Antique Mall Hopping!

It was an antique mall hop weekend!  Whooohooo!

It had been a while - a long while.

And it all started on Friday - remember that mammogram appointment that I had scheduled for Friday afternoon?

I got there just in time...only to find out that they had tried to reschedule me while I was in England.  Of course the call didn't go through because I only use wifi when available when I am abroad. So I show up to no appointment.

A new appointment was made at that time.  And I had some more time to kill in between what was supposed to be the mammogram and my next up appointment with the chiropractor.

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Some Of This Happened...

I found some sewing time!

It's been an impossibility since Thanksgiving, and here we are nearly half-way through December already.

I was finally able to sit at my machine, put something binge-able on the telly and just put the pieces through.

The rhythm and hum of the machine joining squares to triangles, making blocks come together.

I highly recommend it!

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Old Town Mystery, Part Four!

Good Friday Morning, Quiltvillians!

Yes, I'm back from my whirlwind trip to England.  What a magnificent time we had!

I absolutely love traveling with quilters (and yes, their ever-patient spouses!) and seeing this beautiful world of ours.

Part Two of this mystery released on Black Friday just before I left for the airport.  Part Three was posted in the morning hours while we were in Bath, and here I am home again for Part Four.

I purposely kept Part Three a bit easier so everyone would have a chance to catch up if they got a bit behind.

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Strings, A Request & London Photos!

Mail order is now caught up!  How wonderful is that?

After being gone for 11 days and coming home to a whole lot of "Gotta tackle this" I was finally able to breathe and slow down yesterday afternoon.

That is my main objective over the next 4 weeks before I leave for Australia.

Slow down.  Find peace.  Find joy in little things.

Do you feel that way as the year draws to a close?  The desire to just SLOW DOWN?

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All The Way To England!

If you want to turn on your Festive - if you can't seem to recapture the wonder and excitement you once had over Christmas and the holidays - just take a trip to London in December!

From our very arrival - gathering our luggage at baggage claim and finding our way to our fantastic bus driver, Sam - even though exhaustion of overnight travel had just about done us in - somehow the magic of Christmas was all around us.

Our first stop?  The Christmas Markets along the Queen's Walk along the Thames, not far from Tower Bridge.

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They Came, They Stayed, They Quilted!

Hi guys!  I'm home!

I got home last evening and the first thig on the agenda was to visit Quiltville Inn and check in on the December Quiltvillians who arrived last Wednesday - last evening was their LAST evening.  They all head home today, so I was eager to see them before they took off this morning.

Little did I know that while I was gone that a huge cold snap and wind storm would blow through Southwestern Virginia including a power outage moment -

But thanks to the Generac, the quilters kept quilting, they had full power at the house, and never skipped a beat.

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Old Town Mystery, Part Three!

Hello, Quiltvillians!

I have written this post ahead so it will post while I am in England.

Please note that I have limited access to wifi and internet connection may not be available for me as we travel place to place on our Craftours adventure.

I return home late on December 9th - so if there are any problems with the PDF or instructions, please know that I will take care of things as I get my feet back under me.

I saved a part with just fewer units for this week so if you need to sit this one out, it will be easy to catch up later.

Are you falling in love with Poland as much as I did on my first visit there? I am so excited that so many of Polish heritage are joining in on this mystery quilt - it means so much to see them here.

What a rich culture, and resilient history even in the face of so much adversity in the past.

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