Posted in Quilting, Serendipity, Travel, Workshop/Retreat, tagged Quilts, Star Quilts, Virginia Quilt Museum on February 9, 2023| Leave a Comment »
During the Stitching Retreat we took a morning off to make a little road trip to Harrisonburg to see the Virginia Quilt Museum. It was AWESOME! There was an amazing exhibit of antique star quilts. I LOVE a star quilt so I really enjoyed seeing these. The photos don’t do it justice but you get the idea. If you get a chance be sure to go to Harrisonburg and check it out. Here’s the website so you can see all the things they have on display.
Our happy crew getting to see the Virginia Quilt Museum.
Posted in Crochet, Knitting, Quilting, Sewing, Travel, Workshop/Retreat, tagged Quilting, Retreat, Stitch & Bitch VI on February 9, 2023| Leave a Comment »
I’ve missed several days of posting here as I was out of town for our sixth Stitch & Bitch Retreat out at Shenandoah River State Park. We always have such a great time. We sew, crochet, knit, eat, drink, share ideas and play games. The games are a highlight. We play “Strip” Poker using jelly roll strips and the winner gets a ton of them and has to make something and then share. Sometimes it’s scary to win. LOL! We played Left, Right, Center and the winner got to choose from a ton of great sewing/quilting prizes. And you can tell by the photos that there was a lot of joking and laughing going on.
Posted in Workshop/Retreat, tagged Capon Art, Capon Springs, Capon Springs Art Retreat on October 26, 2022| Leave a Comment »
My two favorite people to paint with at Capon Springs Art Retreat are Peggy and Chris…the mother-son duo who attend all the retreats and create some terrific art. I look forward to seeing them each time we go to Capon. Peggy does fun paintings each time and Chris always does something different. This time he created some gorgeous landscapes on multiple canvases. I love how their work turns out! Great work guys. Looking forward to seeing and painting with you both again soon.
Posted in Workshop/Retreat, tagged Capon Art, Capon Springs and Farm, Capon Springs Art Retreat on October 26, 2022| Leave a Comment »
We had so many painters at the retreat this week at Capon Springs….come who had never painted before and discovered that they love it! They all did terrific work. It’s so much fun painting at Capon….and we’re glad we got to paint with so many new friends.
Posted in Workshop/Retreat, tagged Art Retreat, Capon Springs, Capon Springs Art Retreat, Capon Springs Paint Party on October 25, 2022| Leave a Comment »
We had a lot of fun and laughs last night at the Paint Party at Capon Springs. It is so great to see family and friends painting together. Beautifully done everyone!!!
Posted in Workshop/Retreat, tagged Art Retreat, Capon Springs, Capon Springs Art Retreat on October 25, 2022| Leave a Comment »
The kids came back to paint again along with some others yesterday morning. They all did great work! Several others started paintings and will finish today. More photos to come. Plus we had a really nice Paint Party last night. Check that out in the next post.
Posted in Landscape, Workshop/Retreat, tagged Art Retreat, Capon Springs, Landscape, moon, owl on October 24, 2022| Leave a Comment »
We kicked off the Capon Springs Art Retreat with some enthusiastic young painters. They have to leave this morning so they wanted to get a painting in last night….and they did! Great job guys!!!! Hope we get to paint together again soon.
Posted in Quilting, Workshop/Retreat, tagged Farm Animal Quilt, Jelly Rolls, QAYG, quilt on October 10, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Not that kind of Strip Poker!!! LOL! Remember a few weeks ago we had our Stitch & Bitch V Retreat? One of the games we played with the group was “Strip Poker” where we played a game using Jelly Roll Strips. I WON 100 jelly roll strips in all colors and prints. So part of the game was to “makes something” and share it. So here it is. I used them along with these Moda pre-printed Farm Animal blocks to make this Quilt as You Go quilt. I love how it turned out. If you look closely you can see that I sewed the strips together and then cut them to use as half square triangles. I love star quilts!
Posted in Travel, Workshop/Retreat, tagged Art Retreat, Capon Springs Art Retreat, Retreat on October 6, 2022| Leave a Comment »
The Capon Springs Art Retreat is coming up Oct 23-26, 2022. Why not join us? There is still space availalbe at Capon Springs Resort. It’s magical there….come and see for yourself. And click here for more info on what will be happening.
Posted in Quilting, Serendipity, Travel, Workshop/Retreat, tagged Retreat, Shenandoah River State Park, Stitch & Bitch V, Stitching Retreat on September 15, 2022| 2 Comments »
Stitch & Bitch V was the best retreat we have ever had. I don’t know if it was the combination of people, the projects we were working on, the food and games, or just what led to it but this was by far the most fun we have had at a retreat. And we CAN NOT WAIT to do it again. We will on Feb 2-6, 2023. I think most everyone will return but just in case they can’t be sure to let me know if you want to be added to the wait list. We always give the people who were at the last retreat the first right of refusal for the next but if they can’t attend we open it to the wait list. And trust me, you don’t want to miss this!!!!!
The Studio 