From Quarantine Quilting to Binding -

I get by with a little help from my friends!

Much of yesterday was spent quilting “THE BEAST” Aka the Elvira Quilt. 

I admit, at first I worried about the ginormous size of the hunks in this quilt.  But as a queen-sized bed quilt, it turned out wonderfully masculine and fairly contemporary looking even with all of those very traditional Civil War type fabrics in it.

I didn’t want the quilting to be too close – I just wanted to add a lot of texture that needed to be somewhat to scale with the sizes of the pieces.

I chose Deb’s Swirls by Deb Geissler.

I quilted with a taupe thread that blended in really well.

Dresden thinks HE should be the main event.  LOL!

But he found he needed to move!

I had set the big board up next to the machine at cabinet height to help with the weight of the top while stitching it together, and now it helps support the quilt while applying binding.

It was a breezy afternoon -

I had a hard time getting the quilt to lay still enough for a photo.

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All in all, I loved making the Elvira quilt during our Quarantine Quilt Along.  The pattern for Elvira is available as a digital purchase from GEquiltdesigns.com.  You’ll find it in the digital patterns section of the online store.

The rest of my day is filled with this!

Doing everything I can to get items you need from the Quiltville Store to your door!

We have to do something to make the most of social distancing!

I have placed my stock of the Addicted to Scraps book on deep deep discount at just $15.99 (regularly $27.95) and it comes with a free PDF pattern download for my Wanderlust Table Runner.

If you've been waiting for this book - now is the time. Put your stash to good use while you retreat away at home.

You'll find it in the Quiltville Store along with other goodies you may want to add to your cart - check the NEW category to see what else we've added

Stay informed, take precautions, stay home, stay safe!

Wash wash wash your hands!

This is still in full swing!

I will be drawing Sunday for 3 winners to each receive an IronEZ spray bottle and caddy thanks to the kind folks at MyIronEz.com!

Click to Tuesday’s Post and enter to win on that post.

You can also save 15% by using BH15off in the coupon area of the checkout page if you decide to go ahead and order for yourself!

Today – Thursday.  Wrapping my head around just what I get to do today.  The USPS is only open until 11:30 so I think it will be mail order fulfillment until then, and after that I think I’ll come back here to the cabin and binge watch something on Netflix or Prime while I sew.  And try not to think about being quarantined for weeks and weeks ahead. 

I’m just thinking about quarantining for just TODAY.  Do what I can TODAY.  I’ll deal with tomorrow when I get there.

My mom posted the most wonderful thing to us in a family email and I wanted to share it here with all of you.

This thoughtful piece was written by Irish monk, Brother Richard Hendrick on our current social distancing. Hope you enjoy his thoughtful words.

Yes there is fear.
Yes there is isolation.
Yes there is panic buying.
Yes there is sickness.
Yes there is even death.

But -

They say that in Wuhan after so many years of noise
You can hear the birds again.
They say that after just a few weeks of quiet
The sky is no longer thick with fumes
But blue and grey and clear.

They say that in the streets of Assisi
People are singing to each other
across the empty squares,
keeping their windows open
so that those who are alone
may hear the sounds of family around them.

They say that a hotel in the West of Ireland
Is offering free meals and delivery to the housebound.

Today a young woman I know
is busy spreading fliers with her number
through the neighbourhood -
So that the elders may have someone to call on.

Today Churches, Synagogues, Mosques and Temples
are preparing to welcome and shelter the homeless, the sick, the weary.

All over the world people are slowing down and reflecting.
All over the world people are looking at their neighbours in a new way.
All over the world people are waking up to a new reality.

To how big we really are.
To how little control we really have.
To what really matters.
To Love.

So we pray and we remember that

Yes there is fear.
But there does not have to be hate.

Yes there is isolation.
But there does not have to be loneliness.

Yes there is panic buying.
But there does not have to be meanness.

Yes there is sickness.
But there does not have to be disease of the soul.

Yes there is even death.
But there can always be a rebirth of love.

Wake to the choices you make as to how to live now.

Today, breathe.
Listen, behind the factory noises of your panic.

The birds are singing again
The sky is clearing,
Spring is coming,

And we are always encompassed by Love.
Open the windows of your soul
And though you may not be able
to touch across the empty square,
Sing.

Brother Richard Hendrick

March 13th 2020

This was the most beautiful thing I have read in a long time – and maybe it really does take looking ahead through the darkness to appreciate the light.

May it bring some comfort and hope to your hearts and a smile to your faces today.

How are you going to spend your Thursday?  

Have you called a friend you haven’t spoken with in a while?  DO IT!

Quiltville Quote of the Day -

These are the wisest words I have heard over the past couple of weeks

I don't remember who told it to me, but it has stuck like glue. Just do the NEXT right thing.

Have a wonderful Thursday, everyone!