Romania (4)

My sister Coleen summed up our trip to Romania in a wonderful post on her blog. Read about it here.

The shape of this building in downtown Alba is fascinating to me.

Visiting with Christian friends who speak limited English witout an intrepreter is a challenge.

 Their home is a 2nd story apartment in this building.

We came home by way of the Frankfurt Airport in Germany.

Color

I've enjoyed watching all the different projects coming together this week.

Stack's Pancake Quilt

Mother treated us to brunch this morning at Stack's Pancakes.

Our waiter was a jolly fellow who kept us laughing. He wanted a picture of our group so we decided to make the picture into a small quilt.

Polly cut and sewed squares for a border.

Barbara helped her.

Jolene took care of getting the picture printed.

 June prepared the backing.

Emily cut out the binding.

 Polly sewed the picture into a sheet protector.

Barbara added the borders.

June cut out the backing.

Coleen glue basted and  prepared the piece for quilting.

 I machine quilted it.

Coleen squared it up.

Emily sewed on the binding.

Sheila hand stitched the binding to the back.

Mother signed her name on the back.

Javonne and the rest of us signed it.

The finished piece.

The happy waiter.

Heatwole Sewing Retreat

We have met together again for a week of sewing.

Claie Bleu and Coleen are picking out velvet for Mother to make some squares.

Katina is making a comforter from flannel and denim for her boy's bed.

Polly is working on blocks for a "Simply Woven" quilt.

Sheila and Jolene are making fancy stitches on velvet blocks that they have pieced.

Jillian is machine quilting her "Disappearing Nine Patch" for her daughter.

Rebecca is sewing on her Lone Star / Hunter's Star quilt.

Emily is quilting her "Zipper" quilt.

The week is finally here to be together with my family sewing, telling stories, laughing, staying up late, etc., etc., etc.

Mother has started sewing with the velvet fabric again making doll quilts and pillows.