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Our flowering Clematis has THREE shades of purple in it. It's pretty much buried the lamppost. #clematis #patchworkacres #patchworkacresretreat #patchworkacresquiltretreatcenter

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Part of my job is meeting sweet people! One of my regular customers left a special present for me on the porch. THANK YOU, Sylvia Brun from Tuesday Quilters! You will see these in the kitchen when you return in January!

Photos from Patchwork Acres Quilt Retreat's post

HOORAY for Honey Bees! We had a swarm of honey bees come through a few weeks ago. About 1/3 of them moved on, as you can see in the second photo. Look at that honey comb! #patchworkacres #patchworkacresretreat #patchworkacresquiltretreatcenter

Photos from Patchwork Acres Quilt Retreat's post

Bobbin & Stitch got some new "bling." #patchworkacres #patchworkacresretreat #patchworkacresquiltretreatcenter

Patchwork Acres Quilt Retreat

Photos from Patchwork Acres Quilt Retreat's post

What a wonderful weekend! Westside Quilt Guild (westsidequilters.org) sponsored Colleen Wise (colleenwise.com) to teach a weekend workshop and Patchwork Acres Quilting (patchworkacres.com) Retreat was honored to serve as her host home. She is delightful! Colleen has an engineer background and has utilized her love of math, drafting and spatial sense to create many award winning quilts. She is most commonly known for her book "Casting Shadows" which teaches how color value can add depth and dimension to your project and placement of a darker fabric behind your block creates a shadow effect. There's this cool illusion that your block is floating! She also taught us several ways to bind a quilt by machine. Some of these bindings included one or more decorative accent colors or even rick rack. As you view the photos here, be sure and zoom in and notice the beautiful bindings. She has an endless list of "helpful hints" for cutting, pressing and piecing. Much of her design inspiration comes from her love of nature, architecture and cemetaries. Yes, cemetaries! While she was here, we toured a small Catholic Cemetary in North Plains and enjoyed reading all the tombstones. She asked me what I would want my tombstone to say and I'm still in a quandry... Maybe I should have it say "Her bobbin ran out!" ~bahahaha!

Memory Bears Free Patterns and Video Tutorial

SAVE THOSE OLD SHIRTS! This is a beautiful way to pay tribute to a deceased loved one and warm the hearts of those left behind. Such a great idea! Happy Memorial Day, Friends! https://www.pinterest.com/pin/794322452997862854/

Photos from Patchwork Acres Quilt Retreat's post

Charity quilters from the Westside Quilters Guild in Hillsboro, Oregon, had a productive weekend. It's wonderful that these ladies carve out time to work on projects that benefit others. A very generous group!

Timeline Photos

TRUTH! Especially given that I've been chasing down wet dog paws on three dogs since last October. So today...I QUILT!

Photos from Patchwork Acres Quilt Retreat's post

Eight lovely ladies from the coast came inland to Patchwork Acres and enjoyed five days of quilting fun. Unfortunately, one went home early due to a family emergency so she's not in this picture. This is just a sampling of some of their projects. ~See ya'll in September, ladies!

Instagram post by Deanne Coombes • Apr 23, 2017 at 5:34am UTC

How fabulous is this? For all those who have ballerinas in the family. WOW! https://www.instagram.com/p/BTN18KAFmhL/

Photos from Patchwork Acres Quilt Retreat's post

Eight quilters from the coast having a ball at Patchwork Acres Quilt Retreat Center. Three of their four cars here have flags flying that say, "Quilters On The Run." This is so they could find each other easily when they did the Oregon Coast Shop Hop. They are SERIOUS about their quilting! #LoveMyJob #QuiltersRock #patchworkacresquiltretreatcenter #quiltersparadise

lydiaskdonkeys,carrots,barn

Always fun taking this little guy to the farm! #donkeys #carrots #barn