Time Flys When Your Having Fun!!!

It's hard to believe that it's Sunday morning already!!!


What a great time this retreat was and always is!!!


With my Studio just about to open, I did debate whether I should attend or not, but that took me about a nano second to decide.....WHAT was I thinking....I couldn't miss a Turtle Rock Retreat!!! 


It's always fun seeing Dick and Candace Mayer!!!  I'm so glad that Candace decided to open up the Turtle and have a place for crazy ladies to come and sew!!! 


Saturdays, are always fun.....we try to eat up the left overs, but I have to say....the Calico Beans were yummy!!! Then after dinner, the games begin.....


Melody found the game Trader's Dice from Stitchin Tree (www.stitchintree.com) when we were in Paducah 2013.

Who needs a casino......LOL


Throw your charm squares (we put 6  in the middle and roll the dice!!!  It's a really fun game!!  Once you roll the three dice you either: trade with someone, hold (don't get to do anything), or take out of the kitty.  Once the kitty is gone...game over and we count our squares....


It's so funny watching people when they have to trade with another.....stripes wasn't the favorite squares this time...and boy did they keep getting traded. 

But 20 minutes later, the game was over and I ended up with the most squares....woo hoo!!!  AND  none of us had to call the gambling addiction toll free number!!!


However, I may gave won the game.... I think Melody wins for most projects done on a Saturday!!  I love this table runner!!  We all want to make one now!!!!

Then she made this Quilts of Valor (QOV) quilt!  AND she did several more zigging around snowflakes!!

Heidi continued to "use up" fabrics and worked on two quilts at the same time.....

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Mom continued on her string piecing


Arelene stippled like a champ!!


Aunt Martha made over 100 1/2 square triangles for her next project.


Me.....I made a tree!!  It's paper pieced and so cute!!  I'm planning on hanging it at the Studio and decorating it for each holiday.  Ok.....those who know me, know that decorating isn't necessarily a strength of mine.......but a strength of mine is to know the strengths of others and "barter".....have I mentioned I love my  bestie....hehe 

Last fun of the weekend is discovering the "bong".  We started this little tradition that each retreat, whoever had the "bong" the retreat before, fills it with a goodie and hide it someone's stuff to discover.  This retreat, Melody had it from before and gave it to my mom!  It was a fat quarter from Missouri Start Quilt Co......my mom's first item from them... woo hoo!!!

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Oh ya, we either check the daily deal before we go to bed or we do it first thing in the morning!!  It's a bonus of Turtle Rock....WIFI!!!


Well.....I have to head out early....because I have to start getting things organized for the opening of my studio!!!


SO excited and I hope to see most of you at my Open House on November 8th, 10am - 2pm!!!  This new adventure is something I've wanted to do for such a long time....hard to believe it's only a few weeks away of becoming a reality!!!


More to come on that topic in the next few weeks!!!


Happy Sewing!!!!


Jill