Autumn Retreat at the Quilt Palace

After our summer break...

we gathered together to share our love of

the quilted textile.

We spent 5 days at the Quilt Palace

Here is some Show 'N Tell for you to enjoy:

Donna's Salsa Star Quilt Top

Donna's Feathered Star Squares

Lita's Boho Sling Bags

Lita's Snap Bags

Kathi's Tree Quilt

Linda's Double Wedding Quilt

Kathi's Circles

Donna, Lita and I set up a factory and created

39 snap bags!

I cut and quilted the bags.

Donna and Lita assembled the bags, added the measure tapes.

We each walked away with 13 snap bags......FUN!

Lita made fabric wrapped bowls

Linda's patriotic quilt top

Kathi's Boho Sling Bags

Lots of FREE sling bag patterns.....search online.

Sling Bag of Fish Printed Fabrics

Snap Bag....in progress

Kathi's Snap Bag.....completed

Donna modeling Lita's sling bag

Kath's Snap Bags

Top open on Snap Bag

Lots of FREE Snap Bag Tutorials....online

It was a wonderful and Quilty retreat!

Join us for our Winter Retreat

January 4, 5, 6, 2016

Everything is Better when it is Quilted,

The Harlan Valley Quilters

Keeping the Quilt Palace Warm...

The Quilt Palace has a wood furnace...

The Quilters will stay warm and toasty

while they are creating quilts!

Enjoy the Slide Show:

Many Thanks to Delbert and Brad

for filling the basement with wood!

Firewood warms you twice...

1st when you cut it

2nd when you burn it

Everything is Better when it is Quilted,

The Harlan Valley Quilters

Painting the Palace...

The Quilt Palace is getting a...

Face Lift

This is what the main work room looked like when

we moved into the Palace 2 years ago...

Big work area......but dark walls

This is my corner...

you can really see just how dark the walls are.

After 2 years of sewing in the dark...

it is time to brighten things up!

The paint is so dark that we need to prime the walls first...

My two trusty helpers.

Gunnr and my favorite guy

While they start rolling on the paint...

I removed all of the design walls....ugh.

My corner of the room....

Half way around the room...

The other half of the room...

Gunnr has had it with all of the painting!

The painting has come full circle...

Back to where we started painting the first wall.

Even the hallway gets a fresh coat of primer.

Look closely.....Gunnr is changing colors.

I think Gunnr got into his painting just a bit too much!

Here's a quick peek at the primed room:

We are heading into town to fetch paint samples...

Gunnr is thinking......light green paint.

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Everything is Better when it is Quilted,

The Harlan Valley Quilters