Scrap Dive Quilts

Monday, February 25, 2019

Blizzard Quilt Retreat 2019

What a wild weekend! The weather started out fine Thursday. Friday night saw freezing rain. Saturday afternoon consisted of rain, freezing rain, snow, wind and more wind. It was clear that none of use were going anywhere anytime soon. When I looked at the forecast earlier in the week, I knew there was snow forecasted, but I didn't see anything about a blizzard with 8 to 12 inches of snow!


Despite or in spite of the weather, I managed to get four quilt tops finished. I started out with my t-shirt quilt that has been cut up for over a year now. It was nice to get it sewn together.


I was able to get a few pictures of how bad the weather was. I'm not sure who's car this was but she did get it cleared off and was able to head home. 


Another Iowa State quilt top completed.


Please note the size of the drift by the building. The wind was crazy. I am just thankful we didn't lose power!


Another Chicago cubs quilt top complete.


Last but not least, I  finished this scrappy hourglass quilt top today. Day number five of the retreat due to the weather. The Twin Lakes Bible Camp staff were simply amazing the entire weekend. They let us stay an extra night, fed us an extra meal and plowed us out as fast as they humanly could. In addition, they help many of us load our vehicles. I cannot thank them enough. 

As fun as the weekend was, I'm happy to be home with the car unloaded and everything put away. It will be nice to sleep in my own bed tonight dreaming of my next quilt project!

Happy Quilting!

Thursday, February 7, 2019

Selvage Quilt Top Complete

 It seems like the first part of 2019 has been a busy one. I've got a few tops done but haven't got anything loaded on the longarm yet. Something that I need to keep in mind is that I've been working on a few projects that are time consuming. For example, this selvage quilt top took a little bit longer than expected. I've also been doing quite a bit of cutting getting ready for the retreat at the end of the month.


One thing that I started last Sunday were these hourglass blocks. I plan on taking these with me to Texas next week and get them trimmed up. It will be a good hotel project! One thing that I noticed while making these is how much more accurate my points are. The hourglass quilt that I made last year had quite a few points that didn't line up at all. It is nice to see my skills improving! I know that I am far from perfect. My thought is to make the best quilt I possibly can with the skills I have at that point in time. 


I should get back to quilting. I probably need at least another 300 hourglass blocks. 

Happy Quilting!