success

How do you judge a retreat to be "successful"?
For me???
This is success:
comaraderie, food, solidarity, food, commonality, laughs, and laughs and laughs.
I had all of that and more!
Maybe not enough sleep,
but definately enough food.
And definatley enough of all of the rest of the prerequisites. 
But when I was doing my check list?
I forgot my floss for my Wool Crazy!!!
What's up with that?
So, I worked on the wedding quilt gift the entire time!

(Which was probably what I really needed to be working on anyway!)
Recognize this?


Yes, this is the book that I said is really
"fabulously quick-cut". 
NOT "fabulously quick-put-back-together"!



This is the quilt I have chosen - Anniversary Stars.  Yes, those are more half-square triangles. Yes, those are more bias squares.  Yes, I am feeling just a little tired of both half-square triangles and bias squares after the Snowball Quilt Challenge from this same book.

But it is another beautiful pattern. 

All in browns and creams, with dark brownish-blacks for the star points. And it uses up a lot more of those scraps that are in my life, which is also a good thing.

All of the blocks are done.

Not pressed, but all sewn.

That is a good feeling - the accomplishment of a project coming together.

So that is success in my book--

friendship, camaraderie, and LOTS laughs and LOTS of piecing.