This week I am getting ready for a quilt retreat in Beaver Bay MN. It is sponsored by Quilt Corner quilt store. Roxanne puts on a wonderful retreat, it starts Thursday and goes till Sunday. It is held in the community center in Beaver Bay and the quilt store is just down the block so we can go there any time we feel the need to feed our fabric addiction. Yes I have a rather substantial fabric stash to go along with my yarn stash. Hey, I could have worse addictions! Quilting at a retreat with 35 other women is wonderful for so many reasons. You can set up your machine and leave it set up for several days, work on what you want ,when you want, you get inspiration from others by just sharing the experience. I also love that you can see what everyone else is working on, sometimes I look at fabric and say " I don't think I would ever use those colors!" Then I see someone who has put it all together and it looks fantastic. I love darling hubby and boy child but it is also nice to get away from them for a couple of days. I do not doubt they quite enjoy a little break from me as well. In my mind boy child is sad and lonely, hugging my robe because it smells like mommy, and darling husband is just pining away counting down the hours till his beloved returns. I know the reality, boy child is thrilled to have the house to himself to watch TV, and play Xbox whenever he wants cuz darling husband will probably go out for a beer with the guys. ( I told them last night what I said they were doing while I was gone and they both laughed at me.) I don't think that was very nice, they could have let me keep the fantasy.
We eat like kings at the retreat! We have a wonderful group of ladies who cook two meals a day for us and they are superb!! We also have a table of goodies that we can snack from anytime we feel a bit of a sugar low.
I plan to make some knitting projects bags that we will carry at Yarn Harbor and some fiber scrap scarves. I will tell you more about the scarves next week after I have a finished product to show. I am off to the great north shore to go quilting in the woods.
