proper report... Had a great time at the retreat! Drove up last Sunday in glorious sunny weather. Last year it snowed on the Coquihalla the night before I left. By the time I reached the summit [1244 m.] it had pretty much done. This year I drove about the snow line but there was no snow on the roads! I got there about 1130 and was able to register and check into my room. It was the same room as last year, but this year, Deni didn't come along. I set up in the sewing room and renewed a few old acquaintances. This year I was taking the I can't believe it's a log cabin class. A curved log cabin class using straight strips to make your eyes see curves. The first night they do a welcome wine and cheese and leave you to do what you want to do. The next day we started in on the log cabin class with doing the basics, making a test block on paper foundation and sewing the usual way and see what works best. Dianne gave me the more challenging 60 degree block to work on as I was a bit ahead of some of the others. Then after everyone checked their blocks she gave us some mini-blocks to cut up and design our own piece. We moved the black and white blocks around and then you put a tracing paper piece on top and coloured your piece. If you didn't like it you just moved the blocks around and then tried something new, or if you liked the layout and not the colours you just laid another tracing paper on top and did another colour. Monday evening we made a trip into Salmon Arm to the LQS called The Sewing Box. This is lovely little shop, she does door prizes for us and has a great selection of fabrics. Being a small town, she also has some craft items that you might not see in other shops. Tuesday we were hard at work on our blocks and in the evening we had our show and tell. Several people brought the quilts that we had been taught last year. I'm machine quilting mine and have almost finished it. I finally started to work on it in November and had hoped to finish it at this retreat but forgot the background thread at home! Wednesday, blocks were flying up on the walls and quilt designs were starting to take place. Once again my colours were very different from anyone else in the class. I had brought my black and white collection. On Saturday when I was packing I had a bit of a melt-down having left too much to do at home and not enough time. I think I finally started working on my taxes at about 10 p.m. [remember I'm Canadian and our tax day is April 30th.] As a result I couldn't decided what colours I wanted to take along with me, so I took none. Thank goodness I found a great yellow fossil fern, along with a turquoise and pink Bali batik at the Sewing Box. I did bring along my holiday tinner exchange quilt, thinking I might machine quilt it, and my Out of Africa round robin for hand quilting. Wednesday night was our charity quilt night. I had volunteered to co-ordinate the 2nd week, no one stepped forward for the first week. I had asked the group to bring 3 yellow and 3 blue strips. We had quality control check the strips, then they were sewn in pairs, back to quality control. Then cross cut and sewed into four patches. Back to quality control and then into 4 patches and then into 8 patches, finally into rows and in the end we had one quilt that was approximately 60" x 90" and one that was 72" x 90"! We had one group of 8 patches that I pillowed into a mini-quilt that I named the "crying quilt". Velda has a great purple dress with a huge patchwork pocket that she wears for the show and tell and brings all sorts of things out of it. Thursday morning I announced to our class that after everyone had gone to bed I had poured myself a glass of red wine and had an accident and spilled the wine on the two quilts. The only thing not stained was the "crying quilt". Several people were believing my story until we held up the finished projects. About 90% of the people had gone to bed by the time the two tops were finished. At lunch I told the tale to most of the other class and several believed me till I burst out laughing at their concern. Thursday was our power day of sewing. Dianne went over the 60 degree triangles with the rest of the class and one gal decided to make some triangles, but in a larger strip size that what the sample snowflake runner was done. Others tried each of the three designs or not and then stopped there. Thursday, Dianne came to me and asked if she could take a picture of my top when if was finished for a slide show she will be doing when she goes to Australia. Dianne is originally from Australia and goes down to visit family and also teach. What an honour, of course I said yes. Thursday evening I finally had all my blocks on the design wall in the original placement, which looked alright. I then started playing around with the blocks and came up with a totally different look which I kept. I decided that the name of the quilt will be "Colour Storm". We had a storm come up on Tuesday that came blowing into the open classroom windows. I jokingly said to people on Friday morning that after everyone went to bed another wind storm came up and blew my blocks off the wall. Most didn't know I'd already put the top together. Friday I did some machine quilting on my Holidays tinner and managed to finish it off. Thank goodness I thought to bring it along. After dinner I hung my quilt top back on the wall and we did a walk about first in the double