We all had a wonderful three day sewing weekend at Heirloom Creations’ 5th Annual Sewing Retreat at the Cedar Shore Resort in Chamberlain, SD. Twenty-eight people joined us this year for our “Royal Sewing Event” for 2010.
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We all moved in on Friday arriving with sewing machines, sergers, embroidery machines, suitcases of fabric, pre-cut kits, and projects half started, all with high expectations to finish all of them in just three days. With three days of not having to cook, clean or do dishes, we really had no excuse not to sew all night if we wanted to!
Below are just a few of the projects that were completed during the weekend. Each evening we had show-n-tell with lots of laughter, stories and pictures!
Throughout the weekend, I demonstrated a variety of techniques with optional short projects to complete. The biggest hit was the 15 Minute Table Runners seen in many of the pictures. This FREE pattern is available from Heirloom Creations along with purchasing two 3/4 yard pieces which will complete TWO opposite table runners. The entire group will agree with the pattern’s name that is only takes 15 minutes to make!
We also completed Cathedral Window Pincushions and played around with the “Sharpie Experiment”. We will be showing off many of these items at the upcoming Sewtopia Sewing Club on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 10am, 2pm or 6:30pm. Click here to read more.
I even got to work on a HOLY SNOWBALL quilt – another FREE pattern available at Heirloom Creations with the purchase of 15 fat quarters. Just to need add borders and a fourth image in the lower right corner. This quilt was made to hang in Kate’s room.
A big thanks goes to everyone at Cedar Shore Resort who once again took very good care of us. They brought us meals every 4 hours, made our beds and treated us like a “Queens of the Royal Sewing Court”!