Crazie Mazie - Where We Last Left Off!

This was Thursday at the QPO Studio.

The day of the "Wintery Mix Event!" that had schools closing at half-day, making traffic insane (in this one stoplight town of Independence, Virginia) as lines of parent-driven cars and school busses vied to get out on the road and headed home - 

Right when I was thinking it would be a good idea to stock up on a few things from the newly reopened Food City - a gloriously new building so very much needed in this small rural community.

Only it was packed.  it was INSANE.

And there was rarely a mask in sight.  

I could tell that the other masked up folks were like-mindedly baffled. We gave each other wide-eyed glances of commiseration as we quickly filled our carts with all the essential snow-storm induced items and headed to checkout.

How much snow did we get in this 1-3'' expected overnight fluster of activity?

1/2''.

Maybe.

That's HALF-INCH, not 1-2''  And truly, I'm okay with that.  it's still cold enough and frozen enough on the mountain to not take the van down the ice encrusted drive.

The tractor can plow snow - but if there is 1/2'' of solid ice from the previous day's snow melt on the drive, I just don't go.  That's all.

But I digress.

I finished the quilting on Crazy Mazie.

Why this name?  Because a friend said "It looks like some kind of crazed maze-type thing!"  And I agree.

Backing after trimming, before binding.

I think you can really see the Abacus design from urbanelementz.com well from here.  It's FUN, isn't it?  Perfect for string quilts!

And I'm really happy with the quilting texture against that center toile panel.  

Binding going on!

I was in my chair flipping and stitching down binding by TV time Thursday evening.

Do you recognize that binding fabric?  I'm thinking late 80s to early 90s on that one.  I know I had it in several colorways "back in the day."  All had cream backgrounds with the yarn print being either blue, red, green or brown. 

Neutrals that were not florals were harder to find back then.  I think I only have 1/2 yard of this blue one left.  It is a favorite.

It's great as binding. 

I turned the corner to the 3rd side last night, and I'll likely finish it over the weekend.

Taking time out of the hand quilting to stitch down this binding gives my sore quilting fingers a chance to rest up a bit before I dive back in again.

And THIS!

A dear fan-friend passed away last year, and little by little her daughter has packaged up her mom's scraps and sent them to me to carry on her legacy of loving the fabric, and sewing it up into something useful and beautiful.

I am honored.  The scrap bags are even sorted into color families!

"No one I know was more passionate about material like my Mom and I hope she is happy and smiling down at us."

This just touched my heart so much. 

There was no email address included in the boxes and a search through my own email contacts didn't find a match by name.  So thank you!

Anything I can't use will be added to the "Free Basket" at Quiltville Inn as there are several ladies who make comfort quilts for others and every piece can be put to good use.

Lola says "Thank You!" too!

Yesterday it didn't get above 19 degrees.  This morning it was 14.  Right now it's 19 but feels like 12 according to the weather app on my phone.

Another day for staying in. Nowhere I need to go.  Nowhere I need to be, other than snuggled into the basement studio dreaming up another project.

There may be a movie marathon today - the hubster is feeling antsy as it is too cold for archery. It's too cold for any outside chores either here at the cabin or at the Inn, 

I'm okay with that!

How about your own weekend ahead?  

Quiltville Quote of the Day -

There are those around who crave drama and attention, creating their own little storms (Conflict + Drama = Conflama!) wherever they go.

Don't participate.

Just because you were invited, doesn't mean you need to attend.

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Smile, ⁣

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Turn it off.

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Walk away and go sew something!

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Protect your inner peace at all costs.⁣

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It will make your world a better place.

Have a terrific weekend, everyone!