wedding ring class and then our class. My quilt is an irregular shape, this is a first for me. I have already figured out how to hang it with a dowel in the top and then a flat wooden slat farther down. The final row is also not a full row so it will be a challenge to do some binding around it. After everyone had looked at our quilts, Dianne's class came to the front of the room and we sang a sound about the experience set to the tune of "She'll be coming around the mountain." Last year we did the same for Jane when we had done our curved log cabin class. Dianne was very touched and asked if she could keep the words we wrote. Friday night everyone packed up, as we leave right after breakfast, we had our challenge blocks issued for next year. Last year we got a blue Bali batik with the challenge of heavenly bodies, this year it is a yellow with musical notes on it. The challenge is Sew...Sew a song, Keep it simple to last the whole week long. I already have an idea for it, as it is similar to another challenge I have fabric for but didn't do anything with! I thoroughly enjoyed this week, so much that I agreed to co-ordinate the charity quilt for next year and plan a doll by committee that I will design for everyone to participate in. Saturday morning, the car got packed and we all went for breakfast. Good-byes and best wishes, and see you next year were exchanged. On the way home I stopped in Kamloops to go to Katja's quilt shop. Found out she is moving in July and got the info where she will be. Next stop was into Merrit and a quick stop at Coquihalla Threads, which happens to be for sale. Then on to Chilliwack for a quick visit to Countryfolk and then to visit my brother's family. Just two of the children were there. Then to Pauline's Fabrics which has re-opened in a larger shop before heading back down the road to home. I got home by 4 p.m. it took 4 trips to empty the car, as I had stopped for groceries. It was a busy week, but another great experience. If anyone is interested in attending, please contact me and I'll give you the dates and information for next year. -- Sandi in New Westminster B.C. Queen of the Travelogues. ....travel is as much a passion as ambition or love L. E. Landon |
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Sounds like a wonderful week.....
-- Mary http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948 "shhdesigns" wrote in message news:yoelc.348491$Ig.305687@pd7tw2no... I thought I'd put the beginning of this in my drafts file last night and it came through to the newsgroup...oops! So here comes the proper report... |
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Lovely travelogue, Sandi. I read your first post and it was so short I
thought you must have been terrifically tired from such a great time! Either that or someone else was trying to fool us by posting under your name. Dee in LeRoy, NY "shhdesigns" wrote in message news:yoelc.348491$Ig.305687@pd7tw2no... I thought I'd put the beginning of this in my drafts file last night and it came through to the newsgroup...oops! So here comes the proper report... Had a great time at the retreat! Drove up last Sunday in glorious sunny weather. Last year it snowed on the Coquihalla the night before I left. By the time I reached the summit [1244 m.] it had pretty much done. This year I drove about the snow line but there was no snow on the roads! I got there about 1130 and was able to register and check into my room. It was the same room as last year, but this year, Deni didn't come along. I set up in the sewing room and renewed a few old acquaintances. This year I was taking the I can't believe it's a log cabin class. A curved log cabin class using straight strips to make your eyes see curves. The first night they do a welcome wine and cheese and leave you to do what you want to do. The next day we started in on the log cabin class with doing the basics, making a test block on paper foundation and sewing the usual way and see what works best. Dianne gave me the more challenging 60 degree block to work on as I was a bit ahead of some of the others. Then after everyone checked their blocks she gave us some mini-blocks to cut up and design our own piece. We moved the black and white blocks around and then you put a tracing paper piece on top and coloured your piece. If you didn't like it you just moved the blocks around and then tried something new, or if you liked the layout and not the colours you just laid another tracing paper on top and did another colour. Monday evening we made a trip into Salmon Arm to the LQS called The Sewing Box. This is lovely little shop, she does door prizes for us and has a great selection of fabrics. Being a small town, she also has some craft items that you might not see in other shops. Tuesday we were hard at work on our blocks and in the evening we had our show and tell. Several people brought the quilts that we had been taught last year. I'm machine quilting mine and have almost finished it. I finally started to work on it in November and had hoped to finish it at this retreat but forgot the background thread at home! Wednesday, blocks were flying up on the walls and quilt designs were starting to take place. Once again my colours were very different from anyone else in the class. I had brought my black and white collection. On Saturday when I was packing I had a bit of a melt-down having left too much