Material Girls Quilt Shop Retreat

There was a retreat for the employees, at Seabrook (by Pacific Beach).  We were each given a project to work on.  Sarah gave me the Lone Star.  When I first saw the pattern I was telling her how pretty it was, so she decided I would make it.  We picked out the fabric for the kit from the fabric that I loved.  Later Terry told me how shocked she was that I was going to be making it because of the difficulty.  She commented several times how glad she was that she wasn't going to make it.  Needless to say, I was a little worried about it.  However Val was a great teacher and walked me through it.  When I had finished it, Sarah told me that since I was finished early I could make another one.  That way I could keep one and she could use one for an example for the 830 club to make.  At first I wasn't very happy about it but figured I may as well since I didn't have anything else to work on.  I was amazed how much faster the second one went and how much better it turned out.  I ended up telling Sarah thanks for having me do it again so soon so I could remember how it's done and prove to myself I could do it, without any help this time.  I still need to do the back ground and the borders. 
It was a fun few days and I learned so much.  Everyone had a good time being together, helping and encouraging and teasing each other.  Seabrook was beautiful.  We would stop sewing when the sun came out and would take advantage of the sunshine by going on walks.  One morning Terry, Liz and I walked down to the beach and on the beach for about 2 hrs.  It was a few days of sewing, eating and going on walks.  Sarah wants to do it once a year.  I am looking forward to the next one.  I forgot to take the camera when we would go walking and I never got a picture of Sarah and Val.