Mother’s Day 2018

Window (booth) shopping on a Saturday home!

After being gone for a work week there were plenty of errands to be run yesterday.

Could I help it if one of those runs put me within proximity (Proximity being a bit over/under 10 miles! LOL!) of a favorite BIG antique mall?

I had determined once my flight hit the tarmac in Greensboro on Friday night that this would be a "Mother’s Day Weekend OFF” (The first Mother’s Day I hadn’t been traveling to or from guilds ON Mother’s Day in years) and no work-work was to happen.

Regular house keeping errands are NOT work.  Not like work-work.  Grocery stores, picking up something at Lowes, dropping off something somewhere else – it’s a chance to be out and about and reconnect with this area I call home.

And in between it all, what’s ONE antique mall stop?

Only one of these items came home with me yesterday!

Any guesses which one?

All of these things have legs.

Only one has a plug!

Hahaha!  Yes, this.

But it will get a different bow and perhaps a cuter shade and adorn a bedroom table at Quiltville Inn.

I loved the chairs too, but a van only has so much space, and I think I really need to get beds into the bedrooms before we decide what other furniture goes in there.

This was able to fit in the back of the van yesterday:

Cute cute cute!

I am the mother of sons.  Sons would rather be caught dead than sleep in a cute girly metal bed.  So my inner girly girl came out to play yesterday as I picked up this single bed frame from a listing on Facebook Marketplace, not far from home.

With this acquisition, 2 out of 16 needed bed frames have been acquired – the antique twin empire style bed that came down from my great grandparents on my grandmother’s side, and now this one.

I only need to find one more that I like – and we will have the beds needed to set up the first bedroom.  One room at a time.  We can do this! (New mattress sets to come as well.)

And bless the hearts of some generous North Carolina quilty friends, I’ve had offers of wing-back chairs, lamps, and other table and chair sets as well as some front porch rockers to help me fill the place up. 

(Thank you, Melinda and Wendy!!!  I can’t tell you how excited I am!)

Quilting Quarters Sneak Peek!

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A post shared by Bonnie K Hunter (@quiltville_bonnie) on May 12, 2018 at 6:18pm PDT

The double-room sized quilting area area is left of the front foyer when gazing at the front of the house. Walls were removed during earlier renovations leaving double back to back fireplaces (with gas logs) for winter ambiance!

Two sets of pocket doors close off the quilting quarters from the rest of the house so sleepers can sleep without noise interruption.

The furniture is all gone now, of course - and empty rooms are waiting to be filled with sewing tables, design walls, lighting and comfy chairs and ironing/cutting stations for hours of creativity ahead!

There is so much to do that I feel a bit overwhelmed, but also excited over this adventure!

On my “Not Working Mother’s Day weekend” afternoon yesterday – there was time for a NAP!  Necessary in readjusting body clocks to local time.

There was time for dinner out for Mexican – Chile Colorado – my favorite!

And there was time for a long walk!

I took this photo as evening fell, peering out into the deep woods on the edge of my neighborhood.  I just LOVE how flowers bloom untended.  A bit of water, a bit of sunlight and room to grow, and they just do their thing.

People are like that.  Once we decide to bloom where we are planted, there is no stopping us.

Today – there may be sewing!  How long has it been since I’ve really sat at a machine?

That little bit of time I had in Georgia doesn’t really count.  I need to make a creative mess in my own studio space!

Thinking of my own Mama today.

This is likely my favorite photo of the 2 of us, taken when I surprised her on a trip to Minnesota - she didn't know I was coming! Great memories!

Have a wonderful mothers day, mom! You are the best! (I called her last night, we had a good long chat!)

Quiltville Quote of the Day!

Vintage applique quilt shared by Cathy in Illinois.

To all those who have mothered - not only their own children, but children of others, this day belongs to you in gratitude for all you have given.

Happy mothers day!