I arrived on Friday afternoon & unpacked quilt stuff then moved on to my room which was in a lovely house built with much love throughout the ages. The house started as a small log cabin in the 1800's & added on as the years & the family grew. Mrs. Catoe decided to turn the house into a Bed & Breakfast at some point & has decorated each room beautifully. Here's the website if anyone happens to be in the area - Homeplace Bed & Breakfast. They are a Christian based family & very family oriented. Many family members still live on the property & have goats, horses & cows they take care of. They have an Open House & Betheham Marketplace during the Holiday season. You tour the house (with a Christmas tree in every room - 33 in all!) then the family puts on a play in their large barn. The play depicts the birth of Jesus through to his homecoming.
In addition to the house you can rent the banquet hall to do whatever you please. We obviously were going to quilt the days away. My friend & her local quilting buddies decorated it with first class quality quilts on display along with work stations for each of us. There was also a cutting station & design station as well as ironing stations on either side of the room.
The hall also came with the use of a commercial kitchen. Each person makes at least 1 dinner & we all snack on the leftovers for lunch or make whatever we each brought.
A couple of the girls had some weather delays out of KY & didn't come until Sat. Debbie made a wonderful Tuscan chicken soup, bread & salad the 1st night. I cooked on Saturday & the menu included pork roast in the crock pot, smashed potatoes & broccoli casserole, plus homemade rolls that got really brown (read, burnt on the bottom) but still very tasty.We went to a local restaurant Wagon Wheel, on Sunday so that constituted our large meal of the day. Oh . my . gosh, the fried squash they serve was wonderful!
Our friend from KY served Taco soup & cheesy corn muffins on Monday night. Mrs. Catoe & a couple of local quilters joined us & it was a wonderful meal complete with family stories at the end. Plus, she made homemade pimento cheese & we had grilled pimento cheese sandwiches for lunch one day.
The last night was for leftovers. I also made my famous stuffed mushrooms & a cheese dip that left something to the imagination.
All in all it was a great vacation at a wonderful location. Here are a few pics:
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| Cathedral Windows. Not mine! This was part of one of the master quilter's bedspread! |
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| My Starflower Block - the beginning of a special project w/special fabric. Later post. |
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| My crooked Flower Basket Throw - I don't like triangles! |
14 comments:
Thats a purty starfire thingy. Sorry I know next to nothing about quilts except they are warm.
Thanks PP. There is a story behind that material that I will share in the future.
How awesome! So glad you had a great time!
Thanks Izzy, it WAS a lot of fun.
DFW,
It sounds to me like you're really enjoying this class. I bet before we know it you'll be making all kinds of quilts for your country home. Thank you for sharing your pictures of the class and the bed and breakfast inn.
Thanks Sandy,
It's quite the soothing hobby to me. I learned that I don't like working with triangles this go round ... lol.
DFW - what a lovely time it seems you had! i can't wait to hear the backstory on the starflower blocks which are just beautiful! i love the idea that each woman cooked and then leftovers were for lunch the next day. i checked out the link to the B&B and it looks like a really delightfull place. you sure seem to enjoy quilting and what a useful hobby. i keep saying that when i have the time, i am learning to knit and quilt. i really want to - i just haven't really had the time or brainspace for learning new skills when i am still learning growing/preserving food, making fermented foods and the like. maybe next winter will be my time. for now, i must appease myself that i was able to hand-sew a ripped place in one of our down duvets. it's something, no? bahahahahahah! looking forward to the starflower post!
your friend,
kymber
What a delightful place to have a quilt retreat! I'm sure all the meals were delicious and a treat for everyone to eat some good home cooking other than their own!
The picture of the Cathedral Windows quilt is beautiful. Several years ago I went a little crazy and did a lot of that particular style, even taught how to do it to my quilt group. Seeing that sample gives me the urge to get back at it!
So glad to hear you had a good time. Except for those darn triangles, of course. ;o]
Kymber, Mending is a perfectly useful skill many need to learn. I have tackled preserving food but need to work on fermenting. First, I need to learn to like it, then make it. I'm trying.
Mama Pea, I am not patient by nature & have no math skills to speak of. Of which, quilting requires both. Many people think that quilters are just a bunch of ladies getting together to talk & gossip but most are math wizards. I would have put $ on you doing a beautiful cathedral anything.
Oh my, what a fantastic place for a retreat. I know it was fun and inspiring. Quilting was my first fiber love, but it's been a long while. Between you and Mama Pea, I may get inspired again myself.
Thanks Leigh. We are already planning next year's retreat at the same place. You & Mama Pea should swing by.
DFW sounds like a blast! Beautiful quilts!
Thanks Mary! It was so much fun.
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