October Quilts 2025

October is one of my favorite quilt months!  This is the month that I attend the Wichita Falls American Sewing Guild retreat.  It is hosted at a church camp.  They provide all the meals except on the bonus day.  Usually people bring their lunch and then there is meal sharing or pizza in the evening.  I have a friend that I actually met at this retreat invite me to room with her.  I invited my friend to come along as well as she has attended these retreats in the past and also enjoys them.

My friend and I drive up the day before and stop at favorite quilt spots and eateries.  We stayed at a hotel that had a personal assistant/concierge robot.  The lady at the desk explained how it worked and I was eager to give it a test!  Once we were settled I called down for some more coffee and creamer.  I sat perched at the door, phone in hand ready to take a video.  Not long after I heard a knock at the door and was surprised.  It was the lady from the front desk.  She handed me what I asked for and explained that the robot broke down in the elevator.  She had to pry the supplies from the robot and hand deliver.  I was disappointed.  The next morning I spied the little robot waiting for her repairman.  Boohoo!  Next year!

Here is my October Running doe top Flutterby.  It makes me think of gift boxes with a gold bow.

This is a top designed by Mark Lipinski that he called Idol Results.  It’s a double nine patch.  I plowed through a lot of scraps then FQs and then dipped into yardage.  I added borders while at retreat.  They have lots of space to spread out.  I made the blocks throughout the year.

This is my Carolina Chain courtesy of Bonnie Hunter.  Again a fun trip through the scrap bins.  I think my scraps provided for all the blocks.  I was at another friends house.  I have been helping her declutter her home and get her sewing room arranged.  I spotted this huge print that was sort of a floral is fruit print.  It was almost ugly but all the colors were in my top.  It was a strange cut.  I asked her if I could please have it!  She agreed and said if I didn’t use it to please give it back.  I think there’s a 5ish inch square left!  This is another one where the top was done and I just needed to add borders.

At retreat I brought all the bonus triangles from the Running Doe top-a-long and sewed them together.  There are quite a few.  I brought a kit that is an advent calendar.  I put the base together and have the pockets started.  The instructions say to assemble the whole thing then quilt but I think quilting the vase will be the wiser thing to do.  I also brought all the fabric to cut a Showering Stars quilt.  I think that was it.  A very productive retreat!

I’m leaning toward not joining the Running Doe top-a-long.  I can still sew along if I like the pattern and share my pictures to the group.  I don’t need prizes, although I do love winning them.