Hi WEQuilters:

It was a GREAT weekend at the Hermitage!!  Weather was beautiful, except for Friday night when we had the BIG storm, lost power and so had to stop working,  So sad!!  But the next day we worked like demons!!  France was in the sewing room before most of us were even up!!  And here she is showing off her beautiful applique to Allison and Rita.

Charlotte worked soooo hard that she finished her project in record time on Saturday morning and was then looking for more work to do.  Allison happily obliged.  (note big pile of strips in front of Charlotte).  She happily sewed strips together for the rest of the weekend.  Allison will be using these for the border of our fabulous raffle quilt.  Next year Charlotte will be bringing more than one project!!!

Mary hard at work on her mystery quilt and it's beautiful!!!  Hand quilting, if you can believe.

WOW!!!  Look at that stash.  Wouldn't you love to have THAT!!  Linda choosing fabulous, fun fabrics for two very young men on her gift list.  Lucky boys!!

Rita's first time at a quilt retreat and it was fun to watch her work! Whereas the rest of us are trying to work under a pile of fabric, scraps scattered everywhere, scissors not to be found, chaos all around, Rita is organized - soooooo organized!!!!  

Anna hand quilting to the point of Pain!!!, but what beautiful work.  Her quilt is gorgeous - what started off as one small square has turned into a beautiful quilt.  She bought so many "perfect matches" for the one little square, she had to use them all to come up with what you see here!!  Beautiful!!  That's Mary, our fearless Prez watching and giving some tips?!?!?

And here's  Allison  working so diligently on our raffle quilt.  See the small squares in front of her, that's the quilt!   After we all contributed out smallpieces, Allison is putting them all together. What a job!!!  Many thanks to Allison for all her hard work. 

And finally, Pam.  Pam was working on a project she started a while ago and looks like it will now get finished with all that work time on the weekend. 

And, actually, I was there too, on the weekend!!!  You just don't see me. 

And these are some shots of our quilting home away

from home.  Beautiful, beautiful spot.  We have 

already reserved our time for next year - same 

weekend, so all of you who weren't able to make 

Pretty chilly looking bunch.

it this year, reserve the time for next year so you 

can join us.  It's great fun and great working 

conditions!!!

Dining Room 

L'Hermitage 

Not huge, but actually quite comfortable

Good night!

Don't forget everyone, next meeting is on Tuesday, September  18th.  Bring your mystery quilts!!

Sandra