Squeezing In One More Day!

This is Sadie’s impression of The Flying Nun when I asked her if she wanted to stay on the mountain “Just One More Day!?”

YES!

It cracks me up when she does this with her ears.  Her ears will tell you every little thing she is thinking and when they are flying like this, you know you’ve got her attention.

Oh, and this look? It really came when I asked her "Do you want a treat?"

Why am I staying?  Because I got an answer on the delivery of the Essential Triangle Tools.  They now say December 21st.  Which in the manufacturing industry is about as close to the targeted time frame of “Mid December” as we could get. Will they actually arrive at my location on the 21st? Who knows.

This is how pre-orders go.  This is how LIFE goes.  I remember a few years back when we had our kitchen remodeled and we were supposed to be all set to go by mid-December, but on Christmas day we found ourselves eating out at the local Chinese Buffet (Yes, very similar to The Christmas Story movie) because we had no countertops and no running water in the kitchen.

It happens.  And if this means that I fill orders all the way until the Post Office closes on Christmas Eve, so be it.  If it means I start filling orders the day AFTER Christmas until they are all out and on their way, I will do it.

But right now, there is nothing I can do because this is manufacturing.  And the manufacturer doesn’t answer to me, it’s my publisher who is having them manufactured so I’m way down the totem pole.  So thank you for bearing with me.

If you think YOU are stressed over your not having received a ruler yet –Honey, multiply that by 1,000 and you’ll have an idea of what’s on my heart.

Breathe, Bonnie – just breathe!

So instead of moping and fretting, I’m getting another sewing day in up at the cabin.  I’ll head home tomorrow, write Friday’s En Provence mystery clue from home on Thursday night.

This happened yesterday!

These are the little friendship stars that will end up in my Dawn’s Early Light quilt.  I need a bazillion and a half, and I’ve gotten a good start on them.

And across the table from me sat Mona who came to sew on her string blocks for her String X Quilt. (Pattern from the Free Patterns tab!)  We were so busy sewing and chatting that I didn’t take a single photo. 

When that happens, you know I’m relaxed enough to not be worrying about the constant 24/7/365 pull of social media.  This is what December is good for.

I’ve been spending my evening hours with slow hand quilting and I’m loving it.  Progress is being made and I am moving my hoop 2 to 3 times within an evening, so good progress.

Marking with a stencil.

*Disclaimer*  I have had this stencil more than 10 years.  The shop where I bought it is no longer in business.  I have no manufacturer information because it isn’t given on the sticker.  Just a price of $4.75 at the time of purchase. the size is 8 1/2’’ and it says it is a border stencil, but I’ve been using it as an edge to edge design on the quilt.

The yellow thing you see on the stencil is a Chaco-liner marker.  It’s a fine chalk wheel for drawing the lines. I trace one fan at a time, quilt it, trace another, quilt it, trace another.  My hoop is big enough to fit one section of fan comfortably.

See?

The lines are nearly completely rubbed off by the time I’ve hand quilted the section.  I like the yellow chalk because I can see it across dark and light fabrics.  the only thing I can’t see it against is yellow.

Working my way across this side --

This has to be finished in 2017!  It’s a 10 year UFO!

Last night’s view from my hoop.

Along with writing our Friday clue on Thursday evening, I’ll also be doing the drawing of our Christmas Cozy Gift-Away bundle winner!  Did you enter?

And of course, our Mystery Monday Link-Up for Part 3 also ends near midnight Eastern Time on Thursday as well.

Folks, I have had to delete SEVERAL entries because they left the URL blank. 

A Link-Up is DIFFERENT than a Give-Away.  I don't ask for your URL with a Give-Away because it isn't needed.  

But this is NOT a Give-Away.  It's a LINK-UP. You CAN NOT leave the URL field blank.  That is where the address of your Blog post, Flickr post, Instragram Photo, Google+ post or Pinterest posts goes.  

If you leave it blank, your photo isn’t connected to anything and it doesn't go anywhere.  It’s just a thumbnail photo.  We are LINKING UP with each other so you must have one of the above accounts to be able to participate.  

DO NOT leave the URL field blank or your entry will be deleted. 

PLEASE read the Linky Tutorial found under the blog helps tab at the top of the blog.  It will show you what to do.  If you have any questions, please ask someone who does have it figured out correctly so they can tell you what to do.  We can help each other.  

Thank you for understanding.

This morning’s sun on the mountains.

We have plans to go and do some more cabin hunting on Saturday.  I’m looking forward to what we will see, this time in a different area, across the Virginia state line.

Quiltville Quote of the Day!

Vintage Log Cabin variation quilt found in North Carolina.

This quote made me start humming my inner Rolling Stones: "You can't always get what you want. But if you try sometimes, well you just might find. You get what you need!"

Have a lovely Wednesday, everyone!

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