Cedar Chest Quilt Retreat, February 2024

Retreat hosted by the Cedar Chest Quilt Guild in Cedar City, Utah

It has been many years since I took a quilting class anywhere, so this trip was a lot of fun. I was invited to attend with several of my California quilting friends. We stayed in a house and had a blast at the retreat. I am going again this year!

Holiday Season

from the pattern Red Delicious by Amy Smart of Diary of a Quilter.com

Completed top May 7, 2024

Audio books:
Edge of Collapse by Kyla Stone
The Interview: Anne Hathaway by NYT The Daily podcast
The Interview: Israeli opposition leader, The Daily
The Daily: Bird Flu
Old Babes in the Woods, Stories by Margaret Atwood
The Warwick Recordings, a Deadbolt Mystery

I loved the teacher for this class, Teresa Porter. The pattern is actually easy to make. I used my own Christmas fabrics, but they do not have a standard Christmas theme. This quilt is basically red and green. 

Crossing Paths 

Designed and taught by Melissa Cory

Completed top: April 11, 2024

Audio books:
The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
A Wanted Man (a Jack Reacher novel) by Lee Child

Melissa Cory was fun to watch! She introduced me to magic tape for sewing diagonal seams. I loved all the fabrics I used in this quilt but in the end, it did not have that POP effect that I endeavored to achieve. Perfect for a man.