Yellowstone Trip

It would be hard to say what I enjoyed most about my trip to Yellowstone National Park, last week.The waterfalls are everywhere and spectacular.


The beautiful pools of blue water, that reach a temperature of 170 and higher.








The geysers, that go off without any warning.








The bubbling oozing earth.









The wildlife.







The mountains, the vistas, the lake.







Camping with friends.






Camping in the lodge pole forest.





And of course Old Faithful, every 90 minutes.

I have sad news to report

My sad news is after only 6 months Mary has decided to close the quilt shop. I am very disappointed.
Mary's reason was, she "is not a retail person". The shop was doing very well, with new faces everyday, classes finally beginning, and a wonderful assortment of inventory. Makes me very sad.

On a happier note I have been on a wonderful vacation to Yellowstone Park with my daughter, son-in-law, and grandson. I will be boring you with all the wonderful photos as soon as I get them sorted.
Stay Tuned!

Happy Quilting!

Thursday Morning

It has been almost 2 weeks since I posted. Can you believe I haven't been in my sewing room for at least 2 weeks, except to press a blouse to wear to work. What have I been up to? I took some time off from sewing, I have been painting, I have been painting everything in sight. I decided I needed to brighten up my home starting with my dinning room.
I stumbled across this blog My Romantic Home and I was bitten by the white & yellow paint bug.
I have the inside of the china cabinet painted, but stopped short of painting the outside, I just can'tif I want to paint it.

Painting the inside was quite a job, but it sure brightened it up and shows off the contents better.



and moving into the living room with the white paint.

I am working at the store today so the paint brush will get a rest, along with my right arm. Today I will be using it to cut fabric.

Happy Quilting!

Friday Morning

For a retired person I have sure been busy,( believe that can be a good thing) I have had a few inquiries if I am OK, I am fine.


Wow, I just noticed it had been 10 days since I posted.

I have been working everyday at the shop, about 2 weeks ago the computer at the shop crashed, taking all of the inventory with it and the ability to ring up sales.


Can you believe there was no backup on it? There was an external backup that had never been hooked up. Wow What a disaster.

 I have been helping reload all of the inventory into the new backed up computer.

It meant handling every bolt of fabric, every spool of thread, every pattern, while waiting on customers and using the old fashion way to make sales. Now that involved using the old brain to figure yardage, discounts, and sales tax etc. 

We kept at it in between customers and finished 2 days ago, we were both just about brain dead by the time we were done,we had handled thousands of items.   


 
I was able to get back to "The Lemon Twist" quilt that  was put on hold during that time, it is now finished and put on display,


along with another flip flop hipster bag.




I also have the Big Stitch quilt finished.  I really enjoyed working on this quilt the quilting was fast, took a month instead of a year. 

I love doing the Baptist Fan design because it doesn't require any marking, you can just wing it.



I think I will take a few days off,before I start a new project, I am sure when the dust has settled  at the shop Mary will have something new for me to do.  Like I said we were both brain dead by the time we finished rescanning and numbering all of  inventory. 

Happy Quilting!

Where I have been spending my time.

Just a quick post this morning to show you were I have been spending my time.

Happy Quilting!

A little "Lemon Aide"

A follow-up on the previous post.

Before I quilt, I thought I would share the fix I did on what is now known as the "Lemon Aide" quilt instead of the Lemonade Quilt. I couldn't bring myself to do the "Frog Stitch" as a couple people suggested.


(Frog Stitch is a new word in my sewing vocabulary I had to ask Julia what it meant, I really laughed when I found out it meant "ripit")


Anyway I cut the lemon blocks a little smaller, added a 1/2" border around each one so they fit. I think I actually like it better.







And another messenger bag made from the test block. Now Mary wants me to make a half a dozen more messenger bags and create the pattern.


I made the little "Infant Gift Set" for a sample at the store using her Minky. She has found it a slow seller and wants it gone, to make room for more quilting fabric.


The pattern I wrote for the Infant Gift Set includes a receiving blanket, a changing pad, with a pocket for wipes and diaper, it also has the directions for a pair of moccasins.



Mary at "All About Quilts" has put her Minky on sale at cost $8.50 a yard, if any one wants some email me I have pictures I can send of the colors that are available and give you her phone number.

Her website is being built but I think she hired the slowest person in the industry.

Happy Quilting!


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