The Rain That Never Came -

Oh, there was thunder.

And there was the crack of lightning.  Enough so that the power blipped on, and the generator ran for perhaps three minutes -

Just enough that if you are sewing on a computerized machine, it reset your needle position back to home base and you had to readjust it again.

But it never rained.  Not a drop.

It didn't matter!  The quilters were inside quilting and making wonderful things.

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While The Cat's Away...

I made a quick getaway with a couple of friends over to Marion, Virginia for the annual Art & Crafts festival held at Hungry Mother State Park.

It's a beautiful park with loads of walking trails, even some that circle around the lake.

I love these kids of little festivals and was eager to see what we would find there.  I wasn't searching for anything in particular, and even if I ended up not buying anything it was a gorgeous day to wander in the shade beneath the trees.

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Deanna & the UPS Guy!

Sometimes I get to witness some pretty amazing acts of long-lasting-through-it-all kinds of love.

Yesterday was just such a day.

I had received a VERY strange email in the morning telling me to be "In front of the main house at exactly 11am."

No details were given. There was no name left - just a very vague email address.

My reply? "Main house? Which main house?" Hoping to get more information or perhaps simply discern if this was a scam or not.

It wasn't a scam!

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Hello, Gretchen! Gift-Away!

Are you ready for some fun and exciting paper piecing?

Are your saved scraps overflowing and out of control?

If so - Hello, Gretchen! just might be the pattern you've been waiting for, the quilt you've been eager to dive in and make.

I was completely obsessed with making this quilt.  It uses EVERYTHING, even those cut-off corners you've saved from doing things like stitch n flip where you put a square on the corner of a base unit, stitch the diagonal to become a corner triangle, and trim the excess.

There is a lot of fabric waste in that excess!  Actually...I consider those to be BONUS triangles because there is so much you can do with them.

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