Thank you Pat Navis for organizing our wonderful retreat at the Christian Reformed Conference Grounds. Also for all the friendly ladies who participated. We are provided great food, so relaxing.
We all sew 
Helen concentrates 
Jackie makes a baby quilt 
Barb is getting ready 
Jean is sewing right along 
Beth keeps very busy 
Kathy never tires of tiny pieces 
Dottie trying to use up stash fabric 
Marcia working on the Lone Star 
Helen preparing circles to hand sew 
Elizabeth working on her Make the Point Challenge 
Bobbie always making something fun 
Janet has a few squares to go 
Wendy is too busy taking pictures, hopefully she will use these blocks of Alicia’s to make a coat. 
Great food 
Elizabeth with finished top 
Chris with a finished top 
And Jackie 
Such a nice bright room even on a cold rainy day
Guess the Eyes???? 
Connie likes little pieces too 
Barb is moving right along 
Beth has a quilt top, cut and sewn 
Bobbie finishes her placemats from the Cherrywood class 
Kim gets a lot of strips sewn 
You would think this would be Dottie’s project 
Sue made a jelly roll top 
Cyndi finishes one of many quilts for a Mackenzie’s House. See note below. 
Kay making a Christmas tree runner 
Helen is behind the dots 
Kathy finishes a top 
Lisa’s animal of the day is a bird. 
Pat just keeps sewing scraps. Amazing 
Karen has been very busy 
Jackie is working on blocks from Alicia 
Dottie makes Progress
Margarete makes baby quilts for charity 
Myrna is having fun with flowers 
Chris paper pieces ornaments 
Barb finishes her top, lovely fabric
Sue makes several Christmas presents 
Lisa finishes her flock 
Barb moves on to doll clothes 
Chris makes several ornaments for presents 
Connie starts a new tiny project 
Wendy would rather talk than sew 
More strips, new top for Kim 
Bobbie close to getting these together 
Marcia makes lots of headway 
Cyndi makes another quilt for Mackenzie’shouse, see paragraph below. 
Elizabeth working on a quilt from the past
What to do with orphan blocks and the fabric you have no need for any longer? Donate them to a good cause! Long standing guild member, Cyndi Phillip, is collecting these “misfits” to create into twin quilts for a new halfway house for foster girls that is opening in 2024 in Fennville, MI. Her niece, Jennifer, is working with “Grant Me Hope” to open this house that is being prepared to house ten 18-year-old young ladies who have aged out of the foster system. “Mackenzie’s House” is being established in remembrance of Jennifer’s daughter who died in the prime of her life in 2021. Mackenzie was a loving and generous young lady. Cyndi and her sister wish to carry on Mackenzie’s legacy by giving each young lady a twin quilt for their new bedroom. You can contact Cyndi via email at cphillip_56@yahoo.com . For more information on the house go to Mackenzie’shouse.org.
