Montana or Bust 2019

It's the last day of retreat in Montana, and I can't quite believe that it is over....it has been a great week, full of friends, adventures and some sewing...

We had a group of 7, and spent 10 days in Kalispell Montana at Judy's retreat center. We arrived last Saturday, and spend Labor Day Weekend cutting papers and getting started on color selection. The retreat center was full of beautiful inspiration.

Bali Wedding Star

Cactus Rose 

Dinner Plate Dahlia Wall

Jennifer Eubank stopped by for a visit (or four) while we were here, and regailed us with tails of her Alaska adventures. I must admit that I adore her, and wished she could have stayed and sewed, but she has a real job, and a lovely garden to tend.

I got a chance to spend an evening with the lovely Carrie Barone at her new studio in Columbia Falls. We got a chance to do lots of business planning and working through what we have planned for the rest of the year....

We visited the Quilt Gallery at it's new location on Highway 93 on Tuesday! I totally forgot to take pictures, but it was a lovely visit. The staff was amazing and super helpful. And the shop was full of inspiration.

We visited Glacier Park on Wednesday, and went up to Polebridge for Huckleberry Macaroons and visited Lake McDonald (more info on that later). The Avalanche Trail and the Sun Road were still closed due to snow, so we couldn't get to the Weeping Wall, but the park was gorgeous, and the weather splendid for a day spent outside.

We stopped at Glacier Quilts on the way home from the park, and got a little lost in the aisles of batiks. I got to meet Jenny Clark, the local CI in Montana. Her class was working on Dinner Plate Dahlia, and it was great to see several new color combinations. Of course, I didn't take pictures because I wasn't expecting to meet her.

We spent the rest of the week eating, sewing, visiting, and planning out new quilts. Judy stopped by to see us several times and demoed several new techniques, which was a treat. Judel came over and did a demo of Quiltster and showed us some new tricks that have recently been installed.

I'll be writing more about our adventures this week in future posts....until then, Happy June!