to do at home and not enough time. I think I finally started working on my taxes at about 10 p.m. [remember I'm Canadian and our tax day is April 30th.] As a result I couldn't decided what colours I wanted to take along with me, so I took none. Thank goodness I found a great yellow fossil fern, along with a turquoise and pink Bali batik at the Sewing Box. I did bring along my holiday tinner exchange quilt, thinking I might machine quilt it, and my Out of Africa round robin for hand quilting. Wednesday night was our charity quilt night. I had volunteered to co-ordinate the 2nd week, no one stepped forward for the first week. I had asked the group to bring 3 yellow and 3 blue strips. We had quality control check the strips, then they were sewn in pairs, back to quality control. Then cross cut and sewed into four patches. Back to quality control and then into 4 patches and then into 8 patches, finally into rows and in the end we had one quilt that was approximately 60" x 90" and one that was 72" x 90"! We had one group of 8 patches that I pillowed into a mini-quilt that I named the "crying quilt". Velda has a great purple dress with a huge patchwork pocket that she wears for the show and tell and brings all sorts of things out of it. Thursday morning I announced to our class that after everyone had gone to bed I had poured myself a glass of red wine and had an accident and spilled the wine on the two quilts. The only thing not stained was the "crying quilt". Several people were believing my story until we held up the finished projects. About 90% of the people had gone to bed by the time the two tops were finished. At lunch I told the tale to most of the other class and several believed me till I burst out laughing at their concern. Thursday was our power day of sewing. Dianne went over the 60 degree triangles with the rest of the class and one gal decided to make some triangles, but in a larger strip size that what the sample snowflake runner was done. Others tried each of the three designs or not and then stopped there. Thursday, Dianne came to me and asked if she could take a picture of my top when if was finished for a slide show she will be doing when she goes to Australia. Dianne is originally from Australia and goes down to visit family and also teach. What an honour, of course I said yes. Thursday evening I finally had all my blocks on the design wall in the original placement, which looked alright. I then started playing around with the blocks and came up with a totally different look which I kept. I decided that the name of the quilt will be "Colour Storm". We had a storm come up on Tuesday that came blowing into the open classroom windows. I jokingly said to people on Friday morning that after everyone went to bed another wind storm came up and blew my blocks off the wall. Most didn't know I'd already put the top together. Friday I did some machine quilting on my Holidays tinner and managed to finish it off. Thank goodness I thought to bring it along. After dinner I hung my quilt top back on the wall and we did a walk about first in the double wedding ring class and then our class. My quilt is an irregular shape, this is a first for me. I have already figured out how to hang it with a dowel in the top and then a flat wooden slat farther down. The final row is also not a full row so it will be a challenge to do some binding around it. After everyone had looked at our quilts, Dianne's class came to the front of the room and we sang a sound about the experience set to the tune of "She'll be coming around the mountain." Last year we did the same for Jane when we had done our curved log cabin class. Dianne was very touched and asked if she could keep the words we wrote. Friday night everyone packed up, as we leave right after breakfast, we had our challenge blocks issued for next year. Last year we got a blue Bali batik with the challenge of heavenly bodies, this year it is a yellow with musical notes on it. The challenge is Sew...Sew a song, Keep it simple to last the whole week long. I already have an idea for it, as it is similar to another challenge I have fabric for but didn't do anything with! I thoroughly enjoyed this week, so much that I agreed to co-ordinate the charity quilt for next year and plan a doll by committee that I will design for everyone to participate in. Saturday morning, the car got packed and we all went for breakfast. Good-byes and best wishes, and see you next year were exchanged. On the way home I stopped in Kamloops to go to Katja's quilt shop. Found out she is moving in July and got the info where she will be. Next stop was into Merrit and a quick stop at Coquihalla Threads, which happens to be for sale. Then on to Chilliwack for a quick visit to Countryfolk and then to visit my brother's family. Just two of the children were there. Then to Pauline's Fabrics which has re-opened in a larger shop before heading back down the road to home. I got home by 4 p.m. it took 4 trips to empty the car, as I had stopped for groceries. It was a busy week, but another great experience. If anyone is interested in attending, please contact me and I'll give you the dates and information for next year. -- Sandi in New Westminster B.C. Queen of the Travelogues. ...travel is as much a passion as ambition or love L. E. Landon |
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sigh...it was....now to wait for next year...
