Lots of projects......

Thanks to all who took the time to look at the many photos in my previous post.  It has become a fun part of the whole Amish quilt trip experience to report back to you on what was purchased and put into that "bottomless" Amish shopping bag!  lol    But...I don't want you to think all we did was shop. Actually, we crammed the shopping into a couple of very brief excursions and all were within about 15 minutes (or less) of our rental house.  Hours and hours were spent using the GO cutter and sewing.  (In fact, all of us ended up with backaches before the week was over from sitting at the kitchen table for so long....and some of us even switched out to some folding chairs that were more comfy than the kitchen chairs!  Not that we are getting old or anything, but.......)   Below are some photos of items that were made during the week.  NO photos of items that were started but not completed and there were also several of them that went home ready-to-finish.

The photos should enlarge if you click on them.  We made several rag rugs and several zipper bags that will be used as Christmas gifts.  This photo is a collection of some of what was made by all of us......in addition to the bags and rugs, there were rope hot pads, coasters, stars for a memorial quilt project being done on another blog, a small wall-hanging, placemats and runners.   Raggy squares for 3 raggy quilts were also cut on the GO and the gal who cut them has since assembled them when she returned home as well as a few more rag rugs cut but not sewn there.

The girls hard at work.....and the table is actually a little bit neater in this photo than it was at other times! 

A close up view of some of the projects seen above in the first photo.

Sherry with one of the rag rugs she made.  She also cut out two more with beautifully coordinated fabrics that will match her master bathroom/bedroom.

My rope hot pad close up.  It was my first attempt so it is a little messier than I'd like, but now that I have the hang of it, I'm sure I could get it neater if I made another one.     Oh....for those who asked about the wine in the last post and were not able to make out the name,  it was called Quilters' Delight and is made and marketed only in PA.  There was no way a group of quilters could walk out of the winery and NOT buy some of it with a name like that!!!