Women of Grace & Charm Finished!

2003 – 2018.  About time!

I rediscovered this quilt top while pulling fabrics to help Mona assemble a back while she was here a couple of weeks ago.

Was it only a couple of weeks?  It seems like last month at least!

I so enjoyed the three days that she was here – we quilted up SIX of her projects!  Two large quilts and 4 small projects were then trimmed and made ready for binding so she could do that part at home.

And because I was SO in the mood to continue hearing the hum of the machine, I pulled this one out.

I always knew it would be great for the queen bed at the cabin SOME DAY – but with so many of my own quilts around, and fearing this one needed “Custom” quilting (that I didn’t have the time or desire to do with deadlines toward my own designs looming..) it had sat.  And sat.  And sat.

Even with applique – the feathery edge-to-edge design looks great on this quilt!

Two-Fold Feathers by Hermione Agee of Lorien Quilting.

Until the quilting machine started doing weird things at the very end of the next to the last row and things went hay-wire.  

The jury is still out if I am going to have someone come fix it – or wait until I move it to the Quiltville Post Office and THEN have someone fix it, or install a new computer system on it.  This one is now 11 years old – running on Windows XP! 

I love it in this little guest room!

As you can see it IS a LITTLE room – but how much room does a guest need when they are sleeping?  There is a dresser in the closet, and plenty of room to hang things should things need to be hung.

You can find the book for Women of Grace & Charm still available second hand on Amazon, possibly E bay. I enjoyed making this one and so happy that it finally has a place where it will be used and loved.

Dresden, keeping watch!

Jeff and I hit it hard and heavy yesterday, processing close to 150 orders between the two of us – we make quite a team! 

All of this outgoing mail fun means that there is going to be little to ZERO quilting time really happening here over the next many weeks – so it’s likely you are going to find my feed full of pet antics and things that keep us in stitches of another kind.

And a shining light beans down on 5 very full tubs of outgoing mail!

I have searched for and printed invoices for those orders NOT including the String Frenzy book and am getting those out as much as possible before books arrive.  I am hoping for a call today – perhaps tomorrow.  

We will take the trailer over to Yellow Freight and pick up both pallets, bring them home, off load them and I will set right into getting book orders out as well.

Is your order in here?

When will wave 3 of Pre-Orders happen?  When I am about 1/2 way through the 1,000 purchased copies.  And we will continue to run in waves so that I can stay somewhat on top of things.  Look for a new wave of pre-orders to be entered in the store about every week or so.

And in the mean time – are you getting antsy for tomorrow’s release of Good Fortune, Part TWO!?  Yeeeehawwww!  Have I got some fun stuff in store for you!

While you are anticipating, please check out our Mystery Monday Link-Up post for part 1 and see who is sharing their progress!  

There are close to 200 entries.  EXCITING!  And entries will stay open until 11:55pm EASTERN time tonight in preparation for tomorrow’s clue release.  If you miss it, just save your progress for next Monday.  Remember, I have to live in my own time zone, so anything I do that includes a certain time is in Eastern time, and that included our 25% off pattern sale that ended last night at midnight EASTERN TIME.

Speaking of entries - did you enter to win our November Quilty Box Gift-Away?  That drawing closes on Sunday morning at 6am Eastern.  Enter ON THAT POST.

On a different note --

This happened last night after all was said and done - OurCostco dinner of chicken wings and a bag-o-salad were consumed (too tired for anything else!) sitting at the folding table I have set up in the living room for our use since the dining room is completely and utterly Mail Order Central -

There are times amidst the current hustle and bustle of book release season that one must for sanity's sake stop, clean out a cupboard and finally decide it is time to throw out the 2004 tea bags.

Who even knew these things had an expiration date? Lol!

I must have bought them at the same time I started the Women of Grace & Charm quilt!??? 

I know I have spices older than that, and they taste just fine – nutmeg is nutmeg, right??

Quiltville Quote of the Day!

Vintage quilt found in West Jefferson, NC.

I love how the blocks look like hash tags!

Good things come to those who DO! Let's do this!

I’ll meet you in the dining room in 10 minutes – this is going to take more coffee.

Or newer tea bags!