-- Sandi in New Westminster B.C. Queen of the Travelogues. ....travel is as much a passion as ambition or love L. E. Landon "Mary in Oregon" wrote in message ... Sounds like a wonderful week..... -- Mary http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948 "shhdesigns" wrote in message news:yoelc.348491$Ig.305687@pd7tw2no... I thought I'd put the beginning of this in my drafts file last night and it came through to the newsgroup...oops! So here comes the proper report... |
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Thanks Dee, you hit the problem on the nose about being tired. Went out to
dinner with my mom tonight and got my pictures process while we ate, some of the show and tell was amazing! -- Sandi in New Westminster B.C. Queen of the Travelogues. ....travel is as much a passion as ambition or love L. E. Landon "DDM" wrote in message ... Lovely travelogue, Sandi. I read your first post and it was so short I thought you must have been terrifically tired from such a great time! Either that or someone else was trying to fool us by posting under your name. Dee in LeRoy, NY "shhdesigns" wrote in message news:yoelc.348491$Ig.305687@pd7tw2no... I thought I'd put the beginning of this in my drafts file last night and it came through to the newsgroup...oops! So here comes the proper report... Had a great time at the retreat! Drove up last Sunday in glorious sunny weather. Last year it snowed on the Coquihalla the night before I left. By the time I reached the summit [1244 m.] it had pretty much done. This year I drove about the snow line but there was no snow on the roads! I got there about 1130 and was able to register and check into my room. It was the same room as last year, but this year, Deni didn't come along. I set up in the sewing room and renewed a few old acquaintances. This year I was taking the I can't believe it's a log cabin class. A curved log cabin class using straight strips to make your eyes see curves. The first night they do a welcome wine and cheese and leave you to do what you want to do. The next day we started in on the log cabin class with doing the basics, making a test block on paper foundation and sewing the usual way and see what works best. Dianne gave me the more challenging 60 degree block to work on as I was a bit ahead of some of the others. Then after everyone checked their blocks she gave us some mini-blocks to cut up and design our own piece. We moved the black and white blocks around and then you put a tracing paper piece on top and coloured your piece. If you didn't like it you just moved the blocks around and then tried something new, or if you liked the layout and not the colours you just laid another tracing paper on top and did another colour. Monday evening we made a trip into Salmon Arm to the LQS called The Sewing Box. This is lovely little shop, she does door prizes for us and has a great selection of fabrics. Being a small town, she also has some craft items that you might not see in other shops. Tuesday we were hard at work on our blocks and in the evening we had our show and tell. Several people brought the quilts that we had been taught last year. I'm machine quilting mine and have almost finished it. I finally started to work on it in November and had hoped to finish it at this retreat but forgot the background thread at home! Wednesday, blocks were flying up on the walls and quilt designs were starting to take place. Once again my colours were very different from anyone else in the class. I had brought my black and white collection. On Saturday when I was packing I had a bit of a melt-down having left too much to do at home and not enough time. I think I finally started working on my taxes at about 10 p.m. [remember I'm Canadian and our tax day is April 30th.] As a result I couldn't decided what colours I wanted to take along with me, so I took none. Thank goodness I found a great yellow fossil fern, along with a turquoise and pink Bali batik at the Sewing Box. I did bring along my holiday tinner exchange quilt, thinking I might machine quilt it, and my Out of Africa round robin for hand quilting. Wednesday night was our charity quilt night. I had volunteered to co-ordinate the 2nd week, no one stepped forward for the first week. I had asked the group to bring 3 yellow and 3 blue strips. We had quality control check the strips, then they were sewn in pairs, back to quality control. Then cross cut and sewed into four patches. Back to quality control and then into 4 patches and then into 8 patches, finally into rows and in the end we had one quilt that was approximately 60" x 90" and one that was 72" x 90"! We had one group of 8 patches that I pillowed into a mini-quilt that I named the "crying quilt". Velda has a great purple dress with a huge patchwork pocket that she wears for the show and tell and brings all sorts of things out of it. Thursday morning I announced to our class that after everyone had gone to bed I had poured myself a glass of red wine and had an accident and spilled the wine on the two quilts. The only thing not stained was the "crying quilt". Several people were believing my story until we held up the finished projects. About 90% of the people had gone to bed by the time the two tops were finished. At lunch I told the tale to most of the other class and several believed me till I burst out laughing at their concern. Thursday was our power day of sewing. Dianne went over the 60 degree triangles with the rest of the class and one gal decided to make some triangles, but in a larger strip size that what the sample snowflake runner was done. Others tried each of the three designs or not and then stopped there. Thursday, Dianne came to me and asked if she could take a picture of my top when if was finished for a slide show she will be doing when she goes to Australia. Dianne is originally from Australia and goes down to visit family and also teach. What an honour, of course I said yes. Thursday evening I finally had all my blocks on the design wall in the original placement, which looked alright. I then started playing around with the blocks and came up with a totally different look which I kept. I decided that the name of the quilt will be "Colour Storm". We had a storm come up on Tuesday that came blowing into