Karen Manthey of Rochester irons sections of her quilts during the Calico Hutch Quilters Retreat Saturday at the Holiday Inn and Convention Center. This was the first of two retreats that started this weekend and runs through Wednesday. Eric Johnson/Albert Lea Tribune
Kathy Sturtevant of Woodward, Iowa, pins the front and back together of her quilt before sewing them together Saturday afternoon during the Calico Hutch Quilters Retreat at the Holiday Inn and Convention Center. Eric Johnson/Albert Lea Tribune
Karen Manthey of Rochester irons sections of her quilts during the Calico Hutch Quilters Retreat Saturday at the Holiday Inn and Convention Center. This was the first of two retreats that started this weekend and runs through Wednesday. Eric Johnson/Albert Lea Tribune
Quilters and their sewing machines fill up the Holiday Inn’s convention center during the Calico Hutch Quilters Retreat Saturday in Austin. Eric Johnson/Albert Lea Tribune