Sunday Stitchers - UFO Challenge - #7 - Progress on Willowbrook

My #7 Challenge for Sunday Stitchers was "progress" on my Willowbrook top....

I started it back in September 2019 - here
I worked on it on and off over a period of time - By April 2020 - here - I had them finished.
Then in November 2020 - here - I started putting them together
No idea when I had finished that job.

So, I needed to add the borders and had decided I would applique the hexie edges by hand.  Before that I needed to turn under the 1/4" as these had been hand pieced...not EPP method.
I ironed under the 1/4" and tacked them.  Then I cut 6.5" wide strips and pinned the edges

It didn't take as long as I had thought so have finished the top.

Here are a couple of the stitcheries....gotta love the cows.

I know how I want it quilted....just need to work up the enthusiasm....might be a SS Challenge project for 2026.

SS Glenrose Retreat

I have just returned from a chilly retreat at Glenrose Cottages in Warwick.  Overnight temperatures were quite low (1 - 6 celsius or so) - and it was nice to have an electric blanket to warm the bed!

A bit of a recap on what the others did...

Alison was working on a quilt for her caravan - It will be made up of squares with caravans and surfboards and coordinating filler blocks.   I love these colours.

Sue made 4 of these coverlets (I missed one) for the hospital where she works.   A simple but effective pattern.

       

Lynda made a table runner, a shopping tote and a clam bag.

                                   

Sandi made 42 strippy squares for a DV quilt and a very cute doll.

            

Helen sewed the binding on a Double Wedding Ring Quilt for a granddaughter who is getting married in early July, partially made a doll (it is not fully birthed yet), and took up a dress for a daughter to wear to the wedding....only the dress to show....

Chris made 4 placemats, several QLD & NSW "flags" to attach to dog collars, a few peg bags

    

Chris also worked on some plane blocks.  One had a bit of an oopsie - the tail section was not quite right...
Chris was a newbie to this retreat...and you know that means some sort of initiation must happen.  Chris also goes to bed early...that is a mistake!!!!!....a BIG mistake!!!!!

"We" (no single person to blame) decided to arrange the planes flying across the sky (design wall) and ending with a crash landing...

   

She took it all in good fun!

And me???

I made up 25 Orange Colourwash blocks

a baby quilt
(so hard to see the border against the design wall)

a panel for a DV quilt, 

Blocks 9 and 10 for Be My Neighbour.

I had taken them all to retreat, thinking I might join them into rows.  I didn't end up doing that, but I took advantage of the design wall to see how they look together.

I also made some crumb block sections that can be finished off later.

and sewed quite a number of 2.5" squares into pairs.

We had a lot of fun, solved a lot of the world's problems, and will return next year to repeat it all again.

Floral Fun - June

Section 2 Completed