Quilters and their sewing machines fill up the Holiday Inn’s convention center during the Calico Hutch Quilters Retreat Saturday in Austin.

Quilts hang on the wall of the Holiday Inn and Convention Center Saturday during the Calico Hutch Quilters Retreat.

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. This was the first of two retreats that started this weekend and runs through Wednesday.