Wonderful Weekend at Casowasco

Another great weekend with the Tompkins County Quilt Guild at the Casowasco Retreat on Owasco Lake. Setting up the room.

Casey was making a quilt for her mother.

All kinds of quilts appear on the walls over the weekend.

There is even the occasional dress, jacket or apron.

This was the beginning of a sample quilt for Quilter's Corners in ithaca.

I worked on a series of blocks made from Kaffe Fassett fabric. An easy project for the weekend.Casey finished her top.

Another sample quilt for Quilter's Corners.The beginnings of a smashing quilt.

One of Ruth White's cell quilts on the right.

Long Weekend at Casowasco

The third weekend in March I was lucky enough to spend a four day weekend at a Sewing Retreat with the Tompkins County Quilt Guild in Casowasco on Lake Owasco in the Finger Lake Region. Carol, at the table of four, began by working on a project started in a Nancy Crow class.
There are a lot of pieces I am going to show that have no name which I can connect...they were hanging on the walls or on tables and chairs.
I put some trim on a three block mola piece I had started months ago.
Maureen displayed some beautiful snow dye fabric.
Casey started a Civil War Quilt and Carol worked on a wonky log cabin from another class.
Maureen spent a couple of days on a project from a Pat Pauly class.

And another interesting composition.

Casey's Civil War quilt.

Weekend Sew In at Casowasco

This weekend I attended a fabulous sewing weekend at the Retreat at Casowasco on Owasco Lake. This was the view from my spot in the classroom. Nice huh?

This is about half of our space. There was a fireplace with a gas flame, a kitchen and another little room. The classroom was below the chapel. There were sheets on the wall for design walls.
One of the members guests began an ambitous quilt using upholstery fabric and velvet.

This was going to be a boy's quilt.

A zillion quilts seemed to appear on the walls during the three days.

Sally Dutka was working on a beautiful consignment wall hanging.

This was the extra little room

This appeared to be one of the slash and burn quilts from Pat Pauly's class.

The leaf quilt progresses. My vest is on the left.

The vest I made from scraps left over from a jacket i made last week.

Still more quilts appearing on the walls.

Almost finished.

Another slash and burn in progress.

There was lots of consultation on this quilt before the leaf border was added.

The chapel. Our classroom was on the ground floor.

Our "hotel". It was the original family home until it was sold to the Retreat.

The house had beautiful living and dining rooms and fabulous verandas. A bit chilly for those unfortunately.

What passed for a waterfall.

The Lakeside Chapel used in the summer.

Another meeting and sleeping building

The cafeteria is being renovated and will eventually serve 400.

The leaves are finished except for the quilting.