Rainy Days are Meant for Scraps!

The rains came and came -

It’s only the 7th of May and we have had so much rain -

And it made for a cozy afternoon of sewing up the scraps at the Quiltville Post Office.

Total block count is now up to 44 with many more to go.

Stitching this really is the kind of mindless I need right now.  And let’s face it – it’s about time I tackled what was in these bins.  Everywhere I turn around me – here at the QPO, or back home at the cabin sewing room – bags, bins, boxes, totes – overflowing.

In many ways it’s been a walk down memory lane.

“Oh, I remember this piece – it was in that bundle I picked up when I traveled to (fill in the blank) and I used it in the (fill the blank) quilt!”

You can see where Lola liked to be the best – in the bin of the tiniest cut off triangles.

At one point she wanted to be on my lap, but I was using the knee lifter bar to lift the presser foot and it was way too much action for her.  Back in the bin she went.

All while Dresden watched from his tall stack of boxes.

This is what we had been waiting for!

A table/fire pit from Lowes picked up curbside.

The propane flame is lit here, but you can barely see it.  Too much light outside – and if I had thought of it I would have waited for dark.

As it was – we were in between bursts of rain and temps were in the 30s by this point!

But I did catch a little action here.  Click to Play:

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So so so nice!  And as temps warm into summer, I can see myself enjoying the heat of this flame in the mornings while enjoying a warm cuppa.

Maybe later evenings with some marshmallows on a camp fork.

The benches will be stained as soon as they dry out from the rain and we’ve got decent temps for working out there.

Last night’s Zoey Play:

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She is just so funny – we hope she will always keep someone the puppy side of her.

What one does when one is up at 5am.

Bags, bins, boxes, and totes!

Almost 2 years ago now when my brother Mark was entering his last stages of his life due to brain cancer, a group of students I taught during our Summer Series with Mary’s Quilt Shop in Bedford, Pennsylvania presented me with a wonderful array of blocks, all 6’’ finished in size.

I am not sure what got me digging them out in the early pre-dawn hours this morning, but I just needed to feel the love – could it be this isolation that is starting to wear so thin?

I read all of the names as I laid out the blocks, hoping to make a twin size for one of the beds at Quiltville Inn.

The challenge?  NO LARGE STASH HERE! 

I had enough of the solid robin’s egg blue for the setting squares, but the setting triangles had to be cut from something else.  I chose yellow because the two colors together remind me of blue sky and sunshine.  And I need to feel that warmth right now, both physically, and emotionally.

I hope to start sewing this together today after I get the morning’s round of mail order out to the USPS.

ALL digital patterns in the Quiltville Store are currently 25٪ off using coupon code DIGITAL25.

This coupon code is good for the entire month, but code must be used at time of purchase for the sale price to be in effect. Don't forget to use the code!
No refunds if you forget, okay?

You'll find everything in the digital pattern section of the Quiltville Store.

Where you will also find the Addicted to Scraps book still at the low low price of $15.99 while lock-down lasts. (June 10th here in Virginia.)

And it comes with a free Wanderlust table runner PDF pattern, so maybe instead of purchasing that one at 25% off in the digital pattern sale, you’d like it for FREE with the purchase of Addicted to Scraps?  No coupon required for the book purchase.

There are several new goodies that have been added as well – so be sure to check out the NEW category!

I think that catches us up to now – how are you coming on Part 6 of our Unity Quilt Along?

Quiltville Quote of the Day -

Never assume that someone else's opinion is factual. Examine it yourself, and realize that even your own opinion can change!

Feelings aren't facts, either. Dig deeper.

Especially during this crazy time we are living in. Do you really believe everything you read just because someone shared it on social media?

This is a question I keep asking of myself!

Have a wonderful Thursday – get out and move around if you can!