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Our friends at Mountain Mist are presenting a wonderful exhibit of antique quilts.  You will begin to see the quilts in the next hour. 

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We have two Rhapsody quilts in progress here this week. Karen has succeded getting hers designed as well. Again, one-quarter of the quilt is on the design wall so I've been able to indicate how it will look when it is all cut out.

It is really exciting to see how Karen utilized fun prints and they still work! When you making a quilt from a pattern or book do you tend to follow the style and colors in the book or do you spread your wings and take a risk and blaze your own trail?

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Everyone coming to a La Veta Quilt Retreat is encouraged to come with a hope - a dream - a vision for what they want to accomplish. No two people will do the same thing during the week. It can be a scary thing. Frank came with a goal to creat a Rhapsody. The skeleton came fairly easy, then he had the concept to create designs that represented the four elements - earth, air, fire, water. There was a point where he struggled with his applique designs, but we worked through it and I think you'll agree - he succeeded. He has one quarter of the quilt designed and cut out, which is all I need to create a photo rendition of what the finished quilt will look like.

Here are student comments relating to your questions.

Prior to coming - "Have an idea of what you want to learn. Do not be afraid of doing something "difficult" because Ricky breaks the week into pieces that are extremely doable." - Frank.

Regarding Ricky's coaxing - "He makes you think and reach beyond your boundaries. I came to learn techniques outside of my comfort zone and I did." - Pat

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Even though it's her birthday, Alex is making the TQS booth ready for the thousands of quilters converging on the Ontario Convention Center in Ontario California.  Road 2 California is going to be a great show.  Come by and say hi and bring your bathing suit.  The winter forecast in Southern California is 81F/27C everyday.  TQS is in booth 1201 and Bob and Heather Purcell of Superior Threads are in 803.

We will be getting pictures of the quilts, interviews and meet some friends.  It will all be on the blog so stay tuned. 

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Well, today it was a first - a first for me to spend most of the day in bed missing quilt retreat. I woke up and soon lost my equilibrium (nausea and dizziness) and for the next 6 hours could not walk, sit up, roll over, ... or fetch - LOL. Actually, my mom has this issue and it's just taken a while to catch up with me. I was able to get vertical and make my way to see all the progress in retreat while I was away. I promise I'll share quilt images as soon as we get further along - and share more answers, but for now I just wanted you to check out the type of tough quilters we have here. Kathy steps outside to make a quick call (cell service is spotty at best) and notice that even though the snow if falling - she is in short sleeves. Now that's a tough quilter! Of course it wasn't long before she came in to enjoy the fire just like Justin and Karen.

At this retreat we have two mother daughter pairs! Do you share your love of quilting with family members?

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Guess who is celebrating a birthday today?  Here's are a few hints; she grew up in the San Francisco area, LOVES Johnny Depp, and is often seen sporting flip flops.