Wonder Cut Ruler Retreat - Octoberl, 2006

Wonder Cut Ruler Fall 2006 Retreat
(not your average quilting retreat!)
October 6-8, 2006

Our Fall 2006 Wonder Cut Ruler Retreat was held October 6-8, 2006 at the Marsh Creek Event Centre located in the beautiful Albion Valley here in Idaho. Albion is about 18 miles from Burley.

We started off the retreat with the traditional ringing of the school bell. As our quilters entered the main retreat room, they were greeted by our theme "I'm Lovin' It!" Our quilters introduced themselves as they showed their "Bring 'n Brag". We had quilters from Canada, Wyoming, Utah, and Idaho join us. Projects for this retreat included a table topper, one large quilt, and a quilter's doodle pad.

At our retreats, the tables are arranged in a large circle. This year, as the quilters "set up shop" they quickly noticed a series of quilts layed upside down in the middle of the circle. We gave strict instructions for "NO PEEKING" to see what the tops of the quilts looked like. Attendees soon learned that the quilts decorating the center of the room were the completed challenge quilts from the Spring Retreat. Our challenge was to use an "interesting" fabric and create a quilt to be donated to the foster kids in our area this Christmas. The fabric we chose had a black background with a collection of purses. As the pictures begin to load, I'm sure if you look carefully, you will be able to pick out the common fabric.

On Saturday, we had a Viewer's Choice voting .......... and the winner ...... oh before I tell you the name of the winner, I should mention the winner recieved 10 yards of fabric - her choice .. and now ... the winner of this challenge ........

Annie!! No surprise to me. This gal is a consistent winner at the County Fair.

Here's a look at the other entries:

Challenge Quilt

Tanya with her entry. Some kid is going to love this quilt!

Here's Mary proudly showing her entry.

Here's Julie's entry. You can really see that "interesting" fabric now!

Liza Anne's Challenge Entry

That's Liza Anne peeking over the top of her quilt!

Judy's Challenge

Here is Judy's entry. Gotta love pinwheels!

Connie's Challenge Quilt -- too fun! Love the colors!

Betty's Challenge Quilt

Betty Boop's (aka "Queenie"'s) entry.

Vicky's Albion Trail

Here's Vicky showing off her completed "Albion Trail" quilt.
Who doesn't love purple!

Albion Trails

Here's one from Margaret - she's one of our pattern testers.
Isn't this just beautiful!

Annie

I couldn't resist throwing in this picture of Annie -
she is just "sew" involved. :)

Kay

Kay - hard at work!

Marie's Churn Dash

Here's Marie working on her "Churning - Albion Style" Quilt.
Tanya brought a tablecloth which worked out perfectly to lay out
quilt blocks prior to row assembly.

If you are interested in joining us at one of our retreats,

please drop a line to: Alice.

We'd love to have you as our guest!

This page created October 11, 2006.
This page last updated April 17, 2008.