Fort Caswell Quilting Retreat

I could not have asked for a more lovely weekend!

Quilting - Check!
Hanging out with some ladies from the Greenville Quilters Guild - Check!
Staying at a lovely, historical fort - Check! - on the Atlantic Ocean - Double Check!
House that could have been in a movie - Check!
Someone else to do all the cooking - Check!

Lucky me - I just got back from Oak Island - location - Fort Caswell - which is owned by the Baptist Convention.  We quilted, knit, talked and ate all weekend!  Here are some of the pictures I took at the retreat:

Vickie and one quilt she was working on

A closer view of Vickie's quilt            

Another one of Vickie's works of art!

A close-up of Vickie's quilt

  More Ladies at Work!

Diane would knit some and sew some. . .   

           Miss ClaraMelva
       Carol left us Saturday night and went to Myrtle Beach for the shagging festivities!  She came back on Sunday, however.


Joy is a new quilter.  Also, she had a new sewing machine and a new iron - which was used a lot!

Betty

Gwen

HANDS AT WORK!

        

        

                    Miss Clara and her quilt  

Betty worked on several UFO's -  Beautiful!

The group of us (except for me) at Fishy Fishy

Our view

Our cottage

Tina works at Fort Caswell.  Here Melva & Janet fix her hair for church.  Ready to go. .                               

                                                                          

Melva reads instructions on knitting      

Janet uses the window to trace a pattern

Miss Clara also knits                              

One sock down - one to go!  Carol shows off her finished sock!

Oak Island Light House in the distance.