Ice, Snow & Bugging Out!

It's All Fun & Games -

Until it looks like continuing ice and snow could make it extremely difficult to make it to the airport in time safely tomorrow morning.

So guess who is bugging out and getting a hotel room near the airport in Kingsport TN so there isn't so much worry and fretting over the drive to the airport tomorrow?

Me. Which means there is packing in hyer-drive going on over here currently.

I thought I'd have today and this evening to pull everything together.

Turns out I only have this morning.

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Snow Day Sew Day Ahead!

Good morning, friends!

I'm starting off this post with a bit of studio clean up while I watch the snow fall beyond the QPO window.

Just look at these two finishes hanging off the long arm rail - it makes me smiley all over!

Old Town on the left, and Huka Falls on the right.

And yes, that's a bucket of your gifted aqua strings behind the take up roller just barely peeking out.

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Old Town Mystery - The Reveal!

Yes, that's right!
Part NINE is actually our REVEAL!
I'm sure plenty of you figured it would happen today. After all I leave for Los Angeles on January 7th, this coming Tuesday, and our flight to Brisbane, Australia departs LAX Wednesday January 8th.
I need to have all of this buttoned up before I go - so here we are!
That means that this post will contain any missing units and the assembly of units into blocks, sashings and borders.
Are you ready?

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New Year's Day Things : Some Quilting, Some Hard.

January 2nd and reality sets in.
Festivities are over - and yes, Christmas decor is already put away and I am diving into the 5 days remaining before I leave for Los Angeles on the 7th and meet up with my Craftours group on the 8th as we make our way to Australia!
That means there will be little time for quilting over the next several days as I get all my ducks in a row and ready to fly.
However...there was time yesterday to finish this ONE LONG SEAM that joined the diagonal row I shared in yesterday's post that was half finished from New Year's Eve jammie sewing and tv binge watching.

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