It was fall retreat weekend this weekend and I didn’t get as much done as I had hoped.  I had big plans to make lots of progress on the Moda Modern Building Blocks kit I’ve had for over a year.  I spent the past two weeks cutting and organizing all 689 individual pieces of fabric and sorting them into their 48 individual ziplock bags.  I recruited my husband to help on the last night because things were taking forever.  I finished five of the 6×6″ blocks and one of the larger blocks – success!

Where I didn’t find success was with two of the large blocks – things are very messed up and I tossed them aside and went in search of projects I could do and not get completely frustrated. Argh!

After a day and a half of MBB, I had to give something else a go, so I dug through the Art Bins full of stuff I brought along and pulled out this black & white knit that I turned into a scarf (my first ever):

Then I pulled out the Hazels I had made for The Blue One and turned them into a pillow cover:

After dinner on Saturday night I pulled out a couple of layer cakes and went to work on this:

All I have to do is get my seams pressed and sew the rows together.  It’s the Moda Love quilt that I found on April Rosenthal’s blog. I think once it’s finished I will give it to my mom for her to donate to either the hospital auxiliary or the church fall festival next year as a fundraiser.

This morning I dug out a kaleidoscope wall hanging I had given up on last summer shortly after I learned how to make the blocks. I didn’t love the process then, I don’t now, but I wanted to finish it nonetheless. I had one red and one white block done before today and finished up the remaining seven before I packed up all of my stuff to head back home. I sewed them all together and added borders when I got home. I’ll do some really simple quilting, throw on the binding and be done with it. I think it’ll be a wallhanging.  Why not?

I recruited my neighbor to join Gretchen and I. Here we are in our Patchwork Threads shirts! 🙂

The worst part about coming home from quilt retreat??  The unloading/unpacking! The hubby and The Blue One unpacked my vehicle without me even having to ask!  And The Blue One also carried some of my Art Bins and my chair down to my sewing space for me (without being asked! He must really like his Hazel pillow!)

One weekend down, one to go.  GLAMP STITCHALOT IS NEXT WEEKEND!   EEK!