And the Rain Continues with the Stitching….

It’s been raining, raining, raining for days on end.

I LOVE a good spring rain….but eventually it needs to go away, doesn’t it?

Those dreams of long April hikes – either down the road from the cabin, or back up on Mount Rogers amidst the wild ponies along the Appalachian Trail – well, they’ve all been put on hold due to mud and muck.  Hopefully by the next time I’m up here the ground will have dried out a bit!

The rain does have a couple of side benefits, though – can you see how glowingly green things are turning beyond the sliding glass door of my cabin studio?

I may not be able to treadle out on the porch as of yet, but nothing stopped me from wheeling the treadle machine up to the glass so I could look out at the view beyond.

More rain in the forecast today – and just a hint of green sprouting on those branches.

These are quickly moving clouds.  The kind I love to watch.  And you can feel it as well as wee it when the clouds move far enough away from the sun to allow a few rays to shine down through a peek of blue sky.  And then just as quickly – cover it up again.

Due to the high elevation, trees are slower to leaf out up here.  Just beyond the Blue Ridge Parkway, as you start your descent down toward the Piedmont, trees are in full leaf already.  It's crazy how different it is with just a simple 40 minute drive.

Yesterday’s block stack.

It was a day for slow stitching as I gently rocked the pedal back-and-forth to remind myself to breathe and go with the flow.

Sometimes we just need to work on things that have no deadline, and simply let the stitching, pressing and trimming remind us why we fell in love with this whole process in the first place.

And then, because I was awake at 4:15 am (STUPID TIME!) I went and did some more.  Click to play:

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I am in NO WAY making even the beginnings of a dent in the burgeoning string bin, or crumb bins here at the cabin.

And I’m not even talking about the bins at HOME.

I finally felt sleep creeping back over me about 7:30 am – and that is why this blog is a bit late this morning.  Sadie and I crawled in for another snooze.

My set up.

Believe it or not, I like the wheelie chair at the treadle….one foot on the floor to keep me from rolling, and one foot on the pedal to operate the machine.

I’m to the point of wanting to separate this big bin on the left into color families….but not yet.  Not until I decide I’ve made enough of these “Scrappy Everything” blocks to satisfy my need in making them.

So – what’s up for YOUR Friday?  I’m not sure if I’m heading home this afternoon, or if I will push it one more night and head home in the morning.

Whatever you do today – be sure you got your entry in for this month’s Quilty Box Gift-Away!  Did you enter to win ON THAT POST?  The drawing happens this evening.

Quiltville Quote of the Day!

Vintage star quilt found in Bakersfield, California.

Don't let the opinions of others stop you from doing what your heart knows you can do!

Make it a great day!