Retreat Day 4

Day four of retreat was Thursday and the last day of pedal to the metal sewing day. I started out the day with these cute sailboat blocks. The 12" cube from Accuquilt really helped speed up the cutting process. Using the 3" finished HST's, squares and the 3"x6" brick to make these colorful boats was so fun and fast. Piecing sailed right along also, well until I discovered I had forgotten to cut four of the squares and couldn't finish the ninth block :(  

Good thing I brought along the blue bricks and neutral squares to fill the last half of the day. These were all precut at home using the 3"x6" brick and the 3" finished square from the 12" cube.

Step one was to sew these into pairs.  

And before long I had this much sewn together! Yes it is in desperate need of a good pressing. If you would like to bust through your scraps fast I recommend the 12" cube. There are so many quilt blocks you can make fast with the large pieces. This will be a donation quilt once I add more rows and quilt it up. 

Friday was the day to clean up, pack up and depart for home. The week just went by way to fast! Do you go on retreats, if you do for how long?  I limit myself to this one retreat for the year, if gives me something to really look forward to in the fall. 

Linking to these linky parties, be sure to check them all out as there is always so much inspiration...

Midweek Markers, Wednesday Wait Loss, NTT, and Put your foot down.

This post contains affiliate links.