Three ㈢ Quilts

 Three quilts made by three quilters!

Quilt Info #1:

Maker: Karen

2026 Stripology Virtual Retreat

 On March 11-13, I participated in the GE Stripology Virtual Quilt Retreat! I was in Session 2, which included 180 quilters on Zoom. If you combine the quilters from Session 1 and 2, there were 410 virtual retreat quilters total, from 7 countries, 47 USA states and 4 Canadian provinces!

We worked on 3 quilts over three days:

A couple weeks beforehand we received our retreat boxes full of fabric and goodies:

Margot🇫🇷 + Mayo Clinic

Gudrun recently did a one day virtual Stripology Retreat, with 2 sessions to choose from. I did the first session, on Saturday, October 18th!

The virtual retreat was held on zoom. Quilters from 48 US states and 8 countries around the world participated. There were 250+ quilters signed in at each of the two sessions, making a total of more than 500 quilters for both sessions combined, plus some quilters participated as a group from quilt shops.

Quilter Bonnie's Quilts

Here are four quilts made by Quilter Bonnie!

Also, please read to the end for an update on Excel College in Black Mountain, North Carolina, where our daughter is a student.

Quilt Info #1:

2024 GE Designs Virtual Retreat

On March 14, 15 and 16, I participated in the Stripology Virtual Retreat 2024, along with 200 other quilters!!! The following week, March 20, 21 and 22, 150 more quilters experienced the same virtual retreat! The 350 virtual quilters represented 43 US states and 7 countries: USA, Canada, Australia, England, Scotland, Denmark and Sweden!!!

These are my 3 finished quilts started during the retreat! ⤴️ And here's the retreat box!!!⤵️

Sayonara 2023🐰, Yōkoso 2024🐉

Farewell 2023! Welcome 2024!!! Here's a Grace and Peace Quilting review of 2023, and a preview of what's to come in 2024, the year of the dragon in Japan!

First, 2023: I quilted 135 quilts in 2023, 53 of my own, and 82 for others.

Of my own 53 quilts, here's the breakdown:

More Virtual Retreat🖥️Quilts

Quilter Bonnie, Quilting Cousin Sue and I all participated in the GE Quilt Designs Virtual Retreat, March 24-26 this year. I just finished quilting Bonnie's three quilts!!! She picked the Hibiscus Hummingbird fabric line for her retreat box!⤵️

Quilt Info #1:

Maker: Quilter Bonnie

GE Virtual 💻 Retreat

I took a riverboat cruise up the Mississippi River, from New Orleans to Memphis to Minneapolis!!! Virtually, that is! A riverboat cruise was the theme of Gudrun @ GE Designs virtual quilt retreat this year!!!!

I was onboard session 1, which started at 9 am on Friday, March 24th and continued through 8 pm on Sunday, March 26th! These are the three quilts we worked on!⤴️

Sayonara 2022🐯, Yōkoso 2023 🐰

Farewell 2022! Welcome 2023!!! Here's a Grace and Peace Quilting review of 2022, and a preview of what's to come in 2023, the year of the rabbit in Japan!

 First, 2022: I quilted 120 quilts in 2022, 51 of my own, and 69 for others.

Of my own 51 quilts, here's the breakdown:

Celestial Strippy Stairways 📶

This is the third Strippy Stairways I've quilted, this time in Zen Chic fabrics!!! 

Quilt Info:

Maker: Quilting Cousin Sue

Pattern: Strippy Stairways from Stripology Mixology 3 by GE Designs