Otherwise known as: What's QuiltCon? :) 8 of my most fabulous quilting friends and I decided to get together for a long girls weekend in Atlanta since Quilt Con proved to be a little to pricey for our liking. Let me just say, there is no way I would have had as good a time at QuiltCon! We had the best weekend! Lot of laughter, wine, sewing, wine, shopping, wine, eating, wine.........truly, it was one of the best vacations I've ever had!
As a side note, I'd like to point out that I'm squatting way down in this pic! We have so many shorties in our group I felt like giant if I stood all the way up! Kaelin (far left) and Kristie (far right) are my tall-girl posse!
As a side note, I'd like to point out that I'm squatting way down in this pic! We have so many shorties in our group I felt like giant if I stood all the way up! Kaelin (far left) and Kristie (far right) are my tall-girl posse!
Cara joined me for our road trip and we filled the car!
Mmmm, wine!
Elena loved my Scrappy Trip Along quilt so much I gave it to her. I think she liked it! :)
Kristie thinks ironing is sexy!
Elena got started on her Weekender while Cherie snuggled in her quilt.
*edited to add this pic* Angela and I ditched the other girls to head to IKEA (after a necessary Starbucks run!)
Michelle basted this beautiful Little Folks quilt!
We did a little secret swap and had a blast opening everything! Cara was so excited she couldn't keep her eyes open!
Ali made Kristie these adorable pouches for her knitting!
This is the spectacular mini Michelle made Kaelin. Elena might kill me for posting this picture, but I thought it was cute and perfectly represented our entire weekend!
A close up!
Michelle totally wigged out over all the goodies Cara got her!
It was hard not to steal this pincushion from her! So cute!
Stunning pillow made by Cara for Michelle.
Kristie made Cara a super sweet fabric covered book (to write down funny quotes you kids say), fingerless gloves, and 3 pouches for her three girls!
Tracey wasn't able to come to Atlanta, but we had her on speaker phone when we all opened gifts.
Angela gushed about how much she loved her new Echino cross body bag and pouch!
Angela made Elena a mini quilt filled with precious Heather Ross! Elena was ecstatic!
She was also pretty thrilled with the mini stuffed lab she got! Elena has the most handsome dog ever, Seamus! One day I'm going to doggie-nap him!
Cherie made my most favorite pattern ever (Seeing Squares by Empty Bobbin) in this jumbo sized mini! Cheeky thing that she is, she used QuiltCon colors for it! :)
I had to mail my swap items to Tracey since she wasn't there, but I sent her an Amy Butler Teardrop bag, a pouch, some fabric and other goodies. I know we were all really sad that she couldn't make it. I got a little teary when we had her on speaker during gift exchange!
I missed getting close ups of everything made, but this is all the handmade loot we exchange! Such a wonderful group of talented, generous ladies!
Le sigh. People on IG love taking pictures of their feet. We joke about it within our little group so we decided to post the MacDaddy of all feet pictures. We all laughed that our husbands would probably be able to tell which one was their spouse by their foot alone! Anyone want to guess which one is mine?
There was a gas leak at the house, so we all escaped to a pub while it was fixed. Never a dull moment!
busy bees!
Michelle changed her mind (many times) on how to quilt her Little Folks quilt!
Kaelin made HOMEMADE cinnamon buns....
...and eggs, bacon, and the BEST BEST BEST creamy grits ever! We all gained 5 pounds just looking at them!
Michelle gave lessons in handstands.
Kristie is going to try!
And she did it!!!
We totally took over the house we rented! Every inch was covered in fabric and craft!
Sorry Angela, I had to post this! Angela is little, cute, and conservative, but turn her around and BAM! Best Booty award goes to her! I'm a tiny bit jealous. Ok, I'm a lot jealous.
Kaelin brought out this rainbow of Heather Ross hexagon goodness to work on
Elena plugged away on that Weekender some more!
Ali worked on her emerald mini (she's having a contest on her blog, check it out!)
I made Michelle an infinity scarf!
One of 4 quilts I quilted over the weekend. This one is actually Angela's that I volunteered to do. I quilted one other quilt for her, but I'm not allowed to show it.
I quilted this one for Cara!
I finally got this quilt for my mom quilted too!
Kristie made this beautiful Sho-fly quilt in Good Folks!
My loot part 1
My loot part 2!
A number of the girls brought other goodies for everyone--like our own person swag bag!
Can you tell I had a blast? We're already planning on another trip! We started missing each other as soon as we left! Thank you girls for a fantastic weekend!!! I love you all....and stuff that's stuffed. ;)
If you want to check out more pictures from our weekend, check out the Instagram tag #quiltygirlstakeatlanta For a HILARIOUS account of our trip, check out Kristie's post here
