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Quilters' Workshop Retreat in French Lick, IN
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Phil Beaver's Travelogue Photo Diary French Lick Quilters' Retreat French Lick, IN Late October, 2005 |
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They came from Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Tennessee, and California. They came to French Lick to the fourth and final French Lick Quilters' Retreat for 2005 at French Lick, Indiana. They were a talented bunch of quilters with a goal to produce best work ever in a quilting workshop, and I believe they did it. They spent many hours in three short days painting fabrics and using those fabrics in the pieces you will see here on this web page. You'll nearly drool when you wander across the work done by these quilters; it doesn't get better in any three-day quilting workshop. |
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My philosophy is the teacher can never receive too many presents from the students. And they poured on the gifts and made the teacher very, very happy.
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flood of gifts included fresh flowers delivered to my door,
specialty foods that featured pumpkin tart filling and coated
pretzels, hand towels and one with reindeer printed on the
fabric, handmade greeting cards, a chef's bibbed apron with a beaver
pictured across the front section, and house shoes and pillow
covers that were made just for me with beavers on the material
!!!! I can skip Christmas this year -- Santa has already been
here.
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Let's get on to the good stuff and view the quilters' work. You may click the small photos for a larger view, but first, sit down because you'll be here for a while. |
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 Betty |
 Betty, detail |
 Joan |
 Pat |
 Jean |
 Chris |
 Chris, detail |
 Teresa |
 Ann |
 Carole |
 Marie |
 Marylee |
 Carole |
 Toni |
 Barbara |
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Best friend Jim always helps prepare the Saturday night dinner, and he always sits at the table and eats that meal with us. Later into the evening we walk another two blocks up a steep hill to his house and he gives us a walk-through tour of his 1915 artist-craftsman cottage. He is restoring it back to its original charm and beauty, and doing all this while living in it. | |||
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Sixty quilters came to French Lick, Indiana this year for quilting
seminars, but now they're only memories. And what memories!!! All
good and enough to last a lifetime.
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Thanks to all who came to French Lick and helped make this possible, because without you I could not do this alone.
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Phil Beaver
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