Just an Ordinary Wednesday -

Week by week things change around here.

And when you only leave the house once within that week - it's noticeable!

Tuesday evening we took a little ride over to the QPO -

Dave with his "to do list" hand written by me to double check that things were done inside for the July Quiltvillians who arrived yesterday afternoon (You know all of those soap and shampoo and body wash bottles aren't going to magically refill or replace themselves!)

And I had a couple of orders to fill that took mere minutes - but it was an outing.
And I think I referenced this in yesterday's post - but neglected to share the photo of us driving home after a soft rain.

The Queen Anne's lace has grown up tall and is blooming along the roadside.

And my favorite of all - how the clouds can nestle right into the trees.

There is a bit of evening sun just barely peeking through, giving the mountains a warm glow.

This is home.

The highlight of my yesterday -

Friends Lisa and Gina drove up from Winston Salem to spend the day and escape the heat.  While the heat index was pushing 100 down in the piedmont of North Carolina, we were about 20 degrees cooler up here, hovering around 77 degrees.  It makes a difference!

It may make me cranky come winter time - but summers are the main reason we went mountainward.

What's not to love about friends who will drive 2 hours to spend some time?

And I have to laugh - and set up this scenario, because it is too hystlerical.

The phone conversation went like this:

Lisa: "Gina and I want to come see you tomorrow.  And Martha Claire gave me her mother's <URN> to give to you."

Me, dumbfounded: "Oh,.......OKAY?"

In my mind I saw this urn of ashes - what was I supposed to do with Martha Claire's mother's ashes?

Are they intended for display at the inn, or??

And then I caught it.  In Lisa's gentile North Carolina accent, URN and IRON are pronounced very much the same, especially over cell phones.

It was Martha Claire's mother's IRON, not her URN.

Oh, my goodness, we laughed and laughed and laughed.

So yesterday - the IRON, a heavy duty vintage Black & Decker, was delivered.  And we laughed some more.

SO GOOD for the soul, don't you agree?

And we got Stella play time!

Fetching with Zoey's squirrel.

Stella is just a little thing, not quite one year old, and we weren't sure how things would be received, so Zoey and Mabel stayed outside in the play yard during our visit.

As it turns out, the ladies were planning on heading toward Wytheville for some fabric therapy at Batiks Etc. before heading home down interstate 77.  What a great way to spend an otherwise hot August day by escaping to the mountains.

As for me - a 2 hour nap followed.  I think I cam getting too used to this relaxation thing.  It needs to end. SOON.

I was able to share this in person!

This is getting further along and further along with every stitch.  Still, when I look at antique beauties quilted so intricately and so heavily, I wonder how the ladies found time to stitch at all.

There was no great light in the evenings.  They didn't have all of our notions and marking tools.

And yet the quilting was close, stitches tiny, the workmanship completely amazing.

This doesn't even come in the running -

And still - SO MUCH STITCHING.

But if it weren't for the stitching, what would we rather be doing with found moments of time?

The plan for today is much the same -

My friend Jean from  up the road is bringing breakfast for a quick morning visit.  I don't get to see her often enough as our schedules are completely opposite, and she lives only 1/2 mile away.

I'll still be feet up through the day, but this evening the Hubster will drive me over to the QPO so the ladies can come down for a meet and greet.

I received messages from house mama Rebecca that all of the July Quiltvillians are in the house and getting settled in and sewing away for the next week.

This retreat is followed by the August Quiltvillians back-to-back so she is staying in the interim day in between to help Susan with everything. Martha will be on hand as well.

And soon.  Soon I'll be mobile and weight bearing and just watch out "This boot was made for walkin'...."

Only 4 days left:

What happens when you combine traditional triangle units with improv inspired string blocks? Kismet, that’s what!⁣

I had enough units left over to make a wall hanging size!

(Little Kismet is sure cute!)

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Quilt Sizes: Full: 78’’X 78’’ Wall: 42’’X 42’’⁣

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25% off introductory pricing and no coupon needed, good through 7/31/22.

I've marked Nearly Lemoyne at 25% off as well - just because!

(Also available in the Quiltville Etsy Pattern Shop)

Seeing all of this scrappy goodness has me dying to dive in and do some piecing of my own.  

Sure, I've worked on a few ideas on my computer, and I have ideas swirling in my head, but a quilt isn't a quilt until you can actually MAKE the quilt with real fabric and thread.  It needs to become tangible!

SOON!

And this is where I am begging you to entertain me with stories of what is going on in your own corner of the globe.  Please leave a comment below letting me know what YOU will be doing today, and what you are working on!

Quiltville Quote of the Day -

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.

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If the same problem keeps happening over and over, change how you react to it!

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It just might change the outcome

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And boy how I have learned a few lessons over the past couple of weeks!

Have a wonderful Thursday, everyone -