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2018 Quilts, quilting · September 18, 2018

Retreat Quilt

During a recent trip to the Twin Cities I saw a fun quilt hanging in a shop. It had the sentiment “She was a nice girl until she took up quilting.” At the time I didn’t think much about it, but then realized it would be a great quilt for my bed at retreat. I did a quick Google search which revealed it is from the book “Quilt Talk: Paper Pieced Alphabet with Symbols and Numbers.” Bummer, I avoid paper piecing if at all possible. I knew I wouldn’t make THAT quilt. It continued to be in the back of my mind, so I finally caved and designed something else. I used a slightly different sentiment since it is a pet peeve of mine for women to call themselves “girls” and I still think of myself as “nice.” The center of my quilt looks like this:

Last summer I went to a Bonnie Hunter retreat in Oelwein, Iowa and didn’t know anyone there. I sat with a group of women who had been on many retreats together. We had a great time and quickly became friends. Near the end of the retreat, one of the women said, “At first I though you were prim and proper, but you fit right in.” Thus a quilt was born.

The original version was just letters on a solid background, but I wanted something colorful. I came up with this.

The fabric is from Craftsy. I ordered this kit that had jelly rolls and a background, then repurposed the fabric. I love the blue floral that’s on the back.

It was fun to make and fun to have a special retreat quilt.

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In: 2018 Quilts, quilting · Tagged: jelly roll quilt, proper lady quilt, quilt retreat, retreat quilt

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Comments

  1. Pat says

    September 18, 2018 at 7:10 am

    Great quilt! Love it!

  2. Jacqi says

    September 18, 2018 at 8:11 am

    That is way out of your box Rhonda. I totally love it and I totally love that you are not prim and proper!

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