"Got Cookies?"

This was the first project that I sewed on at retreat last weekend. I had amassed quite a collection of sixteen patches as a result of using Bonnie of Quiltville's Leaders & Enders technique, and decided to set them together with alternate snowball blocks. I was running a few working titles for this quilt around in my head when my tablemate for the weekend, Salem Stitcher, suggested a cookie-themed print fabric for the backing. Why? Take a close look at the background fabric in the snowballs! And so, it came to pass; "Got Cookies?" became the assigned name! I plan to add two borders, a dark red inner border and a black outer border. As I quilt that outer border I'll try my hand at stitching as many different cookie names as I can think of into the design; that was yet another suggestion, this time by none other than the afore-mentioned Bonnie! My talented friends were busy and productive cranking out the projects this weekend, as well; everything from traditional hand applique and machine quilting to intricate piecework and inspiring art quilts. I just love going on retreat and hanging out with these ladies, have a look at a few samples below, you'll be amazed and inspired too!I got started putting together a happy, scrappy, strip-pieced play quilt for my grandson late Saturday evening. Almost half of it is together now and I will do a progress post, as well as a "how to", on that quilt tomorrow. Until then, remember...

Life is Good!