Luann I love your shibori and would have a go at that this retreat but I have to get a quilt done this week for a friend who has had 2 adorable little boys. So I'm going to be quilting my Laura Nownes quilt. Yes I know I have said this several times over the last couple of years but I'm going to get on with it.

I shall be in Annis's workshop for my virtual retreat and actually in my little messy hole I love.


my quilt waiting for me


I've been knocking up some birds for a craft stall I booked in a moment of madness for a craft fair in November. They need embellishing so I may get some of these done.


and I'd love to start making things with my recent fabric purchases


Luann did you use indigo for your shibori

I really like the mixture of patterns on your valance. It looks French Provincial. The small town of Galena,in Illinois, has that feeling about it. I enjoy visiting it with my family that lives in the Rockford, Illinois area.

I hope folks drop into our little virtual retreat. We might even have some yummy recipes to share.

Luann

Luann, I love your design wall and your fabrics. When I go on a retreat I like to work on projects that don't require a lot of concentration or space. I usually have the fabric pieces cut and ready to sew, sew, sew.

I finally got to couch some yarn to a practice valance I made for my real retreat center. I purchased it a few weeks ago on the day my DH interrupted me with something more urgent so didn't even take it out of the bag until now. It still needs a rod casing as soon as I decide what size rod I'm going to use. Now I just need to make 5 more. But first there are still more urgent things to do since I'm so far behind on everything.

Look after the bunnies Terrie

Good start Luann I'll be asking some questions about what you've posted and join the retreat in the morning but it's late here in UK. See you in a few hours, I'll pray for cold weather so I can enjoy it (I'm ducking to avoid the eggs being hurled by others here in the UK)

I'll be popping by from time to time. Right now, my schedule is FULL, so I may have to wait a while. Actually I was all booked up for a quilt retreat in July this summer, and the my son decided to get married, so I had to cancel. The last 'real' retreat I was signed up for had to be canceled at the last minute due to the birth of my newest grandson! My growing family takes first place, but it sure would be nice to have the time to go to a real retreat. Until then, this is the next best thing.

I neverthought they would grow up to be rabbits!

Many of us would love to attend a retreat, but for any number of reasons it isn't doable at the moment. So, here's to having a virtual retreat. Because we would each come to a retreat with different expectations I would like this to have a very self-directed focus. Anyone wanting to join in, just hop aboard! Let us know a bit about you, your work space and what "your" virtual retreat is going to look like. That being said, I know that some may wonder, "well, just what does a virtual retreat look like?" So here goes for mine:

Hi, Luann here. Also referred to as AnnieLu. I'm going to start off my virtual retreat with a picture of me working at what is supposed to be a dining room table!



I'm going to commit to spending at least 30 minutes, for each day of this month, in my art area or sewing room. For me an ideal retreat would be doing some surface design on the fabric as well as using the fabric. Such as, shibori dyeing of some cloth that I would then use in a project. Here are some examples of fabric already done that I would take along on my trip.



At my fantasy retreat I would learn how to use some of the products that I purchased with such good intentions. But my mind wandered and I need to figure out how to use some of them. And of course I would bring along some pieces from my inspiration wall.




I hope this helps with ideas of how you may want to set up your own criteria for joining in. Whatever works for you is fine. Just remember that we go to a retreat to come home feeling better for having been there. And if that means sleeping late, wandering around to see everyone else's activity, and just relaxing in general, that's ok too! Just communicate with us so we get to know you better and who knows,,, someday we may all be at a live retreat together. Now wouldn't that be grand!

Any questions, comments, or general chatting is fine.

Luann

PS Show and tell is the highlight of any retreat, so do share pictures if possible.