And Home By Afternoon!

Yesterday’s #milehighhexieclub stitching!

6:15am hotel pick up time!  Our thanks to Gae for being so willing to pick us up at “Still Dark O'clock” to shuttle Nancy Mahoney and me back to New Orleans for our 9am flight.

There is something “easy feeling” about an early Sunday morning drive – Smart people are still in bed and no one is rushing to work as they would on a Monday morning. 

It was smooth sailing, and as we chatted about the events over the past 4 days and our time together, we crossed over Lake Pontchartrain and before we knew it we could see downtown New Orleans rising in the distance.

A very zoomed in photo at 70mph.

Sleep on, people of New Orleans – sleep on!

My only hiccup of the day? Nearly missed my Atlanta to Greensboro connection! They were boarding as we waited for an empty gate for our New Orleans flight to pull into.

I ran. Took the train from A to C. Ran more. To C55. Whew.  I huffed and puffed and walked right on to that flight.  I’m sure I looked ridiculous.  But all I could see was this “short sheeting” my first afternoon of being “off calendar” for 3 weeks.  This time is MINE!  I just needed to get home for it to begin.

Dinner with the resident man-child, Jeff!

Jeff came home from work not long after I had awoken from a much needed nap after spending most of the past 2 weeks on the road.  In the interim, a new Mexican place has opened up in lovely tiny Wallburg, NC and we headed over to give it a go and to catch up on things.  We gave it THUMBS UP and are so happy to have some variety in our eatery selection around here.

Unboxing some lovelies!

Coming home to a huge stack of mail isn't as bad as it seems when beautiful lace valances are found inside of a priority mail box!

Thank you Martha from North Dakota! These will be lovely on the bathroom windows at Quiltville Inn.  I was wondering what I was going to do to provide some window cover, but still let the beautiful daylight through, and this is just the ticket.  They will cover the lower half of each bathroom window on cafe rods.  I can’t wait to get them hung!

Late night “off the body clock” sewing!

April 1st for me means that Spring is REALLY here.  And nothing says Spring like a GREEN MACHINE!  Redbuds are also blooming – and though they are more purple than red, I chose to pull out some red strings and mindlessly sew while watching The Highwaymen on Netflix.  I have a plan for these.  Oh, I can hardly wait!

Electro Hygiene.

Just the name makes me crack up.

1950s machine, made in Japan.  Sews like butter!

And this brings me to now – which means it’s time to draw for our two Quilty Box winners!! 

We had 5475 entries this go around

Who gets the Quilty Box Basic?

And 3598 belongs to:

Teri DeGonia!

And the Quilty Box Paper Pieces Bundle goes to:

Who is 555?

Congrats, Sharyon Raphael!

This is no APRIL FOOLS!

Ladies, I have sent you both an email.  Please get back to me with your mailing addresses and I’ll have the kind folks at Quilty Box get your prizes right out to you.

Hold on to your hats, folks – there will be another Quilty Box Gift-Away happening SOON!

Quiltville Quote of the Day!

Vintage diamond star quilt found in Kentucky.

Did you know that the first clear and widespread mentions of April Fool's Day occurred in the 18th century?

For 300 years April 1st has been full of pranks and pranksters!

Watch your back, but have fun while doing it!

Happy April, everyone!