A Treasury in Preparation for a FABULOUS Retreat Weekend!

Last night, Barbara Raisbeck, owner of Quilts by Barb managed to snag a treasury west in honor of the upcoming Quilt Retreat Getaway Weekend she’s hosting (no, it’s not too late to sign up!).

She chose circular quilts for half the treasury because one of the project options is a project from the book, “Easy Bias Curves.” The other portion of the collection was found by putting the word ‘mystery’ into the etsy search engine in honor of the ‘Mystery’ Quilt project that will happen.

I just have to say that I’m SUPER excited for a weekend away! I LOVE that I chose to go with my own room at the hotel…it means 48+ hours of sewing and peace and calm. I CAN’T WAIT!

Retreat Mini Project

Can't believe it'll soon be time for this year's retreat. The new location should be nice with
plenty of room for everyone to spread out...which I SO like to do, as anyone who's ever sat next to me will agree.

Hope everyone has finished up last year's mini project, and will remember to bring it along to share. I've been selling my pattern at a couple of local shops and will be teaching it each of the three days of this year's Wisconsin Quilt Expo. Coming up with something new for the retreat every year and having a deadline is just the kind of pressure I need to get things done. If you'd like to see more of my quilts and other artwork, check out my blog at tisha-tsblog.blogspot.com.

I'm busy working on this year's mini project and it's going to be something totally different. Again, we'll be using my original pattern and some of Barb and Diane's beautiful hand-dyes. The pattern can be made up to look anything from more subdued and traditional to totally wild and funky...but that's all I'm going to tell you for now.

Hope to see you at the Expo, and oh, here are a couple of Barb's creations from my pattern.

QuiltsbyBarb made ETSY Front Page Last Night!

The treasury ‘Ahhh’ created by theApple made it to the Front Page of Etsy last night around 9:30. It was so exciting! I actually got to see it up there for an hour! Not only was my Teal Tree Top Tote Bag up, but so was my Aunt Barb’s True Miniature Rag Quilt! What a great way to end the day!

QuiltsbyBarb made ETSY Front Page Last Night!

The treasury ‘Ahhh’ created by theApple made it to the Front Page of Etsy last night around 9:30. It was so exciting! I actually got to see it up there for an hour! Not only was my Teal Tree Top Tote Bag up, but so was Quilts by Barb's True Miniature Rag Quilt! What a great way to end the day!

It's a Mystery to Me

We have added a mystery project to the Fall Retreat. It will be simple and fun. Many of you will be able to finish the mystery and have plenty of time to try a simple project from the Easy Bias Covered Curves book and still have time for the mini project.

The mystery project is lap size, but can esily be made bigger if you decide you really love it. That's one of my favorite things about a scrappy project...you never run out of fabric. Just add some more fat quarters and keep on going.

If this sounds like too many things to do, just pick whatever appeals to you most....or bring in your own project to work on. We'd be glad to help with that, too, if you have something that's giving you problems.