Swoon and Sew Cherry...

"Swoon" is one of the projects that I

worked on while on retreat.

If you remember...

I told you all about this quilt when

I started it while on retreat with

my BFF's in May...

right after Spring Market.

Click here to read about it.

I had been anxious to work on it ever since then and I finally had a few days when I could!

After I finished all of the blocks...I laid them out on the large design wall that was set up in the large sewing room at the lodge.

Now they are sewn together...I just need to add the white borders and quilt it!

I will bind it in my

Sew Cherry red gingham

and tuck red ric-rac inside the binding

for a fun finish.

I love Swoon!...after all...

the pattern was designed and given to me by my friend Camille.

I also loved making it with my

 Sew Cherry fabric...

I'm going to hang it on my family room wall as soon as I can!

Thanks Camille...for such a fabulous pattern!

Coming up...I'll show you my other project I worked on while in the beautiful Wasatch Mountains of Utah.

xx

Lori

Quilting Retreat at Aspen Grove...

I'm back from the fabulous retreat at

Aspen Grove!

I had a great time...

and just take a look at how

gorgeous it was there.

Utah is famous for winter sports because of our mountains and plentiful snowfall in the winter season and we just recieved the first sprinkling of snow last week.

Aspen Grove is about 1 hour away from where I live...located in the beautiful

Wasatch Mountains of Utah.

It's also just right next door to the famous Sundance owned by Robert Redford.

This is where I spent the week...sewing in this beautiful spacious woodsy lodge nestled in the mountains.

It was cold there in the mountains...but we stayed warm and cozy by the fire blazing in a large stone hearth.

We all sewed together in the large room...

sew fun!

There were about 60 of us...

Ironing, cutting, sewing, eating, chatting, encouraging, sharing ideas and giving advice.

Of course we stayed up late and shared lots of stories and food and lots of laughter.

I roomed with my friend Rae Ann... 

and Susann...we were the

3 muskateers and partners in crime:)

Here are just a few pics of the many, many projects I saw that were being 

worked on this week.

This is my little work station.

Next week I'll show you my projects while I was away on retreat this week.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend with family and friends:) 

xx

Lori

Fall Market Photo's...

 I have pictures to show you of

Daisy Cottage

at Fall Market in Houston.

The reason I have pictures is

because my friend

Miss Pam Kitty Morning

took them for me!

Thanks Pam...you are a sweetie:)

Of course I couldn't display Daisy Cottage without a chandelier! ....

here is a pic with the chandelier on...

And chandelier off.

The table is vintage and it goes next

to my bed.

I've been going to paint it my favorite

shade of pale pink

forever and I thought it would look great

with Daisy Cottage... so I thought now was the perfect reason to finally paint it.

But because I was too busy sewing...

Mr. Honey came to the rescue and

painted it for me:)

Having all of my Daisy Cottage quilts and projects all together on display is a very rewarding feeling and

I couldn't have done it without the help of sew many friends...and of course thanks to Cindy and Jina!

I love being a part of Riley Blake.

They are the best! 

I really can't believe that the

sewing frenzy is over.

If you can believe it...

All seven of the quilts were made from start to finish in 3 1/2 weeks. 

Then, I started on the aprons, Mr. and Mrs. and all of the pillowcases,

which were made in 10 days!

Whew!

I'm ready for a vacation :)

And just what kind of vacation do you

think I'm going on?

Can you guess?

Yep.

A quilt retreat!

A quilting retreat with 60 other

quilting friends...yay!

I leave tomorrow morning and will be

gone for the week.

I'll take lots of pics to share with you when I get back.

I hope you all have

a quilty kind of week too!

xx

Lori