The NEED to just SEW! (Quilt-Cam TONIGHT!)

I spent yesterday HERE!

In the Quilting Quarters at Quiltville Inn – where I could lay out a quilt in progress with no danger of Sadie the Wonder Dog block surfing across the floor and messing up a pretty intense lay-out of very small blocks.

The fire place flickered.  Breezes blew outside – but all was warm and cozy within.

This space is cavernous.  It needs design walls to absorb the echo.  But I smiled to myself imagining the hum of 12 machines, the  sounds of voices to come.  The walls ringing with laughter.

I stitched HERE!  In the bay window.

After all of that table arranging, I pushed tables aside and rearranged them for a solo retreat day for myself. 

My main objective was to be watching for the UPS truck that was bringing me the sewing chairs, and also the mattress-in-a-box I had ordered. I watched Big Brown Truck pull up outside in the drive, and had quite a good chat with the man-in-brown who brought things up to the porch for me so I could carry them in.

We still await a box spring, but it should be delivered today.  THINGS ARE COMING TOGETHER!

One corner assembled – but so much more to go.

No pattern available yet – this is likely publication down the pipeline, so stay tuned. The quilt comes first, the pattern writing comes second.  I just love two color quilts with a wide variety of fabrics, don’t you? 

And yes – there is some blue millennium y2k fabric in here as well.  It’s an archive of many of the blues and neutrals that have come through my life over the past 30 years of patchwork and quilting.

Who are YOU looking at??

I pre-recorded this little video yesterday with an announcement for Quilt-Cam via Facebook Live tonight.  8pm Eastern. This is what things were like off the back porch when I arrived at the Inn yesterday.  Click to Play:

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See you tonight!  8pm Eastern!

When there is a sale, it’s time to buy a sink!

We are gearing up to continue on with the kitchen/bath remodel at the cabin.  The 20 year old white enamel sink with chips has got to go.

New granite counter tops have also been chosen to replace the 20 year old formica in the kitchen and the baths. So we also added bathroom faucets to our exciting evening out to Lowes.

We knew we were going to need to do this when we purchased the cabin, but as with everything else – all in good time, one thing at a time.

This also happened while I was in Louisiana!

It’s a belated birthday gift – something I’ve wanted but we never had time for.  We replaced the shelves with roll out baskets.  SO much easier than bending down to dig into the way-back of a cupboard.

Everything at my fingertips.  AWESOME!

I am heading out through the rain in a couple of hours.  I’ll be making my way down toward Mooresville, NC to pick up the remainder of Melinda’s old patio furniture and then turning the van home to Wallburg where I’ll catch up on a bit of mail order and be ready for Quilt-Cam this evening.

If you miss it, it will be embedded in tomorrow’s blog so you can catch up then.

Quiltville Quote of the Day

Vintage baskets quilt found in North Carolina.

We all have days where we don't feel like it.

Sometimes, the simple act of starting is all I need to get me in the groove!

Just start, and the inspiration will find you!