Feather Frenzy...

Well this past weekend was the BMQG's annual quilt retreat weekend at the Franciscan Guest House in Kennebunk.  I wasn't able to get away for the entire weekend, but my friend Samantha and I were able to take advantage of a "commuter pass" to come up for a long day of sewing and socializing with the ladies. It was fabulous and so much fun to get to see everyone's works in progress!



Photo of Samantha & I courtesy of the BMQG - thanks Alice!

I had purposely been hoarding a stash of fabrics to create a quilt top using Anna Maria Horner's Feather pattern just for the retreat, and was supremely optimistic that I'd be able to churn out a bunch of feathers.  So just how many feathers did I make during an uninterrupted day of sewing?

(dramatic pause)

Actually my grand total was 7, but 5 was my total when I posted them up on the retreat design walls.  Yeah...I was kind of disappointed. 

Definitely not with how they came out though - I love the colors and fabrics together, and the feathers themselves are pretty big.  I can see myself embracing some negative space with a quilt top totaling no more than 20-30 feathers. 

 

But putting these babies together is a lot of work, which did get done in bulk at the retreat.  Lots of fabric strips were ironed, cut and pieced together and template pieces are all set to go - its the sewing grunt work that takes up the most time!  I just thought that I'd get a little further in the project. 

 

Oh well - looks like it will stretch into the spring and summer.  Not a bad work in progress to keep up with here and there. 

 

And as an added bonus, I won a door prize as well!  I ended up picking from a great pool of prizes collected by Aimee and chose a charm pack of Aneela Hoey's Posy line from Moda.  Love it!

Linking up with: QuiltStory's Fabric Tuesday