Sew'n Wild Oaks April Retreat

Hello Everyone,

I have enough pictures of this talented, creative, caring group of women to fill an entire week of posts.  I also have enough wonderful memories of these ladies to fill my heart with enough joy to last a lifetime.

 

This is the most gorgeous Vintage Valentine that I have seen.  Pictures just don't do it justice.

I have many pictures of the girls gathering around design walls and workstations to offer suggestions and valuable opinions about design, color and were so encouraging.

We were all there to help each other out.

There was a lot of bonding going on.

Peggy and Karen got the "buffalo check" memo.

We gathered in the bar area of Snowflake Lodge every afternoon around 4pm to start Happy Hour before dinner.

Chef Kris took really good care of us with her delicious food.  She also looked after those with special food restrictions.

Some of the girls took walks around Snowflake Lake throughout the day.

If you look closely, you can see the girls walking across the dam close to the flag.

The group of women "jelled" unlike any other group of retreaters.  They were compassionate, funny, caring and just a joy the entire four days of the retreat.

I'll post pictures of their work through the coming week.

Soon,

Lynn

Retreat Day 1

Hello Everyone,

I only have time for a quick post with a lot of pictures.  The quilters migrated north to the mountains in Northern California yesterday for the beginning of the Sew'n Wild Oaks Retreat at Snowflake Lodge.

As soon as they got set up, the machines started to hum.

The visiting and sharing of projects began.

More on this beauty later from Claudia.

Ann will have her Scrappy Leaves quilt finished by Fall.

We left the Lodge and came down to my cabin for an appetizer dinner.  Oh man, oh man, we've never had so much delicious food!

Some of the girls braved the cooler temperatures and ate outside.

I can tell this is going to be a great group of women!

Soon,

Lynn

Lovey Dovey is Now Available

Hello Everyone,

My pattern for Lovey Dovey is now available in my Etsy shop by clicking HERE.

I'll be teaching this 45" x 43" wall hanging at my Sew'n Wild Oaks Retreat which starts tomorrow at Snowflake Lodge.  It is going to be so much fun to have this wall hanging on display throughout the Spring and Summer months.

You may have heard on the news that Etsy has upped their transaction fees to sellers by 1.5%.  I am NOT passing this additional outrageous charge on to the customers in my shop.  I will absorb this fee and write it off my taxes.  The Etsy community of sellers is in an uproar and some sellers have suspended their shops.  I am not suspending my shop, but I did let the CEO and CFO know my thoughts about the increase.  I'll get off of my soapbox now.

On another note, the cabin was surrounded on two sides by a family of bears night before last.  Here are their tracks leading up to our deck.

This is a good comparison showing you the size of the prints.  Mazey was in 7th heaven tracking the prints with her nose.  She looked like she was part Bloodhound and I expected her to "tree" a bear when she went out for her morning visit to the powder room.

We think the mama and two cubs were the owners of the tracks.  The Goldilocks story continues at Wilder's Last Resort.  The bears put the "wild" into the name of the cabin, and my company name of "Sew'n Wild Oaks".  The air horn is at the ready.

Soon,

Lynn