I have a great group of friends that I travel with. Two of our friends travel from there homes in other states to join us on these travels. Recently we all traveled to Florida for a week and stayed in the second home of one of the group. It is on the bay in St Petersburg and is gorgeous. It was a really fun week. Before hand it was decided that we should have a challenge block. The theme 5 o’clock Somewhere was decided upon. One of the girls made up a margarita glass for us to appliqué. I made up packets which included the pattern, possible quilt layout, challenge instructions, numerous margarita recipes and the history of the margarita to send to everyone. We all had a great time with this. At one of our nightly margarita happy hours we drew for the block winner. We had all put the name of our Texas friend Jan in the hat. We felt we owed her the blocks because of a trick we had played on her at Paducah last year. Of course we also had ulterior motives. Jan only works on one project at a time and likes to brag about that fact. This would mean that she would have at least 2 projects going on at one time. We just got together again a couple of weeks ago and Jan had already put the quilt blocks together and had a finished quilt. It turned out wonderful. As wonderful as the friends who helped make it!
I made the block in the center with the orange background! We are all pointing to our blocks.
This is the front our folders that I made up for all nine of us, this included our instructions and other fun things.
12 comments:
Oh my gosh!! How fun is that?!?! You girls just went all out, didn't ya? What a great quilt for a great memory. :o)
What a cute cute idea! And you put so much work into the packets....that makes it so fun!
Bonnie
What a great idea, and how much fun is this??? I LOVE IT!! I love the title and I love the finished product, and I especially LOVE what you did to Jan...*VBS* And how about that gal laying on the floor...best place to be while drinking that particular drink..I do love them..*G*
Wow, that's really neat! Way to be extra creative!
I"m so jealous! I want to go to Paducah with you! And what a cute folder! So are you in the pic? What fun! I could use a drink right about now!
I LOVE it!! I you ever wanted to share the pattern for the appliqued margaritas, I'd be thrilled!
what a fun loving group and you did such an awesome job with your folder making! Very creative Laura and those covers for notebooks really shine. I do love the sense of humor you all seem to share.
Laura that is such a great idea - love the folder cover! And it sounds like you guys have loads of fun on your travels. Well done!
Wow! Seeing great groups of friends like this makes me wish I lived in a country where it was more popular! There are quilt guilds and things here, but not as easy to find!
Oh yeah...I LOVE margaritas too!! If you do have a pattern to share, I'd love to see it too!!
I actually import margarita mix into Ireland!! But can't convince any Irish friends to get into them...to sour for them...I like the traditional margarita on the rocks with salt!!
How fun! Aren't quilting friends just the best?
I love the margarita theme. There are 8 of us quilters going on a "quilter's cruise" in February, 2008. We also love margaritas. I would love to have a copy of the margarita glass pattern for my "wacky pak quilters" shirt. We are going 7 days to Western Caribbean leaving Galveston. Cruise sponsored by Quilter's Emporium in Sugar Land, Texas.
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