A day together with friends over the holidays...

 I signed up for a sew day with friends over the Christmas break.  It is always a joy to be with friends doing what you love!

Here we are showing off our bags we made at the Richfield Retreat.  Love you Lynda and Brenna!

You make me smile, Brenna, Robyn, and Phyllis.

Once I showed up to sew, I learned there was a sale in our local quilt shop.  I seriously bought Tilda Fabric for $5.00 a yard.  They were all light colors good for low volumes.

Here goes the progress the ladies made...

I mostly visited and shopped.  I did make this one star block on the right.  Amy made the one on the left.

Absolutely, 100%, I am making this in 2025.  I am in love!

Tomorrow we are getting together after work to begin a new project we all purchased at retreat.  It is called Autumn Afternoon.

2024 - The most quilting retreats in one year

Since it was the year of the retreats for me, I wanted a memory post for them all.

Snow Goose - February

I traveled with Phyllis and met up with Kalynn.  I made new friends including Jeanette, Mary, Kalynn's daughter, Elaine, and her sister Lydia.

I only have a photo of a quilt I loved.

Triple 7 ranch - March

I made so many new quilt friends here including Chrissy, Lynda, Julie, Laureen, & Monica.  I was reunited with Elaine, Lydia, and Mary of whom I met at the Snow Goose.  My good friends Kalynn & Charlotte were there as well.

Quilting Friends Retreat - April

These are all local quilting friends from many many many years back.

Canada - May

I went to Chris' home with my sweetheart.  I made new friends including:

Panguitch Quilt Walk  - June

I traveled with Phyllis and stayed with her, Amy, and Brenna.  It was a joy!  I took a quilt class from Kalynn and made my project bag - sew much fun!  I saw my new friends from the Snow Goose there.

Triple 7 ranch - September

Quilter's Heritage - October

These were not retreats, but guild photos and a shop hop we organized.

I also went to a teacher retreat as well as two conferences with good friends.

2024 Summary

 Goodbye 2024!  You were so good to me, but it is time to let you go.

You gave me two new grand babies.

You brought me prosperity and joy through many friendships and relationships.

Here goes the traditional yearly recap.  It is a bit boring, but I like it for record keeping.

Finishes

36 bags

8 quilts

Progress

10 BOMs

Other Progress

I trimmed my round robin blocks this year and assembled "Me Without You".

I made Elsa and Anna

Made aprons for my grands and bound a quilt (made by Robyn) and mailed it back east to hurricane victims.

Appliqued, embroidered, and cut Duck Duck Goose.

7 Retreats

25 Books read

Yep, I became a bag lady in 2024.

Lots of wonderful zoom conversations.  

This one was Jan 3 this year.

December 30

December 28

Cancer Zoom

May 31

April 19

April 12 - 🙁 Some of us not at Scrub Stitchin'.  We did get to zoom in though.

March 8

Feb 9

Jan 28 - showing off our Scrub Stitchin' bag progress

Jan 25

15 Minutes to Stitch 2025 final numbers = 97%  HOORAW!!

My January 2024 list of UFOs looked like this.

Here was my December 2024 List.  Ya,  it did grow A LOT!  I started with 18 and ended with 50.  Wowza.  I would like for you to notice that many were crossed off, though.