Quilt Retreat Getaway Weekend 2005

In cleaning out my old computer and transferring to my new, I came across a copy of my old webpage from 2005.  Found lots of pictures from the 2005 Quilt Retreat Getaway Weekend.

Our project was Camp Wawbeek Trail.
  This was Diane Lapacek's sample for the weekend.

Kathy Parker won the give away blocks for a sampler.

We had snow that weekend but notice how green the grass was!

Now all four of these ladies were working on the same quilt.  Is it the block or is it the quilter or is it the teacher?  I wish I had finished quilts to match each block.

Get a load of the line up at the ironing tables!

I was doing some tearing out for someone.  But, what I really like about this picture is the food on the snack tables in the background!

I love the concentration on the faces in this picture.  This had to be one of the most serious times at all of our retreats.  I really wonder what was happening!

We paper pieced a mini quilt with insulated batting to use as a hot pad for the center of the table.  Who's hands are in the picture on the left?  A $10 gift certificate to the store at the 2010 Quilt Retreat Getaway Weekend for the first one to identify them.

Show and tell of our 2004 project, Prairie Star,

an original pattern by Diane Lapacek.

A beautiful Bargello shown at Show and Tell.

Thankful, counting, ironing and concentrating.

And, last but not least, Diane Lapacek, my number one teacher for my retreats and none other than me, Barbara Raisbeck, the owner of

Quilts by Barb.

More pictures coming soon!

Happy Quilting.

Barb

Remember When...........

Time for another update on my Remember When series.  We will move ahead to 2004 Quilt Retreat Getaway Weekend.  This retreat was also held at Sugar Creek but at the Koinonia Lodge.

Our project was "Prairie Star."  This was an original pattern created by Diane Lapacek.  Diane has been the A number one teacher at all the retreats hosted by Quilts by Barb.  I couldn't do it without her.

In the 2003 pictures, I only showed the back of Bette's head. 

I really thought we should show her off a little better.

This quilt was a real hit at Show and Tell.  My daughter, Katrina and

daughter-in-law, Nikki, are both UW alumni and would love to have it.

This is the mystery in 2004.  Who does this quilt belong to? 

The first to identify the owner receives a $10 gift certificate in the store at the

 2010 Quilt Retreat Getaway Weekend

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Each year at the Quilt Retreat Getaway Weekend we make a quilt to "give back."  In 2004, we put together a "village for Sugar Creek."   These are some of the blocks donated by the retreat participants that we assembled into a quilt and reteurned to Sugar Creek to hang in their new lodge when it was finished.

Pictured at left, is Diane Lapacek and at right, Barb Raisbeck.

At retreat, we meet many old friends and make new friends.  Mary Ann and Terry are old neighbors and good friends who have attended a number of our retreat together.  Karen and Claire are new acquaintances and were soon friends.  I think that is Mary hiding behind a T shirt quilt we helped her with.

Claire never stops smiling. 

Stayed tune for more Remember When.......... pictures. 

If you are interested in joining us for 2010, check out the details at

 Quilts by Barb, 2010 Quilt Retreat Getaway Weekend or email me at

Quiltsbybarb@tds.net

We would love to have you join us!

Remember when -

I was cleaning some old stuff from my computer and ran across pictures from prior quilt retreats.  I thought is would be fun to post a few pictures at a time.  These pictures are from our very first Quilt Retreat Getaway Weekend held at Sugar Creek outside of Ferryville, Wisconsin.  


The Pineapple is still one of my favorite quilts to teach.  I am going to Wyoming to teach this class to a guild this spring.  I have been working on my sample and that is why I was looking at old pictures!

The Pineapple.  Lori added her own flying geese border

Jean hard at work. 

My sample Pineapple done in all neutrals.

Diane Lapacek's sample showing how she  redid the border to make the outside all dark. 

 

Someone help me.  I can't tell who this is!  First one to tell me gets a $10 gift certificate to the store at 2010 Quilt Retreat Getaway Weekend in Belmont, Wisconsin. 

Thye mystery is solved!  This is Julie.  Thanks to Bette for letting me know.

AND Bette's shirt says it all, "Born to Quilt"

Remember the Scrappy Pineapple?

I recently downloaded Picasa 3, a picture organizing software, onto my computer. Now, I am not a computer guru by any means but this is one software I may try to learn. Anyway, to get to my point.........

I ran across my Scrappy Pineapple from our very first Quilt Retreat Getaway Weekend in 2003 at Sugar Creek. I had forgotten how much I loved this quilt!

At the time of the 2003 retreat, I was also teaching a quite a few quilt classes. I made this quilt as an example of using scraps and also the value of colors. When you have a pattern that calls for lights, mediums and darks, the values are all relative to their neighboring fabrics and colors. None of the fabrics in the body of this quilt would be considered "dark" by most standards BUT in relationship to the other fabrics in the quilt they are dark.

It is fun to make a "neutral" quilt. My neutral bin of scrap fabrics is always so full I am lucky to be able to get the lid on it. We use so many neutrals in our quilts that we always have small pieces left over. Experiment; challenge yourself to make a quilt or small tabletopper with all neutrals.