Rose of Sharon Retreat - Coshocton

Barbie relaxing on the front porch at the Rose of Sharon Quilt Retreat house which is the newest slice of heaven for quilters. 

The house was built in 1895 and is located in the lovely town Coshocton, just a couple of blocks from the local quilt shop - Mercantile on Main. 

I had the pleasure of spending the weekend of April 13th to April 16th with my Qbee friends.  The first couple of days were like summer, 70's and sunshine, but that turned to rain and almost to snow by Monday.  We went from summer, to spring, to winter in four days, but that is Ohio for you.  The weather only added to our cozy retreat experience. 

Judith taught a basket weaving - actually basket sewing - class.  It was a huge success and so much fun.  The baskets are beautiful!

This is called "Remote Sewing"  

Here are some of the other quilt projects . . .

Tiny Pineapple Quilt!

Sadly the four day retreat went by too fast.  We will certainly return to this retreat house in the future.  It was lovely, as was the company and the quilts.  A good time was had by all. 

Goodbye little town of Coshocton - I will see you again soon!

Goodbye lovely Rose of Sharon - till we meet again

November 2017 Mrs. Miller's Cabin Retreat

Okay, I know it's February, so I'm late with this post and others too.  I promised Carol to blog about our retreat at Mrs. Miller's Cabin, so here it is - better late than never.

After many retreats, the cabin feels like home to me and it needs to be part of my blog.  We had a lovely weekend sewing, but missed Miss Carol; she was visiting family and that took precedence over the retreat - this time.  She's not allowed to miss anymore though.

Mrs. Miller's Cabin - our sewing home away from home!

Scandinavian Stars

We all learned a new skill - how to make Scandinavian Stars out of fabric.  It's a bit like origami with no sewing involved - only cutting and pressing.  I have to say that we were all a bit challenged at making these at first.  I want to thank Jen for finding this pattern online at the blog Crafting a Rainbow.  You can find pretty good instructions on how to make these stars if you click HERE.  

After our early attempts at folding a star, we ended up in laughing fits over our bloopers.  Here is my poem to illustrate the point:

Scandinavian Stars Poem  - written by Gladys Ashenfelter 12/2017

The directions said . . .

No sewing involved

It’s really quite fun

With four little strips

A star will be done

So we cut and we pressed

The four little strips

And burned

Our little finger tips

How does it go now?

Lay them out flat

Weave like a basket

No, not like that

Okay, we got it

A woven up square

Where in the world

Do we go from there?

Flip it, it said

And weave to the right

It folds like a box

Oh, what a sight!

I quit, said Barb

It’s way too confusing

Besides we don’t have

The same colors they’re using

 We’ll start again

And go step by step

Honestly we can’t

Be all that inept!

“For goodness sake” muttered Barb

As she joined back in

Here’s how you do it

Now you try again.

Okay, we got it

It looks like a square

Just keep strips together

And we’ll go from there

Now for the star tips,

I know that part

Fold under the short end

That’s how you start.

Tuck in your ends

Way out of sight

No, not so far in

That isn’t right

Look we did it

We made a star

Wasn’t that easy?

Let’s go to the bar!          (alternative ending)  Make a wish on your star!

Our Quilt Projects at the Cabin:

Debbie had fun with this quilt for a nurse

Kit Quilt from Missouri Star Trip (still need to blog about that!)

Barb B's quilt for her granddaughter (pattern from Missouri Star)

Gina with her Cat Quilt!  Fun!

Jackie always has fun playing with colors.  

 Thanks for stopping by my blog.  Happy Quilting!

"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny, but in ourselves." 

~William Shakespeare