Retreat....

Oh boy where in the world do I begin???

We had our retreat this past weekend for our

Sampler Guild so I will warn you this

is a picture heavy blog update

How about if I start here?

This is the view I had from the window

of the room I stayed in for the weekend.

It is absolutely gorgeous - and so peaceful.

No phones, No TV, No distractions.

Allowed for a wonderful weekend spent

with my stitching friends.

I arrived early and helped set up when the

participants arrived they were welcomed

to tables loaded with bottles of

water, flowers and bookmark with

the design from last years project.

and then the ladies began to arrive

and before you knew it 30 women

with all of the required stitching paraphernalia

were set up and ready to go.

as you can see we are very serious when it comes to

stitching, chatting, eating and buying.

Friday night included time to shop!

what retreat isn't complete

without the ability to buy stitching supplies?

Show and Tell

We have some very talented ladies in our group!

Saturday was project day

The wonderful ladies who put the retreat

together continually amaze us with

the creativity of the projects they come

up with for us to work on while there.

I am happy to report I was able to complete both!!!

Project Number 1

The boxes were already painted with photos of

last years project decoupaged to the lid.

We had to cover the inside with the fabric and

then we made the tomato and attached the bead

and ribbon to our scissors to make a fob.

The ladies had completed all the prep work

we had to finish the items off.

Project Number 2

Sorry this photo is so blurry.

I tried several times but my

camera would not cooperate.

We had our choice of two designs.

I selected the pumpkin because fall is

right around the corner and I thought

this would be cute to have for Halloween.

As I said this was a photo heavy post

but I hope you enjoyed it.