First of all, the links for last week's post is by our friend Ginny at Marion's blog, {here}. And for this week, it's Maggie at Shortcookie, and the links are {here}, {here}, and {here}. (if you can't access all the links, that means they're not all up yet -- at the time of this post there's only one. I'll delete this disclaimer when I've linked over to all of them.)
Okay, now on to Cabin Fever II. I was lucky enough to go to Cabin Fever in February of 2013, and that's where I decided I wanted to publish patterns. That meant I got an early pass to Cabin Fever II -- and it was a good thing, too, because the tickets were sold out before sales ever hit the public! We got to go up to a BEAUTIFUL cabin up Hobble Creek Canyon, just about 15 minutes away from my house. And all I did for three days was sew and sew and sew -- it was just like heaven!
I took waaay too much to work on, but I also managed to get quite a few projects completed. I did four baby quilt tops...
and two bee blocks (I'm part of the Beehive swarm #21)...
and five improv trees for my QBX group...
and one little secret project (this is one block of 36 that are complete).
For Christmas last year, Joel gave me a jelly roll of Lexington, by Minick and Simpson. At first glance, I thought it was pretty yuck -- it's not my style AT ALL, the colors are very muted, which I don't love. (Don't tell Joel -- he was really proud of his choice!) So, I decided that if Joel loved this jelly roll, I'd make him a quilt for his birthday. He's always a little sad that a lot of the quilts I make go to other people, haha. And as I worked with this jelly roll, I really fell in love with it -- it has so many really beautiful prints in it! And the colors really grew on me too. I think it will really be a pretty and unusual addition -- and it will be the PERFECT secret birthday present for Joel!
How funny, the story about the blocks that went into hiding at the retreat - what a smart use for them!
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