Hello from the QPO Shipping Department!
This is approximately 100 orders ready to be dropped off at USPS this morning on my way to the studio - there are still about 50 orders left to fill and I see myself finishing that today.
Yesterday my cut off time was 3pm. I had 3 full tubs. I'd been on my feet since early morning and my eyes were so bleary I couldn't quite read the computer screen very well anymore.
My supervisor said it was time to take a break!
As you can tell, she had been hard at work in her supervisory job. LOL.
And here I was after 15 minutes wondering how I would move her without waking her as there is something I have been planning and plotting to accomplish during me down time over the next couple of months.
I always say "come on, let's go!" Just when I oughta say NIX!
But oh, the possibilities!
I had an hour. I grabbed one black bag and upended it on the floor. There is some really good stuff in here!
By the time I was done I had one much smaller pile of useable pieces.
Hazel still doesn't know what's going on.
Some are strings. Some already came in useable strip widths. Some smaller pieces are destined for kite pieces just because I liked the colors and the prints.
Some pieces brought back great memories of early quilting years in the form of 1980s VIP prints. It was like revisiting old friends.
One bag a day after the next little while? No hard and fast timeline. But I'm really excited.
If you have a corner like this in your sewing room - if you have flat surfaces covered with pieces and parts, why not join in whole we wait for the Star of Maghrib Mystery to begin after Thanksgiving?
Today - see if you can make ONE space a little better. Give it an hour. See what you can do.
This is the time of year where I start setting everything right so I can start 2027 feeling cozy and comfortable and ready for what comes along.
And here's a great quilt to use up some of that random "stuff" we've saved and don't know what to do with!
I love Susan's Stardust top finish! I did mine in blues and neutrals, she has warmed hers up using blacks, browns, blues and aquas, and her neutrals are more toasty, too.
I love how we can play with color families and change things up a bit. This is lovely.
And I love that she refers to her long arm quilter as her "pocketbook quilter!"
I'm excited for what today might hold. Let's go!
Quiltville Quote of the Day -
Let's go get that studio reorg underway -
Next bag - UP!
Have a fantastic Friday, everyone -
4 comments:
bonnie look again at the picture! Hazel Grey is the color that unionize/blends all the others in that pile. She is your color manager! love and stitches melanie
I cleared up so many piles and a bag yesterday as well. It felt good to be finished, now to tackle the bins under the long arm. Thank you for all you do .
Oh I would love to see the kite quilt as a mystery quilt. Going through my first mystery quilt has helped me organize a bit looking for the colors. Thank you.
I did the same last night, only in a smaller volume. I started with a wicker basket that I have been tossing odds and ends in, just for someplace to be. I have other places I have catch all fabric bins…so there are still more to go…once I run into them again. But this batch are now in baggies by color. I have my fabrics all together for Star of Maghrib as well as for Festival. Festival is going to be one of my 2027 ongoing projects. Thank you for providing cutting sizes so that I can cut up individual block kits. Once I get those individual kits made, I can return that fabric to the main stash and put it to use for another Bonnie Hunter pattern…of which have many and plan for more. Thank you for all you do for us.
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