KWILTY GIRLS WINTER RETREAT 2026

I made it to a Kwilty Girls Retreat!

I have missed sew much the last 6 months due to

My hubby s health. He is getting better

And finally at a place where I felt I child leave him alone.

He did habe a friend take him to lunch and check on him.

And his daughter covered one day for me

Sew nice to have some backup.

Caregiving is a full time job…

I need a raise!

This girl needed GIRL TIME.

It may have begun with my 

Wonky FG Patty quilted for me!

Celtic Sea w Mustard thread!

I sewed up this Scot’s Plaid design for my hubby.

He turns 80 in February and 

Was a TV repairman for 40 years!

This is his bday gift!

And a great steak dinner!

Then I made the Quilty Love design top

Using AnnaMaria Horner scraps 

that Kim Hensey gave me!

Kathy Guenther was thrilled to get her FOREST quilt

Patty had quilted for her. 

Love that E2E design!

This one, Play a Card, was also quilted by Patty 

Kathy spent most of her time over the weekend

Working in this beautiful Flying Geese Quilt top.

Lucinda Miller is always a busy bee at retreat.

Her rendition of Twusted Geese, Zen Chic is lovely.

She’s becoming a master at LV scrappy backgrounds.

She was knitting! Her first dish cloth!

She made a quilted basket!

Finished a floor rug pattern by Tami Pfeil 

Tami Pfeil was sewing uo this design she created 

And we can’t wait to see what this Nutcracker

When Tami finishes it !

Kim Hensley was making this Flag Quilt for her

Sin ti be nephew who is getting his US  citizenship soon. 

And this fabulous baby Quilt made in low volume log cabins 

Patty Estadt worked on a charity quikt.

And spent most of her time sewing together tractors! 

 Of course, hers were much cuter…I can’t find the pic!

Our next retreat is in April and my fingers are crossed

That I can attend that one too!

BABY CHATMAN QUILT!

A new great-grand daughter arrives in January.

I made her quilt, long before she was a gleam in her daddies eyes!

I was at Ocean Isle Beach a few years ago and made

a test pattern using Into the Woods Jelly Rolls...

I've always loved Lil'' Red !

The pattern was called TYPE and a very quick and easy make.

There was a local garden, not far from the beach

so I made a journey there for a photo op...

Into the Woods.

Then home it came and sat on a shelf for several years.

Now that Baby Chatman was in the works...

I found a backing that would work for this one.

I still floor pin my quilt sandwiches....it works for me

cept my old body doesnt care for it.

I wanted to quilt this one myself....so down I went.

It really didn't take long to quilts as I

just quilted some serpentine lines.

I made a scrappy binding that was just perfect for framing!

And now we wait...til she arrives!

FALL BREEZE KINDA WAS A BREEZE

This was a quilt my friend Kathy Guenther made 

and I fell in love with it.

Yes, I'll make it too.  

I've always wanted a vibrant fall quilt.

I love the fall colors, and I love GRUNGE fabrics.

Seemed like perfect choice for...

FALL BREEZE

I drug my feet on making this one.

I was leery of all the HST.

It took a while to cut, bag and label all the

pieces and then it SAT for about a year.

I like to use a KEY card to label my fabrics

and make sure my colors will fit nicely into

the layout of the pattern colors

Just change color names as needed.

And here I sewed the stems my way, I didn't like

the way the pattern directions said to make them?

The pattern needed 12 large maple leaves.

I made them with my 5 vibrant GRUNGE color choices

on the light gray background.

There are 28 small leaves.

Gotta say...this pile of leaves is

looking very good!

I selected a light gray for the background.

All blocks made and

the top was laid out on the design wall.

and sewn!

Ta-DAH!

    Such a pretty finished top.

So off to Kim Hensley for the Longarm Quilting.

We selected an E2E design Bubble Glitter

showed up beautifully on the backing

and all the neutral space on the top.

Binding was same background fabric.

I wanted the leaves to float.

Cause when leaves fall in the breeze...

They float.

I am thrilled with this beauty!

And the hubby here with his obligatory photo

seems to like it too!

I don't know why I was so worried...it kinda was a breeze!

UPCYCLING MY WAY THRU 2025

I’ve had a bit of fun upcycling/recycling clothes this year.

Most from thrift shops but a few from my closet.

Like this recycled T-shirt and flannel from my closet.

This recycle has two thrifted items. 

A Shenanigans Coordinator sweatshirt

that was waaaay to small for  me, but I had to have it!

I am a Shenanigan's coordinator for many adventures 

The gray sweatshirt was revamped and I added

 Ghastlies travel fabrics for the win!

Another thrifted sweatshirt, cut off  bottom edge, sleeve and neck line ribbing 

and added a WONKY Churn Dash block I made to the front.

And added coordinating fabric cuffs

Whenever I find Denim Jackets in thrift shops, I snatch them up.

They might be too big but I take in the side seams to fit me.

Here I fused some fabric over a pocket.

And check this out. 

I thrifted a WICKED ‘Defying Gravity  T-shirt that was to small.

This was one those theatre merch tshirts! 

I usher in the theaters and KNOW how much these cost. 

So it may be my best thrift ever! 

I cut out and fused the tshirt message to the back, 

Pink Flowers for the pop of color. 

I had a FQ of some OOP Alexander Henry Halloween fabric. 

The front of this denim shirt had some denim roses, that I didn’t like.

I removed them and there were some tiny holes left behind.

So I fused some of those owls over them and it turned out great. 

THEN I fused some owls and pumpkins to the back 

of  a short sleeves denim shirt.

Alas Ghastlies are always whispering

‘Make something outta me’

A thrifted black sweatshirt revamped.

Revamped means I cut off the bottom ribbing, the neckline ribbing

And sometimes the sleeve ribbing.

Then Ghastlies were fused into a collage on the front and 

it’s such a fun recycle 

Another denim shirt.  Took the pocket off one side.

Covered with a rectangle and I cut this dragonfly and flower

Out of another shirt to appliqie it…somewhere and

It is perfect right here. 

Yet another denim jacket 

With a huge fabric flower fused to the  back. 

I’ve got more recycling planned in 2026!

Stay tuned.