Konza Creative

In April our Crazy Eights had another retreat. It was another wonderful weekend of quilting with these wonderful ladies! These retreats are so great for the soul... so much laughter, sharing and wonderful talent! We had so many silly moments... Only 3/4 of use made it for the first night so we sent out a text to others that we were missing them! The food was as amazing...as you can see here...two plates for Sheryl! We also got tattoos...temporary of course and even posted it to Facebook.  Of course none of our friends believed us! We have been going to Sew Cozy Lodge for a year now and was one of the first groups to come to the lodge.  We love Lori the owner and decided she needed a quilt to represent the eight of us.  We decided to do a block swap among us and used the Dwell Block pattern from Camille's book...  We also decided to make blocks for Lori.   Marie put all the blocks together and I quilted and did the the binding.  When we presented it to

I wasn't really up for Me Made May this year, but as I started getting out my clothes I got a little more excited.  I realized that during the last two years, I had made some really great "staples" that work well in my wardrobe.  They are pieces that I really do like and I really do use them! Week 1 was spent attending a conference in Spokane Wa.  I wasn't sure of the weather and I needed to pack lightly.  I took two tried and true items with me, my StyleArc  Elle pants and my StyleArc Estelle jacket. Week 2 was a little easier as I was home and the weather turned really nice.  Once again they are the tried and true patterns.  The first one is Butterick 6185.  I made this for Allison as a costume.  She wanted to dress up as Wednesday Addams for a college Halloween party.  I liked the dress so much I decided to keep it when she left it in her closet after moving away!  The next is the old standby StyleArc Faye skirt and a Simplicity top pattern that is now out

So it's MeMadeMay again and this time I thought I would sit it out.  But after participating for the last 3 years, I thought I had better just keep on going.  Maybe it will motivate me to get some sewing done! So here is the pledge: 'I, Marjorie Devlin  https://konzacreative.blogspot.com/  or marjdevlin (Instagram), sign up as a participant of Me-Made-May '18. I endeavour to. wear at least 3 me-made items per week for the duration of May 2018. I also endeavour to make at least 4 new outfits using my stash to add to my wardrobe' 1 May 2018 at 22:27 I am at a conference in Spokane, WA.  It seems like everytime MeMadeMay comes around I am always away.  But I did pack 2 of my tried and true outfits so I hope they will least get me through my first week's commitment. Let the fun begin!!