the open classroom windows. I jokingly said to people on Friday morning that after everyone went to bed another wind storm came up and blew my blocks off the wall. Most didn't know I'd already put the top together. Friday I did some machine quilting on my Holidays tinner and managed to finish it off. Thank goodness I thought to bring it along. After dinner I hung my quilt top back on the wall and we did a walk about first in the double wedding ring class and then our class. My quilt is an irregular shape, this is a first for me. I have already figured out how to hang it with a dowel in the top and then a flat wooden slat farther down. The final row is also not a full row so it will be a challenge to do some binding around it. After everyone had looked at our quilts, Dianne's class came to the front of the room and we sang a sound about the experience set to the tune of "She'll be coming around the mountain." Last year we did the same for Jane when we had done our curved log cabin class. Dianne was very touched and asked if she could keep the words we wrote. Friday night everyone packed up, as we leave right after breakfast, we had our challenge blocks issued for next year. Last year we got a blue Bali batik with the challenge of heavenly bodies, this year it is a yellow with musical notes on it. The challenge is Sew...Sew a song, Keep it simple to last the whole week long. I already have an idea for it, as it is similar to another challenge I have fabric for but didn't do anything with! I thoroughly enjoyed this week, so much that I agreed to co-ordinate the charity quilt for next year and plan a doll by committee that I will design for everyone to participate in. Saturday morning, the car got packed and we all went for breakfast. Good-byes and best wishes, and see you next year were exchanged. On the way home I stopped in Kamloops to go to Katja's quilt shop. Found out she is moving in July and got the info where she will be. Next stop was into Merrit and a quick stop at Coquihalla Threads, which happens to be for sale. Then on to Chilliwack for a quick visit to Countryfolk and then to visit my brother's family. Just two of the children were there. Then to Pauline's Fabrics which has re-opened in a larger shop before heading back down the road to home. I got home by 4 p.m. it took 4 trips to empty the car, as I had stopped for groceries. It was a busy week, but another great experience. If anyone is interested in attending, please contact me and I'll give you the dates and information for next year. -- Sandi in New Westminster B.C. Queen of the Travelogues. ...travel is as much a passion as ambition or love L. E. Landon |
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maybe next year I could fly into Kamloops and meet up with you..... (I can
dream, can't I?) -- Mary http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948 "shhdesigns" wrote in message news:lshlc.350129$oR5.343103@pd7tw3no... sigh...it was....now to wait for next year... -- Sandi in New Westminster B.C. Queen of the Travelogues. ...travel is as much a passion as ambition or love L. E. Landon "Mary in Oregon" wrote in message ... Sounds like a wonderful week..... -- Mary http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948 "shhdesigns" wrote in message news:yoelc.348491$Ig.305687@pd7tw2no... I thought I'd put the beginning of this in my drafts file last night and it came through to the newsgroup...oops! So here comes the proper report... |
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sounds like a possibility, last two weeks of April next year, I'll be at the
second week. -- Sandi in New Westminster B.C. Queen of the Travelogues. ....travel is as much a passion as ambition or love L. E. Landon "Mary in Oregon" wrote in message ... maybe next year I could fly into Kamloops and meet up with you..... (I can dream, can't I?) -- Mary http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948 "shhdesigns" wrote in message news:lshlc.350129$oR5.343103@pd7tw3no... sigh...it was....now to wait for next year... -- Sandi in New Westminster B.C. Queen of the Travelogues. ...travel is as much a passion as ambition or love L. E. Landon "Mary in Oregon" wrote in message ... Sounds like a wonderful week..... -- Mary http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948 "shhdesigns" wrote in message news:yoelc.348491$Ig.305687@pd7tw2no... I thought I'd put the beginning of this in my drafts file last night and it came through to the newsgroup...oops! So here comes the proper report... |
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He-he!
I thought exactly the same thing, Dee! Thanks for the full version, Sandi - sounds wonderful. I well remember a coach stop I had in Kamloops many years ago, when I was crossing Canada by (mostly) train. Fantastic country. .. In article , DDM writes Lovely travelogue, Sandi. I read your first post and it was so short I thought you must have been terrifically tired from such a great time! Either that or someone else was trying to fool us by posting under your name. Dee in LeRoy, NY -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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Thanks Patti
It is wonderful country around Kamloops but just outside of Sorrento are two communities of Pritchard and Chase and the mountains on the far side of the river were terribly burned with the forest fires last year. In fact they've only had about one day of rain so far this year. Even down here on the coast we apparently had a very dry April. -- Sandi in New Westminster B.C. Queen of the Travelogues. ....travel is as much a passion as ambition or love L. E. Landon "Patti" wrote in message ... He-he! I thought exactly the same thing, Dee! Thanks for the full version, Sandi - sounds wonderful. I well remember a coach stop I had in Kamloops many years ago, when I was crossing Canada by (mostly) train. Fantastic country. . In article , DDM writes Lovely travelogue, Sandi. I read your first post and it was so short I thought you must have been terrifically tired from such a great time! Either that or someone else was trying to fool us by posting under your name. Dee in LeRoy, NY -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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