Scraps Multiplied!

This is when happiness comes in a stuffed to the brim priority mail envelope - all the way from Alaska!

There MUST be another fully scrappy kind of string quilt happening soon because this fluffed up pile of color and variety is just begging to be sewn up into something.

As in - Do not pass go, do not get sorted and contained by color family, but sewn into something riotous with scrappy happiness.

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Fantastically Fun!

This is the fabulous group I spent the weekend with!

Emily's stitchers came from not-too-far-off Huntersville, NC after having their retreat cancelled last year due to Hurricane Helene raging through our area leaving us without power for 9 days - right when they were supposed to be here.

I'm so happy their retreat time finally arrived!

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Quilting Up Friendships!

The Quilting Quarters were a buzz with activity through the weekend!

Quilting until 3am??  WOW!  I've never been a night owl, but that explains why some folks were not seen in the mornings when I arrived - they were catching much needed zzz's  after working away through the wee small hours!

Emily's Stitchers came from the Huntersville, NC area - just a couple of hours drive south of us and it was fun to have fairly local gals here for their retreat.

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While The Quilters Are Away -

Yesterday was deemed the unofficial shop hop day for Emily's Stitchers!

Before I knew it, after making my good morning rounds and feeding the two feline beasts waiting at the back door...folks were marching down the front walkway to their designated cars and off they went!

Some to Quilts on Main in Galax, some to Batiks, Etc in Wytheville and some even going further afield to Fancy Gap Pottery & Fabric Outlet in search of treasures!

The quilting quarters became a ghost town!

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