The Quilt Gathering 2010

Each opportunity I have a for a road trip is always exciting. I like being able to just let the miles cruise beneath the wheels of the car soaking up the scenery as I drive by. Friday afternoon I headed East and North to Okonagan, Washington. My adventures took me East over Snoqualmie Pass and then North over Blewette Pass. As I was driving a long it hit me that I have traveled this road many times during my teenage years on my way up to Silver Star Mountain for family ski trips. I don't remember the section of road between Wenatchee and Okonogan along the river....All I can say is that I must have had my nose buried in a book...

My destination was the 10th Annual Quilt Gathering for my friend Mo's family. The women in her family gathering each to honor their grandmother's life. We eat, quilt, socialize, sleep a little bit, share our projects from the past year and quilt some more.

Pictures from the quilt gathering can be found here.

Mo's mom made individual goodie bags for everyone coming to the quilt gathering. Each bag was personalized to the individual. Everyone brings a little something to add to each person's bag.

Quilt Gathering 2009

So my friend Mo's family has a quilt gathering each summer among the women in her family. I've been invited to attend for last few years, but due to my work schedule I was never able to attend. At the beginning of summer I decided that come 'hell or high water' I was going to the quilt gathering. One of my coworkers graciously agreed to trade work schedules with me for a week so that I could have the weekend free to attend the gathering. With Paul being the hospital and not knowing the extent of what his outpatient treatment would involve I almost didn't get to go...thankfully I didn't have to swim through any high water....

Monday - Labor Day I dropped Mo off at Mowich Lake so that she could hike the Wunderland Trail on Mount Rainer for 12 days....(At this time -- 12 days of hiking 90 plus miles and sleeping on the ground does not sound like my idea of fun -- but you never know what the future holds for you). Fast forward to last Saturday morning - I loaded up the car with most of my quilting gear leaving a little bit of room of Mo's pack...I didn't think I would be repacking the car at Mowich Lake so that Mo and her hiking companions could all fit in the car....it was tight squeeze but everyone and gear fit into my little baja.

I had a great time at the quilt gathering. Mo and her Aunt Mary really helped me get started in the right direction for the American Hero Quilt that I'm working on.

Pieces of my American Hero Quilt. A few years ago I was given a bag of fabric scraps and there were four or five completed quilt squares and a few more centers done. My challenge was figuring out what size to cut the triangles and the squares to duplicate the completed quilt squares.

There were some big four legged visitors at the cabin in Packwood where the quilt gathering was held.