QAL Week 6 – Libbie’s Block Week 6, We’re Getting Our Fix! Or I am – I’m definitely addicted to our little QAL. Check out this fun block that Libbie has selected for us – a prime opportunity to feature a favorite bit of fabric! It looks more complicated than it is; the strip method […]
Hello, to those of us who have opted in for the additional 5 QAL Retreat blocks, so we can finish with 20 instead of 15. Remember, these are OPTIONAL. If you don’t care for a particular block or don’t want to use/do a particular technique, skip it or tweak your own version for your quilt. […]
QAL Week 5 – Melanie’s Block Week 5, And We’re on a Drive! Our Queen Bee for this week is Melanie, and she’s got an amazing QAL block for us! Whether we live close by or far away, everyone has to load up their quilting/sewing gear and hit the road (hence the block name). Isn’t […]
QAL Week 4 – Jennifer’s Block Week 4, shut the door! Jennifer has designed her block for Week 4; it’s the Granny B Quilt Shop, in honor of the Retreat Shop Runs. It’s so cute! It even has a couple of quilt blocks hanging in the store windows (this gives me ideas…) AND, Jennifer has […]
QAL Week 3 – Eva’s Block For Week 3, Eva has selected a classic for our Retreat QAL – the Friendship Star! She sent along the story behind the Friendship Star block, too. “The pioneer women made quilts with friendship stars and signed their name in the star to remind the ones going out west […]