Quilting and quarantine

Extra, extra read all about it, another late addition in the life and times of Archie's family.

Our annual quilt retreat rolled around again, it's always the second week of March this time landing on the 11th-14th.

I threw those dates in there for posterity sake since this is another late post.

I wasn't sure if I was totally committed as our granddaughter was due to arrive on the 15 but when I talked with our son he said nothing was happening, their baby was determined to stay inside her mama's belly.

I decided to chance it and go to the retreat. The lodge we stay at is out of cell range but luckily we could communicate through text, I felt secure knowing if my daughter in law went into labor, I would get the message.

With that being said, it was a good decision. She didn't go into labor and retreat was amazing.

These girls I sew with are all so talented and created some incredible quilts. 

We traditionally do a challenge quilt where someone will pass out a focal fabric and the rest of us will find a color in the fabric to exchange with everyone else. Then we take our collection of fabrics home to make a quilt.

It's fun to see the different quilts made with the same fabric, I actually can't believe I'm in the same group with these accomplished ladies.

                                                

Can you find the matching fabric? This is what I'm talking about.

We also draw a name the year before for a secret sister to where we sew them a quilt based on what they like. The gal I had loves Halloween so here is my gift to her.

Another gift that was given was for a girl who loves gnomes.

While we were busy at work, some of the girls were receiving news about the contagious virus going around, COVID-19.

And what I have to say about that is, we took one for the global team and kept our social distance from the outside world.

One could say we were in self containment leaving us no choice but to laugh, eat and get as little sleep as possible.

Not to mention keeping ourselves fit for more eating, laughing and sewing.

It literally snowed only one day. When we arrived the first two days were sunny and crisp but on the third day, it snowed and snowed and snowed. By the fourth day we had accumulated at least 6 inches.

We even heard about the toilet paper hoarding but weren't worried, we were plenty prepared.

My next post will be about a new baby, a house remodel, a house to sell, a horse in training, a funeral for a dear friend and a lame horse to mend.

Whew, anyone else feel like this?