This always happens to me. I go to a retreat, and I sew my fingers off. And visit with people, make new friends, have tons of laughs. But I always manage to sew myself right to the edge of exhaustion (ok, only getting 5 hours sleep a night doesn't help). So now I'm back from retreat, and avoiding my sewing room for a little while.
However, I had a fantastic time, and got a ton of stuff done. I challenged myself before I left to do all the workshop projects while I was there - piled my scraps into a bag so I was ready for that. And I did it! One little quilty, made from 1.5" squares.
And a placemat, made from 2.5" strips and leftover batting strips (cool, I have LOTS of leftover batting)
I finished a top - only the borders were left to do, but I've been avoiding it for quite some time. This is Reflections of the North (Winter) by Sherry Hisey.
And I finished paper piecing all of my houses and stars for Downtown. I knew from the beginning that I didn't want this to be a single quilt - I could not get my head around the combination. So now I have a star quilt.
And a house quilt.
They both still need borders. I cut most of my scraps into 2.5x5" bricks for a piano key border around the stars. I think I need something in between the cornerstones and piano keys however, and I'm a bit short on bricks (I'll know how much too short once I figure out what the filler piece is).
The house quilt will get a 2" grey border, and then something more to finish it off. Again I'm not sure, but the hope is that everything comes out of the leftovers from the original kit.
Not having seen the original pattern, I cannot even fathom how the stars and houses would go together. I think you did the right thing. I'm like that after a retreat, too. My problem is I drop everything just inside the door and it stays there for days ... or weeks ....
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