There was twelve of us and we had the best time! Michelle from mixiheart.blogspot.com the cutie in the lime green on left got her in-laws cabin in Bear Lake, UT. The cabin was AMAZING! It had hot tubs/ theater room/ tons of tables and space for people to spread out. We couldn't have asked for a better location. We made groups of three and each group was in charge of a brunch meal, so for one whole week we only cooked once and went to dinner at night. 
(This image is from Pinterest. I forgot to take pics!). One of the groups got us Sew Red glasses, which help with color value when laying out quilt tops. We got some great stuff! And yes I took a shameless selfie of me in my cute new glasses!
How cute is this! I love fabric!
Each group gave out a small gift, my group made these cute pin cushions
See the darling table setup in the back. Each day was such a treat!
So on to the hard core stuff...it is not often I get to sew non stop without having to run after kids or just run my household so I was setting some completion goals to try to stick to. My goal was 1 quilt top a day. Now to prepare for this I went through all my quilt books picked my patterns. Opened half my beautiful fat quarter bundles and per cut everything so it was ready to sew sew sew! My first day mission accomplished!
I love it!
Day 2:
The very best part of this beauty is the blue polka dot scallop is leftover from Michelle's quilt and she let me have! Doesn't it look great!
Day 3:
(This was my bummer day, I don't love this quilt but I did finish a quilt top!)
Day 4:
I made my best effort but only finished half. The quilt was a lap size but this fabric is my favorite and very special to me and I've been saving it for my bed. Michele bought me this bundle on her first trip to quilt market. We started quilting together three years ago and she actually took that to the next level and made her passion into a career. She does the most amazing things with fabric and has great taste so her colors look so good together and she is creative enough to make patterns and is almost to publish her first book!...back to that cute bundle. I love it so much I haven't used it for two years. Until now...
I seriously love it! (Eventually)
Day 5:
I totally cheated on this one... I only did half because I was waiting on some fabric at home. So it is finished now but wasn't by the retreat. All in all I feel great about I got done but I missed these guys after so long!
But some days I dream of my next break!...
Xo- Kt
How Flippin Cute!! I love seeing your pics because I never got to see all of them like your selfless!! So so fun. PLUS it has only been a short time and I totally forgot about the quilt from your book! Can you believe time goes by so fast that I could actually forget it :( I am so psyched to see that one finished now :) Well great job of course and you finished so much. I can't believe it in such a short time. Congrats!
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