Sew Much of a Good Thing!

Yesterday morning was the storm before the calm.

Or in other words - a flurry of last minute checking-for-all-the-things was going on when I walked through the front door at Quiltville Inn, ready to see Chris's Christmas in July group off on their way home.

The Quilting Quarters stood completely empty - not a thread reminding anyone of the holiday spirit (albeit July!) that reverberated in this space over the past week.

The tall skinny Christmas Tree was down - design walls empty.  Everything was back to its before-retreat status.

Car by car, van by van, SUV by SUV, goodbyes were made - everyone with their own agenda of quilt shops and other places they wanted to hit on their way home.

Their fun would continue - but for me - silence.

The crazy wicked thunder storm that had rained out our already burning fire pit night the night before had left us with a beautiful sunny day.

And in between loads of laundry (I managed to put in 12,000+ steps with all the trips between the QPO and inn yesterday!) I needed just a quiet round of something I didn't have to think too hard about.

It was time for Carrie's big scrap box to be sorted!

This box arrived while my friend Jill was here last month.  It has sat in the back entrance way of the QPO for several weeks because it's just been a revolving door of activity here.

Look Ma!  I'm sitting on my butt and my tailbone is okay with it!

This mound of fabric outside of the confines of the big box is HUGE!

I am so exited over this haul - seriously.  I know that some folks feel a bit overwhelmed with hunks and chunks and that's okay.  It's perfectly FINE to find someone who loves to work with small pieces and simply pass it on.

Some folks just do not like scrap fabric hanging around.  I get it.  So find someone who can use it. 

I found myself sorting fabrics into color families, and making plans for which would be cut down into Scrap User’s System sizes.

Some pieces were big enough I could put them into my fat-quarter bins.

Some pieces that I didn't see myself using I bagged up and put them in the free basket at the inn, to share the love with others.

And when it was all said and done - I ended up driving to Galax to run some in-between-retreats errands and also to pick up a couple of more bins for scrap storage.

There is enough blue to separate that further into one box of blue, and one box of aqua/turquoise.

There was enough tan/brown to separate them into one box of tan, and one box of darker brown.

And all the while I'm dreaming of what I am going to make with all of this because - it is such a GIFT and I know it is going to end up in fantastic quilts.

Some folks work on their 401-K's.  This is my 401-Q.

There is so much satisfaction that comes to me when making quilts that feed my soul out of otherwise orphaned fabrics.

Quilting up the dream!

And then there were 60!

These are my 25-patch blocks. 

No pattern yet, but stay tuned!

This morning is for finishing touches in getting ready for this afternoon's arrival of the July Quiltvillians.

I'll enjoy the morning peace while I can!

I'm hoping to do some more piecing now that the box of scraps has been tackled and all put back to "normal" as far as that goes.

And then I'll be pulled back into the whirlwind of a busy retreat week!

Speaking of orphan fabrics and those who don't know what to do with them: 

There are just 4 more days of this as well:

Rockabilly Swing is still at our 25% off introductory price through July 31, 2021! (Only 4 days left to save!)

Fabrics from 1980s all the way to today -

Scraps in all colors, in every genre and variety.

You cheered me on as I made block after block after block in this adorable size - and watched as it was assembled, quilted, and bound.

And now you can start your OWN Rockabilly Swing journey with my PDF pattern which includes the printable paper foundation template.

The introductory price of Rockabilly Swing has been placed 25% off at $9.00 through July 31, 2021.  No coupon code needed. 

Rockabilly Swing is paper foundation pieced.  I have used Carol Doak's 8 1/2'' X 11'' Foundation Paper with much success.  It is available in the Rulers, Notions & Tools section of the Quiltville Store. (Limited supply)

You can also find it in the Quilting All the Time category of the Quiltville Amazon Affiliate Store  Direct link HERE.

You can also use 8 1/2'' x 11'' newsprint, though it doesn't like some printers. (I get jams occasionally on mine)  It is also available HERE.

If this is your first time downloading digital patterns from my store to a computer click HERE.

If you intend to download to an iPhone/iPad click HERE.

And yes, fabric rolls are still available at Cotton to Quilts to enhance your scrap stash, so check them out.  It's always more fun to sew in some new fabrics along with the older saved scraps - it gives everything new life.

It's another gorgeous morning here in the Blue Ridge - time to get a move on it.

What is going on in your world for Wednesday?

Quiltville Quote of the Day -

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This is Kerri’s Florabunda made with cheddar and bug fabrics! 

 Pattern from the Free Patterns tab at the top of the blog. 

This includes being kind to yourself - which of course was my reason for sitting through a stupid long line at Mc D's drive through yesterday just to treat myself to a caramel frappe on a hot summer afternoon!

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Totally worth it - brain freeze and all! 

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Have a wonderful Wednesday, folks!