QAL Week 7 – Emma’s Block Week 7, We’ve Made an Impression! Emma has knocked this out of the park with her First Place prize ribbon block! Isn’t it the cutest? Now we can ALL have our very own prize ribbon on our QAL quilts. It’s raw-edge applique that uses clever construction (no weird shape […]
QAL – BONUS Block 2 Here’s another fun block; a tall drinking cup! Who doesn’t have an insulated cup for their favorite beverage at Retreat? Emma and Jennifer have collaborated on this custom design. The ombre fabric for the cup and the stripe fabric for the straw make it look SO REAL. The pattern looks […]
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 […]
QAL Week 2 – Tracey’s Block Tracey has chosen a familiar “sound” from the retreats – the BELL! I was excited to see this; it’s quite clever and I believe Tracey designed the bell block pattern herself (awesome!). Updated from Tracey’s comment (below): My official block has a pinwheel center. The pattern does not. Please embellish […]
QAL Week 1 – Sissy’s Block From Sissy: Here is my block; this makes a 14.5 inch block but you can trim to 12.5 inches – sometimes it’s good to have extra to trim down the block. I think it’s a great block to start out the QAL! Things have started buzzing around the group […]
Ok, ladies, we have our list of confirmed participants; there are 15 of us! That will make for some interesting quilt layouts – I will probably add a block to make a 4×4 layout, but who knows? I can’t wait to see y’all’s creativity in ACTION! As of right now, with 15 and starting next […]